E.J. Barbee

I paint with acrylics. I paint very detailed floral and fantasy.
I love flowers and I also love to paint Faeries, Dragons, Witches and American Indian fantasy.I am part Cherokee
and part Chickasaw with a touch of the Irish thrown in just for good measure. I have always loved to draw and I
cannot remember when I could not draw. I started to paintdecorative or tole art when I was in my early 20's.
I have a real love for the wonderful brush control and techniques you must have for decorative art and I use it in
my fine art pieces.
I waited until my children were grown before I really began to paint full time. I waited a long time to call myself
an artist. I have won peoples choice awards in art shows but the kind of artI paint really does not set to well
with most art judges. So I do not have a lot of awards to put in my bio. It is however; award enough that
the people like my work. I sell 8 x 10 and 11 x 14 prints of my artwork I also have greeting cards along with commission pieces I do for people.
I am right now spending most of my time painting on a series of Faeries, 12 to be exact, for birth month faeries
and later turn them into a calendar. I have had my paintings in the Gallery at Wilburton for about 2 years.