TITLE: SOLVIEG
ARTIST: BARBARA STANTON

Barbara Stanton was born in California and has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area all her life. Specializing in miniature oil paintings and portraits (miniature and full size) her charming landscapes, still lifes and portraits are done in a very traditional, realist style. Her superb use of color and light make each piece glow. The precisely detailed compositions, some no larger than a postage stamp, call out to the viewer to step nearer and explore them more closely, to feel the moment.

Barbara's work has found its way into collections around the world. Miniature collectors are her biggest fans because she paints in the popular dollhouse scale — 1/12. She has been featured in numerous publications and won numerous awards, including 2nd place, Landscape with the Miniature Art Society of Florida in 2008; 1st Place, Portraits at the U.S. Bank Art Show in Livermore in 2007; and Best in Show, 1st Place Portrait and 2nd Place Seascape at the Sierra Arists Gallery in Mariposa, California. Her work has been exhibited in many locations in the Bay Area and beyond since 2004.

Painting for more than thirty years now, Barbara has mastered her technique and continues to seek new challenges. She is an IGMA Fellow (International Guild of Miniature Artisans). She is also an art instructor and does demonstrations and workshops. She has taught twice at the annual IGMA Guild School in Castine, Maine ( 2001 & 2003). Barbara is very active in her local community and runs a figure drawing workshop and teaches art classes weekly as well as being the Gallery Director for the Livermore Art Association Gallery.