Barbra Edwards

Artist Statement 

My new series has evolved from my practice of more literal painting of the environment. Obscured layers and forms replace obvious landscape yet continue the story on a cellular level. Marks and forms emerge and come into dialogue. Lines imbedded in the paintings help construct the bones of the piece, each mark gives visual information that helps develop narrative. These current pieces have more breathing space with a suggestion of calm, atmospheric space surrounding textured, vibrant colour. 

For some paintings obvious line is used as separation to explore visually how each of us see things from our own perspective. In other pieces line is used to express not only movement and substance but also to suggest what might have existed before. It’s similar when you see pencil marks left in for positioning in a drawing.

My challenge is to give abstraction tenderness and emotion. It’s about reaching further for me. Often the meaning of a piece is somewhere under the surface which leaves more for others to fill in.

Barbra Edwards - painter

Biography 
Barbra Edwards currently works in the Gulf Islands, BC. She studied photographic arts at Dawson College in Montreal, followed by design and still photography at Ryerson University in Toronto. Intensive studies with Harold Klunder and Peter Kolisnyk followed, along with selected workshops in the U.S. and Canada.

The natural environment has long been a source of inspiration, with the plant and animal world having a major influence on her paintings. Recently her work has evolved to include more of her loose gestural marks integrated with forms that intertwine with a rhythmic layering of feeling. Hers is tender yet sensuous story telling, with brushstrokes that share with the viewer how the painting was made. 

Learn more
shows: Barbra's work can be seen at the Bugera Matheson Gallery in Edmonton and by the Canadian Fine Arts gallery in Toronto. She exhibits regularly on Salt Spring Island. Contact the studio for an appointment.

web: Visit the artists' website at www.barbraedwards.com for further info  or her Facebook page for news on her art and activities. Photo credits go to John Cameron. 

press: Barbra was featured in Aqua Magazine, here is the link.

documents: Click this link below to view and print Barbra's CV.
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Contact Barbra
email: info@barbraedwards.com