Barbara Rogers
Birth Date: 1937

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She was born and grew up in Canton, Ohio, and graduated with a BS in Art Education from Ohio State University.  In California she studied painting at The San Francisco Art Institute with Richard Diebenkorn, Elmer Bischoff and Frank Lobdell. She studied life drawing with Nathan Oliviera at California College of Arts and Crafts. She received her MA in Painting from the University of California at Berkeley. Rogers has been a faculty member or visiting artist at the University of California, Berkeley, CA, University of Chicago, San Jose State University, The San Francisco Art Institute, Cooper Union, New York City, New York, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, and the University of California, Santa Barbara, California. Artist Statement: ? “Every day, as we try to stay informed, we read or watch the news. Occasionally there are reports of the contributions, achievements, and courageous acts by people that make us feel pride in being human, more often though, we are bombarded with images of misery, cruelty, devastation, deception, and greed.  These presentations of moderated truth are ubiquitous reminders of the ugliness that can be created by humans.  I make paintings to transcend daily life and the six o’clock news, to evoke the sublime, to reaffirm the existence of beauty and the critical importance of cherishing the earth.  I paint because the act of painting is direct; it is another truth—you make a mark and there it is, just you and this act of creation.  When I paint, I am an explorer in the terrain of my own psyche, discovering what relationships will emerge as the work develops. I depart from representational accuracy to select and then exaggerate or simplify the stunning botanical forms that are present in the world around me”. Transcending the Ordinary Barbara Rogers