Description
From urban to wilderness settings, the Canadian landscape has been a constant subject in Barbara Gamble’s work. Born in Ontario, she grew up in Canada’s Maritime provinces, lived in the US and Europe, and settled in Ottawa. Her paintings have been exhibited extensively in galleries and in municipal, provincial, and national institutions. A passionate advocate for the arts, Barbara has also served in many volunteer positions in the cultural sector, including positions on the board of directors of the Ottawa Art Gallery, CARFAC National, and the Enriched Bread Artists.
While Barbara Gamble is best known for her landscape-based works, many of her early explorations in art centred on the human figure. For periods in her career, she studied the human form in life-drawing studio sessions, producing studies, gesture sketches, and pastel drawings. “This practice trained my hand-eye coordination,” she says of drawing from life, “it enhanced my understanding of the formal elements of artmaking.”
