I have always loved drawing, painting and photography; although, drawing and painting were my earliest love as a kid. In high school I took one art class my senior year under Miss Barbara Olson. She suggested that I consider taking an art major in college. My father had other ideas! As a result, this love was put aside until I was nearing retirement. I began taking a few drawing, colored pencil and water color classes at Chicago's Morton Arboretum. I am finally getting a chance to do what I really love to do! Flowers and gardens have always been a love of mine even as a kid as I pulled weeds in my mother's Wisconsin flower garden. Today, I try to fill our townhouse entryway, lake shoreline and our house with flowers. When my husband and I travel, it is always the gardens that we end up visiting first. Photography is a third love of mine as in college I took several photography classes as part of my Master's degree. More recently a friend of mine introduced me to acrylic painting. Today some of my photographs do become the subjects of my paintings or drawings.
Barbara Ebeling joined Pixels.com Licensing on April 5th, 2013.
