Barbara / Bibah            
                    Hello -  I started painting full time 4 1/2 years ago .I have always painted . I have been a creative dance teacher of all ages for many years,  . 
               In Sept 2022 I began teaching one on one art classes to J. an 8 yr old boy. J's Mom, a writer/ stone artist, when I met for the first time said after she learned I was a painter, asked me if I would teach her son art classes. She said  "I know you are an open minded, unique person and I want my son to learn from as many open minded people as possible" .He came for 8 months once, twice or three times a week as he could .His Mom, I and J. talked about having other kids in the class but we agreed if there were we wouldn't have so many interesting uninterrupted conversations . J. said he had no friends who loved to draw as much as he did. 
      CLASS CURRICULUM 
                       I painted several children's art books. One of them is the  Painted A to Z story book .Each letter in the book has it's own story .The letters and stories are  part of the class curriculum
  A QUESTION 
                My Dad, a boatbuilder ,designer asked me once when I was about 10 yrs old “If you could draw, paint or build anything, any shape, size, color, of any material, what would it look like?". That question made me never afraid to try anything and to think that if you could imagine anything, it could happen . That QUESTION is my books and art teaching philosophy.  I added to the QUESTION " Any colors and if it could be anywhere - where would ii be .  Whenever I told my Mom, also an artist, any idea she always said “Really? Good ! Go for it“. She never said “Don’t “.I don't say" don't " either
 MY FAVORITE QUOTE “You never know, anything is possible, dream ,try hard, never give up, leave no stone un turned “.
          Mark and I have 7 grandchildren. Bibah is the name our first grandson called me. It stuck. 
 CAREER 
                            Before I began painting I was dancing from age 4 for a life time . I taught classical ballet, modern dance, creative dance ,movement and art ,and middle eastern dance to all ages. I helped run a Dance theatre company and had 3 Dancing Spirit Studios for all ages .I produced Middle Eastern Dance shows throughout New England while performing in Hawaii, Mexico, Turkey, NYC and Bali. I taught classes at BCCollege for two years and subbed several dance classes at Brown Univ. 
            I taught a class semester for adults with special needs from the Maher Center. I had them draw to music.That was beautiful. I will incorporate that into my fall classes this year.
                           When I stopped dancing my studio became The Goat Cottage Art Airbnb with our then six goats. I wasn't painting but I started a guest art gallery of guests pictures that were framed and hung. The walls became a living art gallery story I encouraged many people to paint who said and thought they couldn't .Many guests amazed me and amazed themselves .
                            This past winter my husband and I were living in Ft Pierce, Florida for the second time. The first time we lived there for a few months my goat painting was accepted into an art show called " The Best of the Best" at the A.E. Backus Museum. Shortly after I painted a female bust for a show called " In her Image". It  was featured at the Elliot Museum in the next town over in Stuart.During this recent visit to Ft Pierce I had the honor of being the first painter in residence at the Peacock House www.thepeacockhouseartfoundation.com for 31/2 months . I shared the residency space with a talented Swedish sculptress Maria Larsson. Before leaving the Peacock House Maria , I and an amazing outdoor muralist were featured in the first Peacock House Gala Art Show surrounded by the many peacocks who live there  .     
             I love to inspire students to do or think things they never thought they could and I love to be amazed by seeing them be amazed at themselves. Last summer I was South Coast Artists Tour. It was wonderful .I am a member of South Coast Artists