Barbara A. Kendrick: Landscapes in pastels and oils

Bold landscapes with dramatic lighting are the dominant themes of Barbara Kendrick's paintings. She and her husband moved to southwestern Colorado in 1999, but for more than 20 years they have explored the high-country and canyon lands of the Four Corners area. Working from her Pleasant Valley Studio, she paints impressions of those experiences.

Her works have been included in a number of local, regional and national "juried" shows and exhibitions including the Montrose Visual Arts Guild annual shows, Alpine Artists Holiday shows, and the 2007 Gateway to Imagination National Show in Farmington, New Mexico. 

Among many awards and acknowledgements, she has received three first place ribbons, and recently was awarded "Best of Show at the2008 Montrose Visual Arts Guild annual show. In March 2008 she was invited to participate in the Second Annual Gathering of Artists Invitational Show featuring 12 notable artists from across the Western Slope. In 2007 the Montrose Visual Arts Guild invited her to exhibit at the Montrose Pavilion in conjunction with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra's summer concert, and she was included in the Montrose Library's Beyond Words exhibition. The Ridgway Public Library featured her work in a 2006 three-person show: "Convergence: oils, pastels and sculpture." Her works are represented in private and corporate collections across the country.

"I have worked in several mediums including oils, acrylics and ink; but pastels are my first love because they are pure color and they truly capture the luminous atmospheric effects we see here in the Southwest."