About The Artist

Barbara Pickering is a full time Artist in Barbados.  She grew up in an Artist’s home and has been painting and drawing all her life.  Her father, renowned Canadian Artist, Jack L. Pickering was a great influence in her art.  To this day, they enjoy painting together.  Her great-great grandfather, Joseph Langsdale Pickering was a Royal Academy Romanticist Artist in England, with paintings held in galleries across Europe as well as in the Louvre in Paris.  Barbara's talent is definitely captured in her paintings that depict everyday people doing everyday things. “I never limit myself to painting a singular subject matter….I love it all, from portraiture to landscape, sea to land.”   Working in several mediums, she has come to love the versatility and feel of oils. She happily raised 2 daughters while pursuing a career and continued to foster her love of art.  She is a member of the Barbados Arts Council.  As well as participating in group shows in Barbados and Canada, Barbara's work can be found at Gallery of Caribbean Art, The Crane Village Gallery and The Pelican Barbados Arts Council Gallery as well as private collections in Canada, US, China, Norway, England, Barbados and Germany.  Her work has won International Awards.   She hopes the viewer is left in a state of wonderment,  questioning what happened at that moment in time. www.bapickeringart.com   "Art is the thrill of a journey...it's reality is what the viewer perceives."