https://www.btylerfineart.com/projects daily 1.0 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/195eead0-eafd-4bf0-9726-d7addfb5ee1a/house_process.jpg Projects - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/6cf53253-b9b4-4f3f-a688-2e53131694c5/IMG_3115.jpeg Projects - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/74085d2e-e80e-4d28-8ac1-6d2547c9f18e/IMG_2936.jpeg Projects - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/4c52c517-37a4-4cf1-95e9-8bc690f1c008/house_installview.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/e0fda3f9-bfb4-4fa9-903f-0e2277a58b25/house_scaleview2.jpg Projects - HOUSE HOUSE is a site-specific installation exhibited at a repurposed mall turned art gallery in Marshall, Texas. The narrow, cavernous space was the inspiration for what developed into two large drawings of the interior of a shotgun house. The concept expressed fitting a structure, namely a dwelling where a family live and gather, within a separate, larger building used for community gatherings. Other components of the exhibition included artwork by local fourth- and fifth-grade students as well as a curated selection of area artists’ depictions of historical houses in Marshall. Displays detailing the process of the large-scale drawings informed viewers about image enlargement for art installations. A companion coloring book featuring visual examples of the town’s abundant architectural heritage was introduced at a reception for the community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/41c4dfc1-d61f-4e69-b75f-76a471d1d1dd/IMG_3239.jpeg Projects - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/73e16363-7c9f-48e9-a5bd-8be560205fea/kidscolorng.jpg Projects - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/6f5d94f4-bb88-450c-bc78-b7209a492e98/house_kids.jpg Projects - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/08d617a7-8d16-456f-b1ff-c4225ae331cb/tulips.jpg Projects - Watercolor As a lifelong artist, I enjoy exploring and working with different art media. However, I find the versatile medium of watercolor provides me with a certain level of confidence and control in expressing many of my conceptual ideas. After using watercolor for several years and taking classes to advance my skill, I’ve developed a style that often leaves me content with and even proud of the work I produce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/66938ee8-b5fd-4be4-975d-1ae085363f68/jesse_cig.jpg Projects - Make it stand out Extinguish (Jesse abruptly ends the breakfast conversation) (Watercolor, 7.75 x 14) From the series Titled Movie Stills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/ae415a24-6530-44df-a2ef-7b0f5aa9e6c8/strudel.jpg Projects - Make it stand out Extinguish (Hans attempts to snuff out a perfectly blameless French strudel) (Watercolor, 7.75 x 18.75) In the series, Titled Movie Stills, paused moments of film cinematography are combined with poetic lines to form ‘sub’ titles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/4865d4fb-2fb8-48d9-a91b-cf54a4bb5790/IMG_2858.jpeg Projects - Make it stand out Connecticut River (I could see by the line of trees, there’s a river nearby) (Watercolor, 14.75 x 19.875 ) Another medium I enjoy working with is photography. Using sourced personal images from traveling, I recreate scenes in watercolor that hold memories, evoke nostalgia, or make unusual and aesthetically pleasing compositions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/0fdf89a9-6b0d-4feb-9b01-e37254705287/aspen_curve.jpg Projects - Make it stand out Aspen Curve (Watercolor, 21.5 x 14.5) Often while traveling on road trips, the driver can’t (or won’t) stop for photographic opportunities. By including road signage in final compositions, tension is achieved highlighting the ongoing human vs. nature struggle (as well as that of driver vs. passenger). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/6629b600-3b91-49fa-a0d3-b87f02fad5dc/IMG_0188.JPG Projects - Make it stand out Pillbox (Found objects and assemblage, 12.25 x 11.5 x 10.25) Among the items found in downsizing my in-laws’ home were unconsumed medications. Using both prescription and over-the-counter medicines, pills became a medium and were selected for color, shape and texture. Arranging them in a small suitcase, these leftover items become part of a type of canopic jar collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/ec1fff03-95ba-47e9-8426-a381bd6347d4/fatherinlaw3.jpg Projects - Coping Becoming a caregiver is a challenging task. To cope with assisting my elderly in-laws through the aging process, I turned, or returned, to art. The therapeutic qualities of creating and being creative helped me through this time. Art-making also provided the potential to learn more about family through exploration of their belongings collected and kept over a lifetime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/f0f69d8e-7462-4025-bcaa-228ea96b04b9/fatherinlaw1.jpg Projects - Make it stand out Father-in-Law (Cyanotype collage on board, 72 x 31.5) Using 189 negatives of train engine photographs taken by my father-in-law in the 1940s and 50s, I made prints with the cyanotype process to create a nontraditional portrait. