FIGURATIVE

Capturing the narrative qualities of gestures and circumstances in natural or imagined settings is a principal source of inspiration.

MY IMAGINARY STUDIO
acrylic on canvas – 4’ x 5’
$4,000

WAITING FOR DOORS TO OPEN (NFS)
acrylic on canvas

EARLY STUDIO
oil on canvas — framed 25.5" x 37.5"
$1,000

WILFUL LIVING
oil on linen – 34" x 21" (vintage frame, size not included)
$2,000

“I’D RATHER BE PAINTING”
acrylic on canvas – framed 19" x 23"
$1,500

LAYERED LIVING
acrylic on canvas – 12.75" x 16.75"
$1,200

VIOLET'S FIVE ACRES (sold)
acrylic on masonite board – framed 19" x 15"

SIDE (sold)
oil on canvas

FROM THE WAIST DOWN
oil on canvas — framed 35” x 48”
$2,000

SMOKE
oil on canvas – framed 13.5" x 11.5"
$400

Critique (NFS)
oil on canvas

LANDSCAPES

Views, structures and happenings relevant to life in the Maritimes.

CROSSROADS
oil on canvas — 5.2’ x 4.2’ (framed)
$4,000

HALIFAX WATERFRONT (sold)
oil on canvas

COUNTRY DRIVE (sold)
oil on canvas

OCEAN RANGER (sold)
oil on canvas

BLAND STREET (sold)
oil on canvas

PATH
oil on canvas — 4.2’ x 4.2 (framed)
$3,500

Halifax Harbour (sold)
oil on canvas

WHAT'S NEW

CURRY AND TWEEDY REMEMBERED (NFS)
acrylic on wood panel
24” x 24”

Second Battle of Ypres—around April 22, 1915, John Currie, Windsor, NS (left) and Osborne Tweedy, Kinlough, ON (right), prepared dinner on the front line near St Julien, Belgium. On April 23, the 15th Battalion's position was engulfed in chlorine gas, and the unit was effectively decimated. Currie was hit in the stomach by a large piece of shell and died instantly; the same shell knocked Wilfred Bickle, Toronto, ON (shadow) out. On April 25, Tweedy was killed after having pulled a wounded Bickle into the trench.

FARAWAY (sold)
acrylic on canvas – 12" x 20"

MISBEHAVING
acrylic on canvas – 24" x 20"

"GLORY TO UKRAINE"
acrylic on canvas — 30" x 24"
$1,800

'AFTER HOPPER' sold and resides in PEI

MIXED MEDIA

Playful - some serious, some not.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON (NFS)
mixed media on canvas — 16” x 12”

BEAUMONT-HAMEL (sold)
oil on canvas

HOMELESS (sold)
mixed media on canvas

GLOBAL NIGHTMARES
mixed media on masonite — 33” x 27” (framed)
$1,500

‘SHE’ SERIES #2 (NFS)
mixed media on paper — 24” x 22” (framed)

PLAY (NFS)
mixed media on canvas

WINDOW TALES
mixed media on canvas — 75” x 30”
$2,000

SUMMER SCHOOL 1998
mixed media on watercolour paper — 38" x 36" framed
$1500

DRAWINGS

Figure drawing classes taught by Fred Ross in Toronto provided a sound foundation. Courses at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design furthered Barbara's interest and development.

MODEL
charcoal

SELF PORTRAIT
charcoal and white chalk

SELF PORTRAIT
pencil

MODEL
charcoal and pastel — (framed)

DRAWING BY TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (COPY)
charcoal and white chalk (sold)

THINKING OF TOULOUSE
charcoal

FELLOW STUDENT
charcoal

TASHA
charcoal

STUDY
charcoal and eraser

STUDY
charcoal

MODEL
charcoal — (framed)

FELLOW STUDENT
charcoal and eraser

FIGURE ON PILLOWS
coloured pencils

SELF PORTRAIT
charcoal and white chalk

DIGITAL

An eight-month computer graphics course at Sheridan College developed skills in designing websites and utilizing various computer programs.

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?

ENTERTAINMENT INTERFACE

FUNDRAISER

AN ARTISTIC TEMPERAMENT - early website

MARY S. EDGAR - Camp Founder 1922

MOTHER
Betty Caswell Bickle 1922 - 1993

GRANDFATHER
Wilfred Nathaniel Bickle 1892 - 1973

LOGOS

A challenge but a welcome one.

POSTERS

Promoting community events is a rewarding experience.

PROMOTIONAL

Increasing public awareness presents creative opportunities.

Website – Jotting.ca

GREY MATTERS: Conversations with Dementia

"Grey Matters' was an art installation of sixty quotations Barbara overheard in hospitals, senior retirement residences and assisted living quarters.

It was a privilege to experience the wisdom of elderly patients facing devastating health challenges with grace and intelligence. The installation reflected the joy, frustration, and humour observed over this time.

Visit: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/conversations-with-dementia-turned-into-art-project-1.2764700

Sanctuary, St. Matthew's United Church, Halifax – September 12 and 13, 2014

One + One + One Exhibition

Halifax artists Andrea Johnson, Barbara Bickle and Colleen Steele held the painting exhibition at the Chase Gallery, Nova Scotia Archives, from October 2 to October 28, 2019.

WELCOME TO THE EXHIBITION

ARTIST STATEMENTS AND GUESTBOOKS

SIX PAINTINGS BY BARBARA BICKLE

MY IMAGINARY STUDIO

VIOLET'S FIVE ACRES

“I’D RATHER BE PAINTING”

LAYERED LIVING

AMUSINGLY AMUSED

PORTRAIT AT NOON

OPENING RECEPTION

BIRTHMARK LANDMARKS EXHIBITION

Inspired by Memory History Imagination, the mixed-media exhibition incorporated fifty years of Barbara's art making: landscape and still-life paintings, figure studies, and collages.

Chase Gallery, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax, from September 3 to September 30, 2015.

INTRODUCTION TO THE EXHIBITION

INFLUENCES

TWO ABSTRACTS AND A STILL LIFE 80s

PEOPLE

AFTER HOPPER

EXPLOSIONS

CLOUD

PROTESTS

MODEL

FOUND PAINTINGS 90s

BEAUMONT-HAMEL

ENTERTAINMENT

SHADES

WWI FAMILY DISPLAY

IN THE STUDIO

Halifax and Beyond: an ongoing project with over 300 appropriated newspaper images painted in various sizes incorporating cultural, historical and political events.