| BARBARA ACHESON moved to Bowen Island, B.C. from Toronto, Canada in 1994. She paints using her Swahili name "BIBI". |
| While living in Africa from 1965-71, she started her batiks on cotton and silk using the resist technique. The wax is free hand painted onto the fabric. Each unique batik received numerous colour dyeings and subsequent combinations of beeswax and paraffin wax applications. |
| From this she progressed to non-objective and abstract works in acrylics. |
| She is inspired by the natural environment and the serenity and beauty of island living. She paints in her studios on Bowen Island and in Maui, Hawaii. Her passion for the ocean, scuba diving, traveling and her experiences in Africa have influenced her drawings and techniques. She brings a festival of colour to her art. |
| She presently has her art on display in Toronto, Palm Springs, Maui and Vancouver. Her batiks and paintings have found homes in private collections, shops, and galleries around the world. |
| ART BY BIBI - ART EXHIBITIONS |
- Aug 19 – Aug. 27/00 Alive with Ideas, Group event.
Bowen Island Arts Council Exhibit
- Aug. 24 – Sept. 3/01 Alive with Ideas, Group event.
Bowen Island Arts Council Exhibit
- Aug. 31 – Sept. 30/01 The Gallery at Artisan Square,
Bowen Island. Solo event.
- Nov. 30 – Dec. 30/01 "Gifted" Art Show,
The Gallery at Artisan Square, Bowen Island
- Dec./ 01 – Jan/02 Outer Space Gallery, Solo event.
Presentation House 333 Chesterfield Ave. N. Vancouver
- Feb. 2 – Feb. 28/02 Bel Art Gallery, Solo event.
3053 Highland Blvd. N. Vancouver
- May 3 – Oct. 3/02 Municipal Hall, W. Vancouver
- Aug. 2 – Aug. 11/02 Harmony Arts Festival, West Vancouver
- Nov. 1 – Nov. 30/02 The Gallery at the West Vancouver
Memorial Library (juried exhibition)
- Nov. 12 – Dec. 1/02 Ferry Building Art Gallery,
West Vancouver (juried exhibition)
- Dec./02 – "Gifted" Art Show,
The Gallery at Artisan Square, Bowen Island.
- Nov. 14 – Nov. 23/03 Collage 2003, Toronto, Ontario - Group event.
- Dec./03 – "Gifted" Art Show,
The Gallery at Artisan Square, Bowen Island.
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