2007 Biography Family

JANUARY TO DECEMBER – Re-Shaping. Barbara is exercising. Her strength and conditioning program is directed by trainer, Thomas, at St. Mary's University.

Holiday in VICTORIA, PEI – July 31st – Ashley MacIsaac, accompanied by Maybelle, played the fiddle for a sold-out concert of 150 lucky ticket holders. His bad boy image was completely dismantled as he demonstrated his brilliance playing reels, jigs and marches while using a subtle sense of humour to politely respond to his appreciative audience, who awarded him with two standing ovations. The town of Victoria is planning another visit by these gifted Canadian musicians in 2007.

Visit Ashley MacIsaac's website

Photographs of Ashley MacIsaac and Maybelle were taken by Pamela Price, Coach House Antiques, who contributes her images to the Victoria website.

• 2008 MINI DESK CALENDARS FOR SALE - Henry Dunsmore, PEI, has produced a series of calendars featuring 13 paintings by a number of Maritime artists. These calendars will be sold at the Halifax Airport, Pier 21, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and a number of other stores and galleries throughout the region. They can also be purchased from Henry's website: www.studiogallery.ca

• SUMMER AT THE NOVA SCOTIA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN - Barbara has returned to NSCAD to spend four months painting in a studio overlooking Granville Street. Fond memories abound.

REMEMBERING Audrey Garwood, artist and art teacher – 1927–2004 Virginia Luz, artist and art teacher – 1911–2005 Jean Weir, art history professor – 1927–2007 Kay Murray-Weber, artist – 1919–2007

2003 – 2007 – Barbara is producing a body of work that incorporates a variety of her art making over the last eighteen years: landscape, figurative, still life, newspaper and textual paintings. Titled Birthmarks/Landmarks, an exhibition of this work will be shown in 2008. Two major paintings (portraits), 6’ x 5’, will face each other (on opposite walls) in a large gallery connected by one long row of smaller newspaper paintings (7” x 5” x 6” x 4”) on all four walls. These small paintings are works in progress and will reflect the cultural, political and social events in Canada and around the world during the 20th century.

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