Barbara Poole
Intertidal Rocks, Intaglio, Aquatint. 9x12 inches 2020
Tangles, Multi-plate aquatint with stitching, 7x8 inches 2022
Willow Thicket in Spring, 3 plate color etching, 8x8 inches, 2023
Tangles, intaglio, multiple plate aquatint, drypoint, stitching, 71/4x8 inches, 2022
Pebble Beach, hand painted aquatint, 9x12 inches, 2022
Collapsed, Intaglio, Aquatint on chine colle, 9x12 inches 2020
Yellow Cliffs, 3 Plate Aquatint, 7x7 inches, 2018
Intertwining Branches, Intaglio with stitching, 22x30 inches, 2022
Wind and Weather, Intaglio monprint overprinted with chine colle, 7x7 inches, 2024
Wheelbarrow, 3 Plate Aquatint, 3x5 inches, 2018
My art is often experimental and based on what I see and feel. I notice that I am always documenting,
whether it be the passage of time or my surroundings. Primarily I am a printmaker, but
I often make a series based on the same idea in oil, watercolor and sometimes taking it to 3
dimensions. I’ve been influenced by other artists, usually printmakers who do unusual techniques,
and by my childhood in rural Pennsylvania. My goal is to learn new skills and develop
different art methods every year which has led to challenges and many surprises. Since the
pandemic my art has become more about the experience of looking at the world and myself in
a different way.
My work is collected by Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, and displayed in their San Rafael
and Petaluma offices. Paramount Theaters has collected and rented many of my pieces to use
for Netflix.
I participate in The Studio Discovery Tour each year, show at the Dolphin Gallery in
Gualala, and in my San Rafael Studio at 1337 4th Street, San Rafael.
I was born in Pennsylvania, but have spent my adult life in California. After many years of making art and taking art classes, I went to Sonoma State University and majored in painting, graduating with distinction. However, I always wanted to be a printmaker, and eventually 25 years later, I went back to Sonoma State and studied etching. I've been consumed ever since, and enjoy learning new aspects of printing by experimentation and practice. Often I paint, then make a print of the image, and then incorporate aspects of the idea into another project, often 3 dimensional.
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