Denee Barr Art News and More

Update May 31, 2010

If by chance you missed the proverbial below-mentioned boat~~~there's still a "dinghy" offshore so just contact me if you would like to order from my Caribbean collections.


From the American Folklife Center at Library of Congress says~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Folklife is community life and values, artfully expressed in myriad forms and interactions. Universal, diverse, and enduring, it enriches the nation and makes us a commonwealth of cultures." Mary Hufford 1991 http://www.loc.gov/folklife/





Leaving Port Elizabeth, Bequia Island
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies c 1996 Denee Barr

Medium:
Silver gelatin photograph and mixed media
16" x 20"




Street Chat
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies
2000 c Denee Barr

Medium:
Silver gelatin photo collage and gouache
20" x 16"






Salt Whistle Bay and Cactus
Mayreau Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies
c 2003 Denee Barr

Medium:
photo emulsion and gouache on Arches paper
17" x 19"

Oh yes we want you to go visit St. Vincent and the Grenadines but we would like your first introduction and visit to SVG to be at my exhibit in Columbia, Maryland so "the mailboat is calling...don't miss the boat" ~~~~~~~~@! www.deneebarrartnews.blogspot.com
www.columbiafoundation.org

On view now through Friday, May 28, 2010 "From a Global Window: The Caribbean by Denee Barr" at the Columbia Foundation by appointment (410) 730-7840

p.s.

(This presentation through it's showing of Music, Literature, and Art~~~~~~~~~~)
25% from sale of works sold will go to Haiti Relief fund...! http://www.flickr.com/photos/deneebarrphotographic/4630821076/

St. Vincent and the Grenadines are an exquisite cluster of islands located in the Eastern Caribbean between Barbados and Grenada. The main island of St. Vincent is volcanic with black sand beaches and a fertile rich interior known as the Marriqua Valley where the country's bounty of fresh fruits and vegetables are grown. White sand beaches and turquoise blue waters rim the smaller Grenadine Islands. I discovered these islands back in the late 1980's while doing research in the Howard County Library in Columbia, Maryland and looking through the American Folklife Center Library of Congress research materials on the Caribbean. I was drawn to articles on the African, Carib, and Arawak history. The simplicity in lifestyle and the wooden boat building also appealed to me. The photographs in this exhibit represent daily life in the Caribbean as I experienced during my travels from 1989-1992.