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My paintings are recreations of scenes captured in my photographic snapshots. I carry a camera with me everywhere, hoping to stumble upon moments of aesthetic serendipity to collect, and to possibly paint. I look for resonance of color, composition, and contrast in the world around me, and attempt to document it. I am not picky about beauty, though I have my own internal "eye" for it; and I find it existing in the natural world, the world constructed by humans, and often in the intersection of the two. Through the process of painting, I can reexamine my photos of what I believe to be "found" beauty and give the images a texture and presence that prints of the photographs cannot match. |
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Bio Beth A. Barnett, originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, lives in Oregon. She studied art at Herron School of Art/IUPUI and Oberlin College, but is generally a self-taught painter, working from her own photography. Beth also works in pen & ink and oil pastel. She has bachelor's degrees in history and geological sciences from the Ohio State University, though has found herself working in the healthcare human resources field for her "day job". More artwork examples and other projects can be found at: www.bethbee.com.
      
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Funding for metroblossom is provided in part through the generous support of The University of Chicago Arts Planning Council and Class of 2001 Gift's Student Fine Arts Fund.