Artist Biographies

BARBARA APPLEYARD (1933 - )

Barbara Appleyard was born and raised in rural northern New Jersey, instilling a deep appreciation for simple, peaceful country life.

After raising her two children and moving to New Hampshire, where she and her husband currently make their home, she is fulfilling her life-long dream of being able to devote most of her time to painting. With oil paints her selected medium, Barbara paints four to six hours each day, creating scenes from her imagination rather than painting specific places.

A self-taught artist in the true Folk tradition, she paints what she knows and loves best: country scenes with children and animals frolicking, people working their farms surrounded by stone walls, barns, covered bridges, hills and ponds, coastal harbors. Paying meticulous attention to line, form, detail and color, her paintings exude a sense of joy and represent cherished memories of her life growing up in the country.

Having won several awards, Barbara widely exhibits her paintings in New England galleries and at art shows in both New Jersey and New England.

EXHIBITIONS: Craft Haus Arts & Crafts Gallery, Wilmington, VT

Harlee Gallery, Highlands, NC

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