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/3763b149-95fd-436c-8b06-f59c3cf27d03/soapbox.jpg Projects Soapbox (Found objects and assemblage, 12 x 13.5 x 16) Understandably, persons growing up during the 1930s and 40s saved items believed to possess value for later use. Like Pillbox, even the smallest and seemingly most perishable of objects have become useful once again in thought-provoking art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/1559598665170-5QLTQ4AASENKY7KQYNAW/arrowsweb.jpg Projects - Discovering Poetry I began writing poetry to cope with two changing worlds—one outside my house and the other inside myself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/31ad130f-c1f6-4af4-bc23-6f08b520c2c1/front.jpg Projects - Make it stand out A Time for Watching Birds (Mixed media, 43 x 32 x 4) Regional and migrating birds were observed and photographed then painted using watercolor medium before being assembled inside a custom-fabricated display box. Viewers, upon closer inspection of the work, find each bird is labeled not as a species but with an event occurring during an 18-month period. Events include Covid and a presidential election as well as more personal topics such as the death of family and friends, illness, and reflections on stages of life such as menopause. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/ad1053ce-47b4-415a-a52a-60e35c955c9d/birdyeardtl.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/cf45dd8f-f3e9-489c-9976-0f6f0a697399/Birds3.jpg Projects - Birds A Time for Watching Birds uses the relaxing hobby of birdwatching to visually express emotional reactions stemming from a difficult season in personal and national history. Spanning a period of 18 months, the multi-media work, made to resemble an image collection of regional and migrating birds, pairs each species with an event occurring during this time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/25250f9b-63e4-4423-b7b8-0377c100bd41/sheopened2.jpg Projects - Make it stand out And She Opened Her Mouth… (Collage and assemblage, 17.75 x 18.25 x 13) Magazine clippings of advertising featuring a common female modeling pose were gathered and collaged into a child’s toy wardrobe box made for doll clothing. The poetic lines, “And she opened her mouth, ever so slightly, as if to say something” are suspended within the surrounding visual, inviting viewers to rethink how a sexually suggestive pose intended for selling material products might also be considered the beginning of important and valuable conversation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/ea974d8b-e501-4949-a470-3fc6ab76442a/IMG_0048.JPG Projects - Feminism The large-scale drawing Whalebone Corset began a visual exploration into the historical context of women, how they are viewed within a society and influenced by cultural cues. The ongoing series has expanded to include the use of found objects and collage. Future work is planned to continue the journey and articulation of personal emotions surrounding this subject. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/bf3edabb-10cc-42bd-a88c-2c51f8389aaa/whalebone.jpg Projects - Make it stand out Whalebone Corset (Graphite, 59 x 40) This first artwork of feminist exploration was inspired by a vintage photograph of a group of women who appeared to be relaxed and confident with each other while also obviously being controlled by suffocating, late-18th-century clothing such as corsets. Deeper elements include the idea of exploiting the natural world (the whaling industry) to fill the perceived need of fashionable clothing trends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/1559336137025-WVEXYZSKG9RVQ2Q9XQFB/blubuickweb.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/1559595130468-22069R6ZBSKYONXRG151/filweb.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/1559599351468-F2ORKM16ITEQ2DPS8CG6/arrowsweb.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/1739992286446-FX5U7WD4MHREI9VDCH9S/IMG_3115.jpeg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/1739992490050-T6TSCH2T51E6630G98ZQ/birdyeardtl2.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/1739993122118-UA8GJBQ4ROCMTHIG1K9S/IMG_1017.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/1739993208998-HG3H05V9F25T2218L5VX/IMG_2858.jpeg Projects https://www.btylerfineart.com/about daily 0.75 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ced9acc03b58c00013b4246/1559144695586-FG4SJA93OWG498VKDWT0/abouthndweb.jpg About - About the artist Barbara Tyler currently lives and creates art in the piney woods of East Texas. Her preferred media include photography, watercolor, collage, and conceptual sculpture using found objects. Her work has been featured in juried competitions and museum exhibitions. In addition to her visual art, she also writes poetry reflecting nature, history, religion, relationships, and the aging process. CV available on request https://www.btylerfineart.com/contact daily 0.75 2019-06-05