About BARBARA JABLONSKI
landscapes - water scenes - architectural PLEIN AIR paintings in oil
“Plein air painting is a personal development experience,” says Barbara. “I will always be a ‘student of the art.’” She captures color and light while painting contemporary life in her landscapes. Her specialties include architecture, nautical scenes, boats, winter scenes and landscape vistas.
Barbara paints wherever she travels. pICTURED IS BARBARA ENJOYING AN EVENING SUNSET IN SOUTH AFRICA!
ARTIST TRAINING:
Plein Air Painting: After a sabbatical from art, Barbara resumed painting in 1996. Studies include nationally-known plein air master artists Kevin Macpherson, Kenn Backhaus, Mark Boedges, John Budicin, David Lussier, Frank Serrano, as well as pastelists Albert Handell and watercolorist Margaret M. Martin, AWS.
Studio Painting: She has studied oil painting with internationally-acclaimed artists Robert Liberace, Stephen Ansael and (most celebrated )regional artists Steve Carpenter, and pastelists Kathryn Bevier and Sari Gaby.
BARBARA'S STUDIO WORK INCLUDES LIFE AND NATURE PAINTINGS as well as PORTRAITS. She has travele to South africa and has painted many of the animals she photographed. PICTURED ARE TWO SOUTH AFRICAN BUFFALO displaying affection for his female. The bull just won a battle with another male.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
Artist’s Studio & Gallery, Pittsford, NY (artist’s studio phone 585-381-3980)
University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery Store, 500 University Ave, Rochester, NY
Memorial Art Gallery Clothesline Art Festival, second weekend in September, annually
PAINTING AND TRAVELING AROUND THE COUNTRY
Barbara loves to camp in the mountains as well as near a lake or seashore. Pictured is a small watercolor of Barbara's "Zen Den".... alias for her 17-foot 2007 Casita Travel Trailer. She traverses the country with her Silky Terrier, Jessie, to plein air paint.
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Experience
I have been working as a professional artist for over 20 years, specializing in oil painting. My work has been featured in galleries and I have won several awards for my pieces in art shows and plein air competitions throughout NYS.