"My paintings are responses to the extraordinary reverence one experiences in the presence of nature. The magic of the movement, the light, and the scale, combined with my perceptual experience, have led me to move beyond literal references to landscapes to capture the visceral quality of the feeling of nature. I always begin my paintings with a strong gestural line. From that starting point, shapes evolve. They are usually organic shapes that nudge each other. The immediacy and quick drying of the acrylic paint allow me the flexibility to layer shapes, adding depth and complexity to my compositions. Buoyant color choices play a crucial role in the paintings’ emotional impact. To me, these paintings are joyful explorations of nature’s vastness."
Beth Barry (b. New Bedford, MA) is a process-based landscape artist, curator, and psychotherapist living in NYC. She embeds human emotion into interpretive landscapes, capturing the 'feeling' of the spaces she sees. She pursued studies at Connecticut College in Studio Art and at Pratt Institute in Art Therapy.Barry has exhibited at galleries extensively throughout New York and Massachusetts and participated in museum exhibitions, including the Coupelouvous Family Museum, Athens, Greece; and the Masterworks Museum, Bermuda.