Barbara Couse Wilson Fine Art

Barbara Couse Wilson

Parker, CO - United States

Barbara Couse Wilson earned her fine arts degree from Metropolitan State College in Denver, Colorado, and has also studied with several well-known artists at the Art Students' League in Denver. She is a member of the The Colorado Watercolor Society, The Gilpin County Arts Association, and The Parker Artist Guild, and exhitits at The Mainstreet Gallery, Parker, CO, as well as other Colorado and New Mexico venues.

Barbara enjoys working in pastel, oil, watercolor and mixed media. She teaches painting classes, and has painted several murals in the local area for businesses and private home owners. Seven of her watercolors illustrating early scenes in Parker, Colorado appear in the cookbook, Stage Stop Cuisine

Recent exhibitions and awards:
Artist's Choice Exhibition, Parker, Colorado - 1st place mixed media - 2010
Mask Project Invitational - Hospice benefit, 2010
Nagasaki Peace Museum, Nagasaki, Japan - 2009
Patron�s award , 2008 � Raton, NM International Bank Show
Pyoung Tack International Art Festival, Pyoung Tack, Korea - 2007
Wildlife Experience Museum � 2007, 2008
Best of Category, Pastel � Mainstreet Gallery, Parker 2007
Best of Category, Oil � Mainstreet Gallery, Parker 2007
Second Place � Pastel Society of Colorado, Spring Show 2005
Honorable mention � Pastel Journal Top 100 paintings for 2004
Honorable mention - Colorado Pastel Society Exhibition
Honorable mention � Trinidad National Exhibition
Judge�s award � Raton, NM International Bank Show
Women Artists� of the West Show
Denver Art Students League Show