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Al Barker BIOGRAPHY
Born 1941 New Jersey. Known for: Landscape and marine paintings, miniatures, etchings.
From Bordentown, New Jersey, Al Barker is a painter of landscapes, seascapes, wildlife, and tidal marshes so characteristic of his home state where he has ha. A specialty is miniature painting and he... Read full biography
From Bordentown, New Jersey, Al Barker is a painter of landscapes, seascapes, wildlife, and tidal marshes so characteristic of his home state where he has ha. A specialty is miniature painting and he has entered numerous exhibitions of the National Miniature Society. In the spring of 2006, he won... Read full biography
From Bordentown, New Jersey, Al Barker is a painter of landscapes, seascapes, wildlife, and tidal marshes so characteristic of his home state where he has ha. A specialty is miniature painting and he has entered numerous exhibitions of the National Miniature Society. In the spring of 2006, he won the Alden Bryan Memorial Award for Traditional Landscape at the Salmagundi Club's annual exhibition. He has won over fifty awards and has work in many collections including the White House. Al Barker... Read full biography
From Bordentown, New Jersey, Al Barker is a painter of landscapes, seascapes, wildlife, and tidal marshes so characteristic of his home state where he has ha. A specialty is miniature painting and he has entered numerous exhibitions of the National Miniature Society. In the spring of 2006, he won the Alden Bryan Memorial Award for Traditional Landscape at the Salmagundi Club's annual exhibition. He has won over fifty awards and has work in many collections including the White House. Al Barker earned an advanced degree in forestry, an interest which, of course, took him to the outdoors and the "constantly changing" nature. He taught himself to paint and says of his landscapes: "I never see the same scene twice. There is always something new... Read full biography
From Bordentown, New Jersey, Al Barker is a painter of landscapes, seascapes, wildlife, and tidal marshes so characteristic of his home state where he has ha. A specialty is miniature painting and he has entered numerous exhibitions of the National Miniature Society. In the spring of 2006, he won the Alden Bryan Memorial Award for Traditional Landscape at the Salmagundi Club's annual exhibition. He has won over fifty awards and has work in many collections including the White House. Al Barker earned an advanced degree in forestry, an interest which, of course, took him to the outdoors and the "constantly changing" nature. He taught himself to paint and says of his landscapes: "I never see the same scene twice. There is always something new to paint.". Source:. "Bordentown Artist Al Barker", Antiques and the Arts... Read full biography
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From Bordentown, New Jersey, Al Barker is a painter of landscapes, seascapes, wildlife, and tidal marshes so characteristic of his home state where he has ha
A specialty is miniature painting and he has entered numerous exhibitions of the National Miniature Society.
In the spring of 2006, he won the Alden Bryan Memorial Award for Traditional Landscape at the Salmagundi Club's annual exhibition. He has won over fifty awards and has work in many collections including the White House.
Al Barker earned an advanced degree in forestry, an interest which, of course, took him to the outdoors and the "constantly changing" nature. He taught himself to paint and says of his landscapes: "I never see the same scene twice. There is always something new to paint."
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"Bordentown Artist Al Barker", Antiques and the Arts Weekly, May 5, 2006, p. 9