Inspired by an affection for nature, I am driven to express that love through paint in color, shape, texture and process.    – Carol Barber

 

ART AWARDS

2012 Second Place in Quick Draw competition to benefit the charity, S.A.F.E., at Prince Michelle Winery

2010 Accepted into the Thomas Center Galleries Regional Juried Exhibition, juror: David Fithian

2009 Accepted into the Thomas Center Galleries Regional Juried Exhibition, juror: Michael Burban

2009 GFAA Florida Open Juried Exhibit, Honorable Mention Ribbon, juror: Jeffrey Smart Baisden

2008 First Place in the Garden Category of the Melrose Paint the Town Green

2007 Acceptance in the International Society of Acrylic Painters, 10th Annual Exhibition, San Luis Obispo Art Center, CA, juror: Bob Burridge.

2007 Award of Merit at the Oak Hall Art Festival

2006 Gold Addy for an interior magazine illustration from the Advertising Federation of the Roanoke Valley (AFRV)

2005 Award of Honor at the Art at the Oaks Show, FL

2003 Best of Show Award for the Gainesville Fine Art Association Members’ Winter Show

2003 Edith Moore Portrait Award for the Gainesville Fine Art Association Members’ Winter Show

2000 Silver Addy for entertainment advertising from the AFRV

1999 Award of Excellence for the Radford University Art Museum’s Student Juried Exhibition

1999 Gold Citation for illustration from the AFRV

1999 Silver Citation for electronic/ digital media from the AFRV

1992 Art Achievement Award, James Madison University

 

EXHIBITIONS

2012, Spirit and Soul exhibition of paintings with Eddie Thiel at the Arts Center in Orange in Orange, VA

2010, Shaped By Time exhibition of paintings with Ande Lister at the Melrose Bay Art Gallery in Melrose, FL

2009, Reflections: Beyond Time and Space exhibition with glass artists Sarah Hinds and Sky Campbell at the Thomas Center Main Gallery in Gainesville, FL

2007, Painted Dreams solo exhibition of my paintings at the Santa Fe Gallery in Gainesville, FL

1992, The Black Bag Will Open, solo exhibition of my graphic design work at the JMU Art Works Gallery in Harrisonburg, VA