BARBARA POOLE FINE ART

Art has been my life as long as I can remember, beginning with the feeling of "I need" to sketch or paint when I was a child, to being the mother who started the art programs in local schools, to getting my art degree and becoming a serious artist... Looking back at my art career, I see that my imagery is all connected to making a place, an environment of contentment or an exploration of what happens in a space. First I worked in watercolor, documenting what went on around me in a very naïve and unschooled way. Those paintings have the honesty and liveliness of a child. Then I moved to oil paintings, again exploring my surroundings but concentrating on technique, influenced by art school. After a few years, I began combining my ideas into 3 dimensional box paintings, literally creating a place to depict imaginary or real events. This led to making tiny little houses that reminded me of my childhood in Pennsylvania with the mining company towns. I began giving the houses life by using..

Primary location: San Rafael United States