Barbara Keays Rowles began painting as a child, recording the dramatic mountain and marine views of Quebec’s Gaspé peninsula, on the shore of which she was raised. Her first formal training in art took place at the Montreal Museum of Fine Art, where she worked with Arthur Lismer, best known for his membership in Canada’s famed Group of Seven. Returning to her first love, visual art, after a long career in fashion, she further honed her skills by studying with well-known artists including Robert Carsten, Charles Gruppé, Albert Handell, Morgan Samuel Price and William Schultz. Her work has been exhibited and sold in Canada, Vermont, and Florida, and is regularly exhibited in Gallery 14 in Vero Beach, Florida, of which she is a founding member.

Barbara enjoys hearing from other artists as well as those who see her work, and welcomes comments and questions at Barbara@BarbaraRowles.com