About Barbara Ann Scott
“Every Artist dips his brush in his own soul, & paints his own nature into his pictures.”
Barbara Ann Scott
BIO
Barbara was born and raised in Edinburgh Scotland where she trained as a teacher. Art was always her first love and so she also attended evening classes at the Edinburgh College of Art and enrolled in art programmes with the Open University UK. After emigrating to British Columbia, she obtained a Masters’ Degree in Art Education from the University of Victoria and continued to teach elementary students until her retirement.
In retirement, she has had more time and energy to devote to the development of her own creativity by attending many inspirational workshops with several renowned artists: Pat San Soucie, Gerald Brommer, Robert Burridge, Gwen Fox, Steven Aimone, Patricia Wheeler, Jane Davies, Joan Fullerton and most recently, Katherine Chang Liu.
As an Active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, she has exhibited in many juried shows and has received several awards for her work. Pieces of her work are in private collections in British Columbia, the USA and the United Kingdom.
Artist’s Statement
My abstract art is very much a personal, exploratory and experimental journey with the elements of colour, line, shape and texture as my primary inspirations. These help me express, in a non-objective way, concepts such as connectivity, communication strategies, the architecture of rock formations and the way shadow or light create mood and mystery. I believe my art is also about story-telling and metaphor, often with elements of humour and whimsy.
As I work intuitively, an image can change and move beyond my original plans. I have no pre-conceived idea of how a piece will look when it is finished. I begin with a loose idea as a starting point. I try to stay relaxed and let the piece tell me what it needs with each application of paint, collage material or drawing.
Focusing on process helps me develop work that feels more authentic. This process involves an interplay between intuitive mark-making and more deliberate intention, evaluation and editing. Therefore, each time I add something to a work, it changes the whole piece and sets up new challenges to which I respond. It takes practice and effort to stay in the now and resist the desire for a quick and easy resolution. It also requires trust in my own intuition and aesthetics to go with the flow or remain in that Zen mode and not know ahead how a work will appear when finished. I believe there is a vibrant and positive energy that emanates from original art.
My hope is that I can share feelings, experiences and perceptions, while imparting enough mystery for the viewer to explore, interpret and respond to an image in his/her own way.
Barbara Ann Scott Exhibitions
2007 Perceptions 7, The Old School House Gallery, Qualicum, B.C.
2007 Through Island Eyes ll, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, B.C.
2007 Selected Works - F.C.A. Members, Gallery 223, Nanaimo, B.C.
2007 Bloomin’ Art, Port Theatre, Nanaimo, B.C.
2007 Autumn Light lll, Nanaimo Art Gallery, B.C.
2007 Studio Marlies Schottke, Nanaimo, B.C.
2008 The Red Show, The Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, B.C.
2008 The NFCA Spring Show, The Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, B.C.
2008 The NFCA Fall Show, The Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, B.C.
2008 The Sidney Fine Arts Show, Mary Windspear Centre, Sidney, British Columbia.
2009 The NFCA Spring Show, The Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, B.C.
2009 The Sidney Fine Arts Show, Mary Windspear Centre, Sidney, British Columbia.
2010 National Winter Show, The Old School House, Qualicum, B.C.
2010 NFCA Spring Show, Ladysmith Art Gallery, Ladysmith, B.C.
2010 NFCA Summer Show, VIU Campus Gallery, Nanaimo, B.C.
2010 The Sidney Fine Art Show, Mary Windspear Centre, Sidney, British Columbia.
2011 Counterpoint, An Exhibition of Abstract Art, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, B.C.
2011 The Sooke Fine Art Show, Sooke, British Columbia
2011 The Sidney fine Art Show, Mary Windspear Centre, Sidney, British Columbia.
2011 NFCA Fall Show, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, B.C.
2012 NFCA Spring Show, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, B.C.
2012 Unscripted – Abstract Art, The Old School House, Qualicum, B.C.
2012 NFCA Fall Show, The Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo B.C.
2012 Small Smaller Smallest, FCA Gallery, Granville Island, Vancouver, B.C.
2012 Guest Resident Artist, The Old School House, Qualicum, B.C.
2013 The Abstract Show, FCA Gallery, Granville Island, Vancouver, B.C.
2013 Abstracts, Gallery at Qualicum Art Supply, 206, 1st Avenue, Qualicum, B.C.
2013 Resident Artist, TOSH10 Gallery, The Old School House, Qualicum, B.C.
3013 The Sooke Fine Art Show, Sooke, B.C.
3013 FCA Arrowsmith Chapter Show, Artworx Gallery, Qualicum, B.C.
2013 The Sidney Fine Arts Show, Mary Windspear Centre, Sidney, B.C.
2014 Resident Artist, TOSH10 Gallery, The Old School House, Qualicum, B. C.
2014 FCA Arrowsmith Chapter Show, Parksville, B.C.
2014 FCA Nanaimo Chapter Show, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, B.C.
2014 The Sidney Fine Art Show, Mary Windspear Centre, Sidney, B.C.
2015 Resident Artist TOSH10 Gallery, The Old School House, Qualicum, B.C.
2015 Nanoose Art Showcase, Open Studio Show, Nanoose Place, Nanaoose, B.C.
2015 A Brush With Spring, FCA Chapter Show, Dorchester Hotel, Nanaimo, B.C.
2015 Between the Colours, Art Lab, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo. B.C.
2015 Moss Street Paint In, Moss St. Victoria, B.C.
2016 Nanoose Art Showcase, Open Studio Show, Nanoose Place, Nanoose, B.C.
2016 Art Under the Umbrellas, Hunt Road, Sidney, B.C.
2016 The Sidney Fine Art Show, Mary Windspear Centre, Sidney, B.C.
2016 FCA Nanaimo Chapter Show, Conference Centre, Nanaimo, B.C.
2017 Nanoose Art Showcase, Open Studio Show, Nanoose Place, Nanoose, B.C.
2017 Moss Street Paint In, Moss St. Victoria, B.C.
2017 Sidney Fine Art Show, Mary Windspear Centre, Sidney, B.C.
2017 FCA Naiaimo Chapter Show, Conference Centre, Nanaimo, B.C.
2018 Sidney Fine Art Show, Mary Windspear Centre, Sidney, B.C.
2018 FCA Nanaimo Chapter Show, Conference Centre, Nanaimo, B.C.
2019 Artists By The River, Cedar Road, Nanaimo
2019 Sidney Fine Art Show, Mary Windspear Centre, Sidney, B.C.
2019 FCA Nanaimo Chapter Fine Art Show, Conference Centre, Nanaimo, B.C.
2021 Hammond Bay Studio Tour, Edenbara Studio, 5471, Leslie, Nanaimo, B.C. (Rescheduled from 2020)
Date TBD Artists By The River, Cedar Road, Nanaimo, B.C. (To be rescheduled)