Barbara Davies

Barbara Davies is an oil painter of landscapes and still life based in San Diego, California. She received her education at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she focused on photography. Upon graduation, Davies moved to New York City where she apprenticed with noted photographer Irving Penn and later moved to a career in advertising in New York City and Boston.

Davies began her fine art painting career after a permanent move to San Diego in 2001. She was inspired by the beauty of the California coast and wanted to explore color, light and form in her new medium of oil paint.

Davies, an award-winning artist, has studied with California impressionists, Catherine Grawin, Mark Kerckhoff, Jeff Yeoman and Toni Williams among many others. She is an artist member of the California Art Club, Rancho Santa Fe Art Guild and the San Diego Art Guild and exhibits regularly at regional and local art shows: ArtWalk, Del Mar Fair and smaller “pop-up” events.

Davies’ paintings are found in collections across the U.S., and abroad.