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About the Author



             A transplant from California, Barb’s lived in New England since the
             early 1990s. When asked why she left, she explains she loves

             trees. Where she grew up, she thought only rich people could
             have trees. Of course, it’s not quite that simple, but close enough.


             During one visit to New Mexico, she took a class in encaustic

             printmaking taught by Paula Roland. When she returned home,
             she was unsure how to proceed next, and the materials sat on a

             shelf for a while. Later, several artist friends expressed an interest
             in encaustic, and Barb dug out her materials to teach a weekend

             workshop. After the workshop ended, she wanted to learn more
             about encaustic, and she signed up for a beginning class taught

             by Tracy Spadafora.


             She found encaustic quite challenging. Barb sought other
             instruction and attended the IEA Conference in Massachusetts to

             learn as much as she could. Encaustic is by far the most versatile
             of any of the media she has worked with. It lends itself to her
             intuitive, experimental style of making art. The techniques,

             textures, unusual surfaces, and substrata are endless.


             Barb’s work has been in galleries and museums in New Zealand,
             Santa Fe, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, ME, and Boston, where

             she is represented by the Bromfield Gallery
             in SOWA, Boston’s Art District. In 2011, she

             was co-Founder of MassWax, IEA’s New
             England chapter. In 2016, she received IEA’s

             La Vendéenne Award for Artistry and was
             one of the featured artists in Encaustic Art

             in the 21st Century, Schif er Publishing.


             You can view Barb’s work at

             www.bconeart.com
             www.facebook.com/BarbConeArt



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