Barbara Banthien
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Barbara Banthien resides and works in California

Barbara Banthien has been an artist all her life. After a twenty-year career in freelance illustration, she turned her full attention to painting animals in 1995. Birds in particular are her muse. Her first wildlife paintings were selected for exhibition at Birds in Art in Wausau, Wisconsin, an annual exhibition that is one of the most prestigious wildlife shows in the world, and she has exhibited there many times since. She is a member of The Society of Animal Artists and her work appears in exhibitions and galleries throughout the country.

Barbara focuses on the birds she sees and knows here in Northern California—ones she can study up close. She feels a personal connection with all the animals she paints, and tries to see and render each one’s essence in her work. She paints nature in a way she hopes will matter, and works hard to do this well.

She lives in Marin County with her husband, Jock and her Labrador Retriever, Billy.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Birds in Art, Wausau, WI, 1993, 1997, 2000-07
Francesca Anderson Fine Art, 4th Birds of America Show, September, 2007
Louisiana State University, 20th International Exhibition on Animals in Art, 2007
The Society of Animal Artists, Art and the Animal Annual Exhibition, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005
Pacific Wildlife Galleries, Wolves, 1999; Miniatures Show, 2003, 2005, Art of the Lafayette Reservoir, 2006
PictureThis Gallery, Masterpieces in Miniature, Alberta, Canada, 2005, 2006
Clark Galleries, IV Centuries of Birds in Paintings, Sculpture and Fine Prints, Stowe, VT, 2004
MacArthur Beach State Park Exhibition, Natural Selections, N. Palm Beach FL, 2000, 2003
Oakland Museum of California, California Species, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006
The Sportsman’s Gallery, Art and the Animal Miniatures Show, Atlanta Georgia, 2002
Bennington Center for the Arts, Art of the Animal Kingdom, Bennington, VT, 2000, 2001
Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CA, 2001
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum and John L. Wehle Gallery of Sporting Art Exhibit, 1999
Ambleside Gallery Exhibition, Grosse Point, Michigan, 1998
Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, Birds, 1996; Watercolors, 1997

FEATURED ARTIST EXHIBITIONS:
Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Solo Exhibition, Walnut Creek, CA, Sept 2004
Highlight Gallery, Mendocino, CA, July 2002
William Lester Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Point Reyes Station, CA, February, 2000
Switzer Gallery, Tiburon, CA, Featured Artist, Celebration of Nature, 1997

GALLERIES:
Highlight Gallery, Mendocino, CA
The Gallery at Picture This! Alberta, Canada
William Lester Gallery, Point Reyes Station, CA
Scrimshaw Gallery, Sausalito, CA
Mill House Gallery/Originalbirdart.com
Christopher Bell Gallery, Monterey, CA
The Gallery, Mount Shasta, CA
Mystic Seaport Gallery, Mystic, CT

AWARDS:
1st Prize Winner, The Artist’s Magazine 22nd Annual Competition, featured in Dec. 2005 issue
The Society of Animal Artists, Award of Excellence, Art and the Animal Exhibition, 2003
Artisans Gallery, Best in Show Award, Birds, 1996
Colorado Bird Observatory, Best Drawing, 1994, Best Painting 1995, Songbirds Show
Communication Arts Magazine, Award of Excellence, 1982, 1985, 1992, 1994
Society of Illustrators, 1992-1995, Two Gold Medals, Four Silver Medals, Judges Choice Award

SPECIAL EVENTS:
October, painting featured in BEST OF WILDLIFE ART, Vol. II, 1999
Juror for Artisans Gallery Show, All Creatures Great and Small, 1998
Great Horned Owl, painting selected for book cover, OWLS OF NORTH AMERICA, 1997
Matilija Poppy, painting selected as poster announcing the Oakland Museum’s California Wildflower Show, 1997
Cover Artist, THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE, The Politics of Dogs, 1991

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