The season opener at the Léon Léger Art Gallery will be the exhibition "Riches of the Wetlands" by Barbara Safran ('77) on display from June 20 to July 7. The exhibition official launch will be on Friday, June 24, at 7 p.m.The exhibition is about waterways and marshes, their beauty and importance.
It includes more than 50 water colours mostly of wetlands around the Petitcodiac watershed area and can serve as catalysts for discussion on the environment and ecology.
Barbara's paintings explore the Tantramar region, Memramcook valley and Petitcodiac area with different seasons portrayed. Her works are known for their dramatic skies, vibrant landscapes and Maritime themes, and have appeared in private and public collections in and around the region.
Barbara hopes her exhibition will prompt a better appreciation of the waterways and marshes of New Brunswick.
She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction from Mount Allison and went on to study the old masters at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and at the Tate Gallery in London.
She has had numerous solo exhibitions and group shows throughout the Atlantic Provinces and was recently awarded the Sheila Hugh Mackay Masters of Fine Arts Scholarship to pursue her studies at the Art Institute of Boston, U.S.
Her exhibition is located at the historic church in Grand Barachois, the backdrop for a new season of art exhibitions and concerts featuring works by well-known artists over the next several weeks. L'Église historique de Barachois is located at 1350 Route 133 in Grand Barachois.
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