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Conch Shell, Mayreau Island
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies
c Denee Barr 2004
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Medium: photo emulsion and selenium toner on
Arches paper

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Bequia Island Flowers, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies
c Denee Barr 2000
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Medium: photo emulsion and gouache on paper

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Ready for Fish Stew, Canouan Island

The Grenadines

West Indies

c Denee Barr 2000

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Medium: silver gelatin print and handmade paper

with photo emulsion and mixed media

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Go see Go see Go See Go See Go See Go See the unique photos above "Echoes in the Bush, Columbia, Maryland" Denee Barr c 1996 and "Cattails, Lake Elkhorn, Columbia, Maryland" Denee Barr c 1996 were lensed by me in the late 1980's and printed by me in the mid 1990's. An image from my Columbia, Maryland photo collections is currently on exhibit in Landscape & Nature: A View From Maryland at the Thomas Hunter Lowe House of Delegates Building in Annapolis, Maryland through April 9, 2007. This juried exhibition of 45 distinguished Maryland artists was assembled to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Maryland-Kanagawa Prefecture Sister States Program. An exquisite future showing of this art collection from Maryland artists is scheduled in Japan. Currently, the next stop on the exhibiton tour is Baltimore, Maryland. Don't miss this beautiful exhibition while touring Maryland.

Global Perspective................Personal Vision

Denee

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Art Now - Baltimore Museum of Art
Live! Some of today's most provocative artists
in contemporary art.
Free at the BMA
www.artbma.org


Conversations with Contemporary Photographers at the BMA
Internationally renowned artists are paired for public discussions about photography's changing role in contemporary art, including its relationship to painting, media, and new technology.

Next Conversation at the Baltimore Museum of Art is on Thursday, April 12th with photographers Thomas Struth and Mitch Epstein. 7pm

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Bequia Island House
The Grenadines
West Indies
c Denee Barr 2000
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Market Day
Kingstown, St. Vincent
West Indies
c Denee Barr 2000
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From 1989-1993 I traveled extensively through the Eastern Caribbean. "Market Day" was captured while I was strolling through Kingstown in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies (1992-1993). The medium is silver gelatin print collage and mixed media.

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SOLD Lookout Point, Kent Island, Maryland
c Denee Barr 2003
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Beyond the Bay: Photographs from Kent Island
by Denee Barr

Quintessential Maryland Eastern Shore ..................

I captured the unique photograph "Lookout Point, Kent Island, Maryland" in October /November 2002. This image along with another photograph from my Kent Island series is on permanent exhibition in the "Heart of DC" John A. Wilson Building City Hall Public Art Collection in Washington, DC. on the 3rd floor adjacent to the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development.

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Beyond the Bay:

Photographs from Kent Island

Solo Exhibition

Installation and Reception

Kent Island Federation of Art

Stevensville, Maryland
c Denee Barr 2003
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Wildflowers "Black-eyed Susans", Centennial Lake
Ellicott City, Maryland
c Denee Barr 1995
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medium: silver gelatin photo and mixed media




"The invention of photography depended on the confluence of three streams of thought. Two of these tributary sources had long histories as scientific disciplines called optics and chemistry; the third was the poetic idea that it might be possible to snatch from the very air a picture formed by the forces of nature."

Photography Until Now
by John Szarkowski
The Museum of Modern Art 1989
New York
page 11

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Running Horse, Elkridge, Maryland
The Cider Mill Farm
c Denee Barr 2002
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Two Chairs, Columbia, Maryland
c Denee Barr 2001
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Two Trees, Columbia, Maryland
c Denee Barr 2002
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Breaking the Rules Yamamoto Masao, Lorna Simpson, Sally Mann, Albert Chong, Jun Shiraoka, The Starns................




Thoughts on Contemporaty Photographers
from Denee Barr

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Wavering Land, Columbia, Maryland
c Denee Barr 2001
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Variation on Dried Red Roses
Installation Photo #2
Solo Exhibition
Columbia Art Center
Columbia, Maryland
2005 c Denee Barr
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Ansel Adams, Harry Callahan, Margaret Bourke-White .......... I look at their images over and over again when I want to study photographs.



Thoughts on Legendary Photographers
from Denee Barr

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THE PORTFOLIOS
OF ANSEL ADAMS

Introduction by John Szarkowski



LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY
BULLFINCH PRESS
BOSTON TORONTO LONDON

1977


When I started to print my own photos back in the late 1980's , The Complete Portfolios of Ansel Adams was my guide to how to print like a master photographer but like anything in art once you've learned the basics you can start "breaking the rules"......... that's how you develop your own inner voice and vision.

So today go out on a limb..............create the foundation for your personal creative vision.

