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| I became an experienced landscape painter and teacher by painting directly from nature,
capturing the accurate effects of light and color in the rolling hills and countryside of Maryland. From 1983-1996 I taught
drawing and painting in my studio and from 1998 through 2005 shared my landscape painting skills in outdoor plein air workshops
in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
I credit my artistic development to many sources, including my B.F.A. from Syracuse University,
the Schuler School of Fine Arts in Baltimore, my experience as a graphic artist and illustrator, various workshop instructors,
and my students.
I am member of the Salmagundi Club, Oil Painters of America, the Baltimore Watercolor Society,
the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association (artist member), and am president of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters
for the second time.
My paintings may be seen at American Painting Fine Art in Washington, DC and New York City
and at Illuminaria Fine Art in Chatham, MA. |
Barbara Nuss
Painting on Duke of Gloucester
Street during "Paint Annapolis 2005." |
BIOGRAPHY
SELECTED AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS: National Arts for the Parks, Jackson Hole, Wyoming: Top 100: 1989, 1991, 1992, 2001, 2006;
Top 200: 1990, 1993, 1996, 2006; Oil Painters of America National Exhibition: 2000 (Gallery Americana, Carmel CA), 2001 (Zantman Art Galleries,
Palm Desert, CA); Regional Exhibition: 2002 (Brazier Gallery, Richmond, VA), 2004. National League of American Pen Women MD State Conference:
Best of Show Award, 1999, 2003; Washington Society of Landscape Painters: Best of Show Award, 1998, 2005; Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibitions: 1989, 1990, 1996 (Holbein Award), 2005., Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters
(MAPAPA) "Paint Annapolis 2004," Award of Excellence; "Paint Annapolis 2005;" "Paint Annapolis 2006," Award of Merit
(Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD). Principle Gallery, Alexandria VA, State Department Arts in
Embassies Program: 1994-1996 (Vatican, Rome), 2003-2005 (Ankarra, Turkey); Artist's Magazine Still Life Competition
Finalist: 1996; Landscape Competition Finalist: 2003, listed in Who's Who of America, World,
and American Women.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
American Painting Fine
Art, Washington, DC; Andrei Kushnir/Michele Taylor Gallery, New York, NY; Troika Gallery, Easton, MD; Strathmore Hall Art Center,
North Bethesda, MD; Washington County Arts Council Gallery, Hagerstown, MD; Grand Style Gallery, Baltimore, MD; Art League Gallery (Torpedo Factory),
Alexandria, VA; Penn State University, State College, PA; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Maryland National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, Silver Spring, MD; and Bendann Galleries, Towson, MD.
PUBLICATIONS:
Author of 14 Formulas for Painting Fabulous Landscapes published by North Light Books, 2004; Contributor to Painting the Elements, Weather Effects in Oil, Acrylic and Watercolor,
published by North Light Books, 2006; two landscape paintings included in Art from the
Parks, a publication by North Light Books; a landscape painting included in How did you Paint That? 100 Ways to Paint
Landscapes, a book published in June 2004 by International Artist Publishing; "Paint Annapolis 2004" painting on cover of Exclusively
Greater Annapolis 2006," a book benefiting Historic Annapolis Foundation published in September 2006 by Jordan
Publishing Co.; and a landscape painting included in Rock Creek Park by
Gail Spilsbury, 2003.
EDUCATION:
BFA
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY; Schuler School of Fine Arts, Baltimore MD; Guy Fairlamb, Washington, DC; landscape workshops
with John Philip Osborne and Ross Merrill.
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