Barbara Nuss

 “I consider my paintings to be a reflection of my artistry and my view of the world.
It humbles me to know when my art is appreciated.”

 It is the simple things - an old fenceline, a window box or even a familar pattern of shadows - that are often the most significant. With an eye for the things we remember, and savor, Barbara Nuss gives homage to the details of every day life. In still life or landscape, Nuss crafts her forms, creating a warm atmosphere that invites the viewer to narrate the scene with their own memories. 

 Barbara began her artistic career with a BFA from Syracuse University followed by study at the Schuler School of Fine Art in Baltimore. She worked as an illustrator and graphic designer for a time, which she credits as valuable experience. She is a member of the prestigious Salmagundi Club in New York, National Oil & Acrylic Painter’s Society (signature member), Oil Painters of America, International Guild of Realism, Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association, American Women Artists, Women Artists of the West, the Baltimore Watercolor Society and she is Past President of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters.

2017 Women Artists of the West, 47^th National Exhibition, McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2017 Women Artists of the West, 47^th National Exhibition, Best Landscape Award "Miller's Pond,"
2017 International Guild of Realism, Salon Show, Scottsdale, AZ
National Oil and Acrylic Painter’s Society Best of America 2015, 2014, 2012-2010  
Best Landscape Award, Master Signature Exhibition 2015, 2016
Salmagundi Club, New York City: 18th & 14th Annual Open Exhibitions: 1991, 1995; Members’ Annual Exhibition, 2011, 2012, 2014; Thumb Box Exhibition, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011

2014 -100 Plein Air Painters of the Mid-Atlantic by Gary Pendleton, Exhibit at McBride Gallery
2013-2014 Salon International: Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2013 Oil Painters of America, Eastern Regional Exhibition, McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD
National Arts for the Parks, Jackson Hole, WY: Top 100 in 1989, 1991, 1992, 2001, 2006; 
State Department Arts in Embassies Program 1994-1996 Vatican, Rome, 2003-2005
Ankara,  Turkey, 2007-2009 Bratislava, Slovakia
2008-2009 Plein Air Easton, Easton, MD

Oil Painters of America National Exhibition: 2000 Gallery Americana, Carmel CA,
2001 Zantman Art Galleries, Palm Desert, CA; Regional Exhibition:
2002 Brazier Gallery, Richmond, VA,
2004 Barnsite Art Studio & Gallery, Kewaunee, WI,
2008 Richland Fine Art, Nashville, TN