Photograph by Joann Foltz (c) 2021
STATEMENT
I like the specificity of places, and I tend to notice when light and shadow are at play in the landscape. The specific landscape that I inhabit and pay attention to is suburbia. Most of my work is firmly rooted in place and reflects the tight orbit of my life. Recently my paintings have become deliberately less slick, less finished. Now I frequently interrupt my painting process to ask myself, “How much information is enough?” My brain is novelty-driven, so I harness that superpower and actively court novelty in my studio practice. I change my procedures, subject matter, materials, and habits at will.
RESUME
Barb Mowery
American, b. Baltimore, MD, 1978
Exhibitions
2021 Still Life: Recent Works by 25 Regional Artists, invitational, Staunton Augusta Art Center, Staunton, VA
2021 On Paper: Printmaking, Book Arts & Beyond, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, MD (Juror: Joan
Boudreau, Curator, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC)
2020 Bloom & Grow: Brilliant Botanicals, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, MD (Juror: Sarah Hedean,
Living Collections Manager, Smithsonian Institution Gardens, Washington, DC)
2020 Winter Abstracts, Bishop's Stock Fine Art, Craft & Wine, Snow Hill, MD
2019 October Featured Artists, Bishop's Stock Fine Art, Craft & Wine, Snow Hill, MD
2019 Plein Air Paintings, Bishop's Stock Fine Art, Craft & Wine, Snow Hill, MD
2019 Rise!, Art League of Ocean City Center for the Arts, Ocean City, MD
2019 When Darkness Falls: Night Explorations, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, MD (Juror: Robyn
Strayer, Senior Program & Exhibits Specialist, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center)
2019 Winter Abstracts, Bishop's Stock Fine Art, Craft & Wine, Snow Hill, MD
2018 Inch By Inch, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
2017 Two-Person Exhibition, Close to Home, Bishop's Stock Fine Art, Craft & Wine Snow Hill, MD (with painter, Carole
Böggemann Peirson)
2017 Plein Air Paintings, Bishop's Stock Fine Art, Craft & Wine, Snow Hill, MD
2016 Solo Exhibition, Lost in the Woods, Calvert Library, Solomons, MD
2016 Plein Air Paintings, Bishop's Stock Fine Art, Craft & Wine, Snow Hill, MD
2014 Plein Air Paintings, Bishop's Stock Fine Art, Craft & Wine, Snow Hill, MD
2014 Small Paintings, Bishop's Stock Fine Art, Craft & Wine, Snow Hill, MD
2011 Elemental Matters, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Fabric of Snow Hill, public art project, Snow Hill Arts on the River, Snow Hill, MD
2000 Solo Exhibition, Things Recollected, Kline Center Gallery, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA
Residencies
2021 Artist Residency in Motherhood, Lusby, MD
2021 & 2019 Artists in Action, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, MD
2019 Lacawac Artists' Residency, Lacawac Sanctuary, Lake Ariel, PA
Lectures
2020 “Playful Experimentation,” Presentation, Olney Art Association, Olney, MD, September 16.
2016 Artist Talk, Calvert Library, Solomons, MD, October 6.
Plein Air Events
2007-2018 Paint Snow Hill, plein air paint-out and exhibition, Snow Hill, MD
2009-2010 Solomons Paint the Town, plein air paint-out and exhibition, Solomons, MD
Gallery Affiliation
Bishop's Stock Fine Art, Craft & Wine, Snow Hill, MD
Education
2000 BA in English, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA, USA
(Updated 4/2021)