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Barbara Garwood

Barbara Garwood is a pastel artist who lives in Salisbury, North Carolina. Her style leans to impressionism. The ability to “imply” or “suggest” in her paintings is a challenge she embraces. She has studied with internationally known artists Liz Haywood-Sullivan and Elizabeth Mowry and studies online with artist Karen Margulis. Her medium of choice is pastels which she finds both brilliant and subtle. She loves their immediacy in connecting with the surface and the spontaneity this allows.

Growing up, Barbara was fortunate to be surrounded by artwork. Her father was an architect and artist, and there were oil paints, watercolors, paper, and books always at hand. Her first set of pastels was a small wooden box of Talens which she still has today.

Her work has been juried into the North Carolina Statewide Pastel Exhibition by judge Michael Chesley Johnson in 2022 and by judge Liz Haywood-Sullivan in 2018, and in 2020 she received an Award of Excellence in the exhibit by judge Alain Picard. Current memberships include the Pastel Society of North Carolina and Waterworks Visual Arts Center. Barbara lives in North Carolina and enjoys spending time in the Blue Ridge Mountains where she finds a constant source of beauty and inspiration.

click on the thumbnail pictures below to see the full painting

Otter Falls
Blue Ridge, Yellow Flowers
Wild Teasel

Upcoming Zoom Presentations for 2023

February 11th – Maryann Mullett
March 11th – Mark Ivan Cole
April 8th – Terrilynn Dubreuil
May 13th – Fred Fielding
June 10th – Regina Burchette
July 8 – Jane Steelman: “How to manage your PSNC google page”

Each meeting will from 10 am – Noon US Eastern Time

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Shows / Workshops

6th Annual PURE COLOR: Online International Juried Exhibition of Pastel Paintings
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Two Upcoming PSNC Member Shows at Ambleside Gallery and the Imperial Arts Center
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Recent News / Announcements

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Celebration of Life Service for Helen Knapp

Member News, Betty Hendrix

“Fun with Feathers!” Paint-Along with Rita Kirkman, on Zoom

Arizona Pastel Artists Association’s 2023 Open International Exhibition

“Don Keyfurry” Paint-Along with Rita Kirkman, on Zoom

OPEN CALL – Arte Laguna Prize 17

A “Baby Bunny” Paint-Along with Rita Kirkman

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