Australian born, 1975 Barbara graduated in Interior Design, 1976-77 Zoo exhibit designer,1978-79 Europe and USA travel,1980 San Francisco,1985 moved to Kensington, North Berkeley ,1983 -2012 Illustrator for Karen Brown Travel Guides, Sunset Magazine and The Academy of Sciences, 35 years architectural renderer developers and real estate industry. 2014 – 2016 watercolor exhibitions in Australia, 2013 Barbara began painting Plein Air. Barbara participates in plein air events, watercolor competitions, gives demonstrations and presentations as well as painting weekly outdoors.