Capturing the narrative qualities of gestures and circumstances in natural or imagined settings is a principal source of inspiration.
AFTER HOPPER
oil on canvas 4’ x 5’
$4,000
AMUSINGLY AMUSED
oil on linen
MY IMAGINARY STUDIO
acrylic on canvas 4’ x 5’
$4,000
THE FORTUNE COOKIE
oil on canvas
WILFUL LIVING
oil on linen
SIDE
oil on canvas
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST’S MOTHER
oil on canvas
NSCAD
oil on canvas 36” x 30”
$1,000
PORTRAIT AT NOON
acrylic on canvas
A REFLECTIVE GAZE
acrylic on canvas
IN THE NEWS
acrylic on canvas
WAITING FOR DOORS TO OPEN
acrylic on canvas
Currie and Tweedy Remembered
acrylic on wood panel 24” x 24”
Views, features and happenings relevant to life in the Maritimes.
CROSSROADS
oil on canvas 5’ x 4’
$4,000
HALIFAX WATERFRONT
oil on canvas
OCEAN RANGER
oil on canvas
COUNTRY DRIVE
oil on canvas
PATH
oil on canvas 4’ x 4’
$2,800
BLAND STREET
oil on canvas
Halifax Harbour
oil on canvas
Playful - some serious, some not.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
16” x 12”
mixed media on canvas
BEAUMONT-HAMEL
oil on canvas
NATALIE
mixed media on canvas
8” x 10”
PLAY
mixed media on canvas
SNOW
mixed media on canvas
GLOBAL NIGHTMARES
mixed media on masonite
31” x 25” (framed)
SUPPORT LIVING ARTISTS
mixed media on canvas
Central Technical School of Art in Toronto provided a sound foundation in drawing, taught by Fred Ross. Courses at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design furthered my interest and development.
Halifax Figures, a life drawing exhibition by local artists at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Halifax – October 4 to October 30, 2013.
BARBARA
charcoal
MODEL
charcoal and pastel
MODEL
charcoal
MODEL
Charcoal
STUDY
charcoal
17” x 14” (framed)
$200
DRAWING BY TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (COPY)
charcoal
17” x 14” (framed)
TASHA
charcoal
CLASS DRAWING
coloured pencils
An eight-month computer graphics course at Sheridan College developed the skills to design websites and utilise various computer programs.
HOME
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?
MARY S. EDGAR - Camp Founder 1922
BERLIN
AN ARTISTIC TEMPERAMENT - early website
ENTERTAINMENT INTERFACE
A variety of styles and techniques –
a common thread over the years.
FROM THE WAIST DOWN
oil on canvas
33” x 46”
$2,000
‘SHE’ SERIES #2
mixed media on paper
24” x 22” (framed)
$600
HOMELESS
mixed media on canvas
WINDOW TALES
mixed media on canvas
75” x 30”
$1,800
SHADES
shadow box 9” x 15”
FREE TRADE
mixed media on canvas
SMOKE
oil on canvas
10” x 12” (framed)
$200
HISTORICAL HALIFAX
6 1/2 foot fibreglass lobster
STUDIO at NSCAD 1980s
oil on canvas
Cloud
oil on canvas
A challenge but a welcome one.
It is rewarding to promote community events.
Increasing public awareness presents creative opportunities.
Halifax artists Andrea Johnson, Barbara Bickle and Colleen Steele held at the Chase Gallery, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax – October 2
to October 28, 2019.
WELCOME TO THE EXHIBITION
ARTIST STATEMENTS AND GUESTBOOKS
SIX PAINTINGS BY BARBARA BICKLE
MY IMAGINARY STUDIO by Barbara Bickle
VIOLET'S FIVE ACRES by Barbara Bickle
“I’D RATHER BE PAINTING” by Barbara Bickle
LAYERED LIVING by Barbara Bickle
AMUSINGLY AMUSED by Barbara Bickle
PORTRAIT AT NOON by Barbara Bickle
OPENING RECEPTION
An art installation of sixty quotations I collected as a caregiver in hospitals, senior retirement residences and assisted living quarters.
It was a privilege to experience the wisdom of these elderly patients. Every day they faced devastating health challenges with grace and intelligence. The installation was my response to the joy, frustration and humour observed over this time.
Sanctuary, St. Matthew's United Church, Halifax – September 12 and 13, 2014
Memory History Imagination, a mixed-media exhibition incorporating fifty years of art making: landscape and still life painting, figure studies and collage.
Chase Gallery, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax – September 3 to September 30, 2015.
INTRODUCTION TO THE EXHIBITION
INFLUENCES
TWO ABSTRACTS AND A STILL LIFE 80s
PEOPLE
AFTER HOPPER
EXPLOSIONS
CLOUD
PROTESTS
MODEL
FOUND PAINTINGS 90s
BEAUMONT-HAMEL
ENTERTAINMENT
SHADES
WWI FAMILY DISPLAY
Focusing on an ongoing project entitled: Halifax and Beyond, with over 300 appropriated newspaper images painted in various sizes incorporating cultural, historical and political and events.
HALIFAX AND BEYOND
Lieutenant General Edward Cornwallis
William Edward deGarthe, Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia
Griffin Pond in the Halifax Public Gardens
The Halifax Explosion — 6 December 1917
Angus L. Macdonald Bridge, Halifax
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Tsilhogt'in Nation drummer 2018
Halifax Armoury
Delighted in my passion for art; their unwavering support made life as an artist possible. They are a significant source of inspiration and are lovingly remembered.
MOTHER
Betty Caswell Bickle 1922 - 1993
GRANDFATHER
Wilfred Nathaniel Bickle 1892 - 1973
GRANDMOTHER
Violet McDonagh Bickle 1900 - 1979