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Barbara Van Nostern
Barbara Van Nostern  

I have had a lifelong fascination with color and its ability to stimulate emotional responses in me. I love the bright, clear colors in a joyous floral or a fun loving figure painting. Cool muted delicate colors fill me with peacefulness. Whatever color, bright, neutral, bold, muted, warm, cool, transparent, opaque and the varying combinations should wake a response in the viewer also.

When I discovered watercolor, there was instant passion; color, in all its infinite change was at my brush tip. It was exciting to watch as the paint and water mingled together on my paper. With my brush I gently coax them here or there; but in the end the colors emerge into a variety of patterns and values that surprise and delight me. It is like orchestrating new and different symphonies as the colors and water make music. Enjoy!

 
Barbara is a founding member of Gallery 21 in Vancouver, WA, which is celebrating their 16th year this spring. She has won numerous awards in local, regional, national and international exhibits. She is a signature member of the Northwest Watercolor Society, the San Diego Watercolor Society, Red River Watercolor Society, and the Montana Watercolor Society. She has been an active member of the Southwest Washington Watercolor Society for over twenty years. She has taught watercolor through the school and different art organizations. She presently gives classes in her studio.

 

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