My goal has always been to have my own personal painting style to be a mixture of both eastern Oriental style and western techniques.

My artistic talent is a wonderful gift from God and I feel that I can take no credit for it.

barbara.mahoney@sympatico.ca
(519) 948-0707

ART BIOGRAPHY FOR Barbara Mahoney of B.Mahoney  Mainly Watercolors:

Barbara Mahoney has been involved with art all of her life. Her earliest classes began at the Windsor YWCA and Willistead Coach House with Sergio DePaoli.   Later on she studied Chinese Watercolour Techniques with Alice Hsieh , Ning Yeh and Diana Kan.

Mostly , she has taken several workshops with Ontario Windsor’s own Julia Conlon , and recently with Dennis K. Smith of LaSalle. watercolour painters Jack Reid, Ariel Lyons, Brian Atyeo and Art Cunanan.

Barb has shown in many ARA group shows plus she was the featured artist for the Celtic Festival and has shown at the Capital Theatre. Barb has shown her work at the Gibson Galllery in Amherstburg and began an art group for the American Society of Cytopathology and has exhibited since 1999 in a show called Art For Advocacy.  In additon to receiving two awards, the proceeds from these sales went to cancer charities.

Regularly I travel to many places to paint including Canada, Ireland, Kenya and Europe. She also brings art supplies to an orphanage in Bosnia and teaches the children there.