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Bio
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Barbara Jean Weingart is an award winning artist. She has shown at many
prestigious shows in the Northwest and Northeast, and has won awards for her work.
Her work has been sold in
galleries and stores throughout the United States.
Barbara is
inspired by nature in all seasons. She has a cabin in a remote area in
the Adirondacks and spends summers there, painting and paddling.
Barbara enjoys
painting on simple shapes like scarves and yardage. She then creates
kimonos and ties, as well as bags, pillows, duvet covers, table runners, and
home decorative items. Barbara paints on natural textiles like
silk, cotton, linen and wool. She considers these her canvas. She has been silk
painting since 1986, and has sold her work professionally since 1990.
Barbara has been an artist all of her life.
Barbara Jean
Weingart finished work on her Master’s degree in Textile and Fashion
Design at Syracuse University in May, 2002.
Artist's
Statement
Appreciating the
beauty and peace of nature has always been a fundamental source of
pleasure in my life. I spend my most memorable moments paddling on a
wilderness lake, listening to the loons sing, and taking into my memory
the colors and shapes, sounds and feelings from the beauty that
surrounds me.
I love the organic
shapes that flow from nature. The perfection of these seemingly
imperfect shapes are what I
aspire to in my work. I retain, in my mind, the images and feelings
that are related to flowing water, bubbles under ice, the songs of the
trees when the wind flows through the branches, patterns of sunlight and
shadow, and the feeling of soft breezes on summer evenings.
Nature’s gifts to
us include wonderful fibers from which we make textiles, such as silk,
wool, linen and cotton. I use only natural textiles for the basis of my
work and begin with a blank canvas of white, which I embellish to
resemble the feelings and memories of my ventures into the natural
world. My techniques include batik, painting, dying, discharge
printing, stamping, stenciling and screen-printing. All the design
elements I use in my work are acquired from nature’s inspirations.
The embellishment
of fine fabrics fascinates me. The texture and drape of a fine fabric
adds to the finished product, which is why I use only natural fibers in
my work. Nature is perfect and has provided us with what we need to be
comfortable and beautiful. My art-to-wear clothing and home accessories
are made from only the finest natural fabrics available to me. They are
hand painted and embellished.
You can be
sure that any ‘barbarajean’ original that you acquire is one of a
kind, and made with loving care. I take great pleasure in creating
beautiful art-to-wear pieces of clothing and accessories (both for
personal and home adornment). With proper care, they will give you
years of pleasure.
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