Denee

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First Roses of Summer, Columbia, Maryland
c Denee Barr 2003 All Rights Reserved



In 2003, I won a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award Grant for artistic excellence in photography. In 2004, the MSAC chose to honor the 2003 photography grant winners with an exhibition entitled Photography X 8 at the James Backus Gallery (see photo above). I chose to exhibit three unique photos from my rose series featuring roses from my summer garden and dried red roses from a bouquet that were presented to my mother for Mother's Day a few years prior. Eventually this series was expanded into a solo exhibition entitled Variation on Dried Red Roses by Denee Barr and that installation debuted in 2005 at the Columbia Art Center in Columbia, Maryland.


Make Art a Lifestyle..............................Denee

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"Being an artist, I had an artist's instincts.
Why, you have an advantage over the average photographer.
You can see the picture before it's taken;
then it's up to you to get the camera to see it."

James VanDerZee
American, 1886-1983

Excerpt from the book Photography Speaks II:
70 Photographers on their Art
by Brooks Johnson
Aperture/The Chrysler Museum of Art 1995
Norfolk, Virginia
page 60

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Family Reunion Series #7, Compton, California
c Denee Barr 2000 All Rights Reserved




Good Morning!

Family Reunion Series #7, Compton, California (pictured above) is part of my portfolio based on various family reunions that I've attended. Some of the portfolio debuted at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC a few years ago. Another image from that collection "Family Reunion Series #2, Compton, California" c Denee Barr 2000 is currently on exhibit at the Maryland State Arts Council James Backus Gallery show "New Legacies and Living Icons" from March 1-May 4th in Baltimore, Maryland.
www.msac.org

Celebrate the Day............Denee

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MSAC

Celebrating Forty Years of Service to the Arts

"New Legacies and Living Icons" Exhibition

Eclectic and avant-garde features 22 multi-media artists

Maryland State Arts Council

James Backus Gallery

175 West Ostend Street

Baltimore, Maryland

(410) 767-6555

Hours: 10am-4pm weekdays and by appointment

www.msac.org

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SOLD

I traveled through England visiting British friends who were more than willing to help me explore the English countryside. The farmhouse image was captured by me (1992) in the small village where I stayed for most of my trip. My camera and I became regulars in the neighborhood and I enjoyed many walks with my tripod on moist ground in my "wellies" the British term for boots. Currently, up for silent auction online in Celebration of the Arts in Howard County, Maryland 2007 is "Farmhouse, Oxfordshire, England" c Denee Barr 1997 (pictured above) and two other photos in this series. All three mixed media photos (gelatin silver print and mixed media with paper pulp) are for sale to help support the Howard County Arts Council & The Jim Rouse Theatre for the Performing Arts. Place your bids on the Howard County Arts Council website http://www.hocoarts.org and if you are in town purchase a ticket to attend the Celebration of the Arts Gala and Rising Star Competition ("American Idol Style") in Columbia, Maryland on Saturday, April 21st from 6-10pm with entertainment, food, Howie Awards, Silent Auction. By the way, a past winner of the Rising Star Competition is former Columbia, Maryland resident now New York City based Alicia Graf who went on to join Dance Theatre of Harlem and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. Take your place among the stars at the Celebration of the Arts in Howard County.................... Good Cheer, Denee

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SOLD Tree Refuge Part I, Adkins Arboretum, Maryland Eastern Shore
c Denee Barr 2005 All Rights Reserved


Tree Refuge Part II, Adkins Arboretum, Maryland Eastern Shore
c Denee Barr 2005 All Rights Reserved



Tree Trunk, Adkins Arboretum, Maryland Eastern Shore
c Denee Barr 2005 All Rights Reserved



Friday, March 23, 2007

Good Afternoon! Adkins Arboretum is a beautiful retreat. I hope you'll visit soon. I captured these images in November 2004 at the Arboretum. The unique photograph "Tree Refuge Part I, Adkins Arboretum" c Denee Barr 2005 has recently been purchased in the group exhibition "Discover the Wild Landscapes of the Coastal Plain" in the Adkins Arboretum gallery and on exhibit through today, March 23rd. Adkins Arboretum is a 400 acre native garden and preserve located near the Tuckahoe Creek in Caroline County. The Arboretum offers nature walks, gardening tips, and educational programs for all ages and is open from 10 am - 4pm daily year round. http://www.adkinsarboretum.org/

This is the first weekend of Spring make joyful........................Yours in Spirit, Denee

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SOLD Tree, Mount Vernon, Baltimore, Maryland c Denee Barr 2005
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

WELCOME! The First Day of Spring began with the creation of my new blog Denee Barr Art News and More. The day ended with me driving up to the Baltimore Museum of Art to attend Conversations with Photographers II: James Welling and Thomas Demand talks with Professor Michael Fried of the Johns Hopkins University Humanities Center. The informal talk was delightful and the images presented exquisite and thought-provoking. Film director John Waters of "Hairspray" fame was walking through the Wyman Park neighborhood right behind me and we arrived at the BMA at the same time. http://www.artbma.org/ What a wonderful day.

Warmest Regards----------------Denee

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Upcoming exhibitions, art, events................

Happy Spring!

Warmest Regards,

Denee