Photograph by Joann Foltz (c) 2021
STATEMENT
My paintings spring from the objects and places in my everyday life. I look for moments that excite my eye during the otherwise mundane routines of raising children. I feel like an explorer, but I’m charting my immediate environment instead of some distant wilderness. I begin by very self-consciously noticing myself noticing the visually enticing tidbits all around me. And then what I pay attention to becomes important.
RESUME
Barb Mowery
American, b. Baltimore, MD, 1978
Exhibitions
2022 27th Annual FALC Juried Exhibition, Fine Arts League of Cary, Cary, NC (Juror: Jennifer Dasal) - Upcoming
2022 Solo Exhibition, Homebody, Calvert Library Southern Branch, Solomons, MD
2021 Pivot!, Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury, MD
2021 Two-Person Exhibition, Light Year, Bishop's Stock Fine Art, Craft & Wine Snow Hill, MD (with painter, Ann
Crostic)
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)
2020 Bloom & Grow: Brilliant Botanicals, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, MD (Juror: Sarah Hedean)
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 (also 2014, 2016, 2017)
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)
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)
2016 Solo Exhibition, Lost in the Woods, Calvert Library Southern Branch, Solomons, 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 - ongoing Artist Residency in Motherhood, Lusby, MD
2022, 2021 & 2019 Artists in Action, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, MD
2019 Lacawac Artists' Residency, Lacawac Sanctuary, Lake Ariel, PA
Lectures / Workshops
2022 "Exit, pursued by a bear," presentation, Bridgewater College, VA, March 25.
2022 "Landscape Collages," workshop, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, MD, March 19.
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 4/2022)