Florida Artists Group

Barbara's Artist Statement:

My paintings are abstract explorations of color, line, texture, shape, and space.  Although at times they are inspired by the world around me - light patterns on foliage, old patinas and weathered surfaces, textiles, sea glass - it is the act of painting itself, the creation of my own varied shapes and textures and the orchestration of color that I find most inspiring.

I love beginning on a blank, white canvas. Sometimes it is a color idea or perhaps the initial marks of paint that fire my imagination. I also draw inspiration from places visited, such as the patina of old Italian walls, the myriad patterns and textures of Botswana wildlife, and the ancient bas-relief stone elephant relics at Angkor Wat.

As the painting proceeds, a dialog is established that is ongoing and dynamic - a giving and taking, an adding and subtracting - an intimate partnership between canvas and artist, until the painting “works” and feels complete. Frequently, a painting will begin in my imagination in response to a prior painting, whereby a series is born, until the journey ends.

Abstraction sets me free. It encourages exploration of aesthetic richness and complexity, and pushes me into unchartered territory. My hope is that I will offer an alternative perception to the viewer, a different way to see.

 

About Barbara Wagner:

Barbara Wagner is an award winning abstract artist. She has taught at the college level, and paints in her studios in Vermont and Florida. Her paintings have been in museum shows, and represented by galleries in Santa Fe, Florida, Memphis, Boston and elsewhere in New England. Barbara’s paintings are in numerous corporate and private collections, in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

 

Exhibitions/Awards:

Galleries:  (* current)

        Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL*
        McGowan Fine Art. Concord, NH*
        Furchgott and Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, VT*
        Polonaise Gallery, Woodstock, VT*
        Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery, Stowe, VT *
        Martha Keats Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
        The Marlborough Galleries, Boston, MA
        The Voorhees Gallery, Sarasota, FL
        Munson Gallery, Vero Beach, FL
        Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis, TN

  Solo Exhibits:

        Green Mountain Fine Art, Stowe, VT, 2004, 2011
        Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL , 2003,2005, 2007
        McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH, 2001
        Furchgott and Sourdiffe Gallery,  Shelburne, VT,  1993, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2010
        Polonaise Gallery, Woodstock, VT, 1998, 2001
        Manchester Art Center, Manchester, VT,  1984, 1991
        Passepartout Gallery, Winooski, VT,  1984, 1986, 1988, 1990
        Beside Myself Gallery, Arlington, VT,  1988
        Chaffee Art Gallery,  Rutland, VT,  1986
        Dibden Gallery, Johnson College, VT,  1985
        Wood Gallery, Montpelier, VT,  1985
        Frame of Mind Gallery, Winooski, VT,  1982
        Governor's Pavilion, Montpelier, VT,  1982

Select Group Exhibits and Awards:

        Cornell Museum, Florida Artists Group,  April 28 - June 26, 2011, Delray Beach, FL
        Armory Art Center, Florida Artists Group, Juried Show, September 11 - October 3, 2009,
        West Palm Beach, FL
        Coolidge Center for the Arts, six person show, June 12 - July 5, 2009, Portsmouth, NH
        Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Florida Artists Group, Group Show, May 3 - 19, 2009,
        Tarpon Springs, FL
        Polonaise Gallery, Four Person Show, October 2003
        The AA F 2002 - 2003, NYC, NY
        Martha Keats Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, ongoing Group Show, 1994 - 1998
        The Marlborough Galleries, Newbury Street, Boston, MA, June 1993 (three person show)
        J. Voorhees Gallery, Sarasota, FL, 1992 - 1993
        Stratton Arts Festival, Stratton, VT, 1986 - 95 &1999 Award of Excellence - 1990 Juror:  Wolf Kahn
        "Still Life Now", Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, 1989 Juror:  Janet Fish
        "Arts Alive",  Burlington, VT, 1987 – 93, Best of Show - 1991
        Soho International Art Competition #8 Broome Street, Soho, NY, 12 person show, 1989
        Copley Gallery, Boston, MA, 1986 - 87
        Chaffee Gallery Annual Show, Rutland, VT, 2nd Place Award 1987, 3rd Place Award 1990
        Northern Vermont Artist Association Annual Show, Jericho, VT, 1981-86, Best in Show 1986,
        Awards - 1982, 84, “1988 Vermont Visual Artists"  Statewide Juried Show Jurors Award
        Council on the Arts for Clinton County, NY, 1981 Jurors Award
        Norwich University Art Show, Norwich and Montpelier, VT, 1982-90
       Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, VT - 1995
       "Envisioned in a Pastoral Setting" Exhibition of Art at Shelburne Farms,
       Shelburne, VT, 1989 - 91, 1993, 1996
       "Developments in Watercolor", Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT, 1988
       "Art in Vermont `87",  Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT, 1987
       "Reflections on Basin Harbor", Vergennes, VT, 1987
       , Southern Vermont Artists Association Annual Show, Manchester, VT, 1981 – 86

 

Corporate Collections: 

        Hale and Dorr (law firm),  Boston, MA
        Liberty Financial, Boston, MA
        State Street Research and Management Company, Boston, MA
        Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
        Howard Bank, Burlington, VT
        Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, Burlington, VT
        Myott's Real Estate, Burlington, VT
        Pizzagalli Corporation, S. Burlington, VT
        VELCRO, Manchester, NH
        Imaging Automation, Manchester, NH
        Allston-Brighton Healthy Boston Coalition, Boston, MA
        Chelsea-Revere-Winthrop Elder Services, Chelsea, MA
        Stowe Mountain Resort, Stowe, VT