Contrast in Place and Paint

Opening Reception:
Saturday, May 8 from 4 -7 pm

Exhibit continues through June 12, 2010

Dorothea Barrick’s plein air paintings, Contrast in Place and Paint, beautifully express her appreciation of her environment. The colors seem to leap spontaneously from the landscape onto the canvas where they invite the viewer to share her travels. This exhibit contrasts her experiences painting in the mountains of Fairfield, Pennsylvania against the landscape of New Mexico. Her rich, fluid brush strokes echo the trees and flowers as they bend to the eastern winds. Just as expressive are the bold brush strokes for the hard surfaces of the rocks and mountains under the intense southwest sun. These juxtaposed elements create dazzling motion on the flat surface of the canvas, which she elegantly captures and translates for the viewer.

Teaching has also captured Ms. Barrick‘s interest. She started the art department at St. Mary’s College in 1973 and has taught in various colleges throughout Maryland. At present she teaches workshops at the Frederick Community College, Frederick, MD, the Harrisburg Area Community College, Gettysburg, PA, and Hood College, Frederick, MD.
Ms. Barrick received an MFA in 1967 and a BFA in 1965 from the Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD.

Selected exhibits include:
Big and Small, Maryland Printmakers, Carroll Community College, Westminster, MD 2010
Original Prints, Solo Exhibit, Emmitsburg Library, Emmitsburg, MD 2008
75th Cumberland Valley Exhibition, Washington County Fine Arts Museum, Hagerstown, MD 2008
Le Fleurs, Unicorn Gallery, Baltimore, MD 2006
Landscape Impressions, Penn. State, Mont Alto, PA 2005
Retrospective (Two Artists’ Lives”) Landon School, Bethesda, MD 2004
Chine Colle’, Americas’ Arts, Gettysburg, P A 2003
Organic Vitality, The Artists’ Gallery, Frederick, MD 2002

Selected collections include:
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Printmakers Archives, Washington, DC
Kala Printmaking Institute, Berkeley, CA
Brevard Museum of Arts & Sciences, Melbourne, FL
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

Selected Works:

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