Barbara Kern-Bush

Work Description:
Oil

Biography:
ARTIST STATEMENT
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, Barbara found her passion for painting early and began painting independently at age 14. Those early efforts were within the genre of portraiture and led to many adventures. Some highlights included portrait painting at various art shows in malls and festivals, occasional freelance and commission work, gallery representation in several cities, and a short career as a high school art teacher. Later Barbara had the opportunity to advance her skills through numerous workshops at Studio Incamminatti, Philadelphia, where she found their philosophy and methods of instruction to be very well suited for the continuation of her goals as an artist. She now works both in her home studio and out in the field doing Plein-Air landscapes and very much enjoys participating in Plein-Air events as well as expressive figurative work.

She is a member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, The Latrobe Art Center, The Worcester County Arts Council, The Portrait Society of America, the Working Artists’ Forum, and the Maryland Federation of Artists.

Barbara now lives and works in Pocomoke City, MD.

EXHIBITS
2012- PRESENT - PLEIN AIR EVENTS, INCLUDING LATROBE ART CENTER, SAMA, LIGONIER, PA, ONANCOCK, VA, OCEAN CITY ART LEAGUE, AND WORCESTER COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL, BERLIN, MD
2012 - INVITATIONAL: “2 X 20: TWENTY REGIONAL ARTISTS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW”, SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE, LATROBE, PA
2010 - SWEET ART GALLERY, NAPLES, FL
2008 - THIRD STREET GALLERY, CARNEGIE, PA
2007 - SOLO EXHIBIT, WATERCOLORS GALLERY, PITTSBURGH, PA
2004 - SOLO EXHIBIT, LATROBE ART CENTER, LATROBE, PA
2003 - BLUE HERON GALLERY, WELLFLEET, MASS
2000 - LIGONIER LIBRARY, LIGONIER, PA
2000 - SOLO EXHIBIT, SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE, SAINT VINCENT, PA- 1999 - GREENSBURG ART CLUB, GREENSBURG, PA
JURIED EXHIBITS
2008 - SOUTHWESTERN PA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, LIGONIER PA
2003 - PASTEL SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ART, BUTLER MUSEUM, YOUNGSTOWN, OH
2001 - SOUTHERN PA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, BIENNIAL, LORETTO, PA
1999 - WESTMORELAND ART NATIONALS, GREENSBURG, PA
1998 - A SHOW OF HANDS, BATON ROUGE, LA


AWARDS
2017 - “PAINT ONANCOCK” - “ARTISTS’ CHOICE AWARD”
2017 - “SMALL WORKS”, WCAC, BERLIN, MD - “BEST OF SHOW”
2017 - OCEAN CITY, MD PLEIN AIR, “BEST NOCTURNAL”
2009 - INCLUDED IN BEST OF AMERICAN PASTEL ARTISTS VOLUME II
2008 - PASTEL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, CHICAGO PASTEL PAINTERS ‘AWARD, NY, NY
2003 - PASTEL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, PURCHASE AWARD, NY, NY
2003 - SOUTHERN PA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, THIRD PLACE, ILIGONIER, PA
2002 - BECAME SIGNATURE MEMBER, PASTEL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
2001 - WESTMORELAND HOSPICE, MOTHERS’ DAY CARD SELECTION, GREENSBURG, PA
2000 - WINTERLUDE, AWARD OF DISTINCTION and JUDGE’S CHOICE AWARD, GREENSBURG, PA
1999 - SOUTHWESTERN PA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, HONORABLE MENTION, LIGONIER, PA

COLLECTIONS
WESTMORELAND COUNTY AIRPORT, LATROBE, PA
MUTUAL AID AMBULANCE SERVICE, GREENSBURG, PA
DERRY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT, DERRY, PA
GREENSBURG SALEM SCHOOL DISTRICT, GREENSBURG, PA
REBECCA HADEN STONE HOUSE MUSEUM, SALTSBURG, PA

EDUCATION
2003 - STUDIO INCAMMINATI, VARIOUS WORKSHOPS, 2003 THROUGH 2010
1973 - SETON HILL UNIVERSITY, BA

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