BARBARA GHIGO

One of the first people I met after moving to Shelby in 1960 was artist Nancy Carter. She motivated many people, including me, to pick up a brush. After a few years, family and work took most of my time and I did little painting until the early 90's. Almost ten years ago I enrolled in Hal Bryant's drawing and painting classes to improve my skills and learn more about creating art. This has been a wonderful journey even though the process has not always been steadily "upward". As an adult painter, I was anxious to cram in everything I could. I began with classes at Cleveland Community College, as well as Central Piedmont Community College. During the mid to late 90's, I completed several workshops with Frank Covino in the classical approach to portrait painting and other workshops which explored Impressionist, Colorist painting techniques and Plein Air painting methods. In 1997 I did a tour of Museums, Cathedrals and Gardens in France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. During 2002-2003 I attended an Open Studio class at the Andrew Braitman Studio in Charlotte. Since the fall of 2000 I have taught two oil painting class offered through the Continuing Education Department at Cleveland Community College. This has been a great experience for me and has kept me painting. I am also encouraged by the words of Sir Winston Churchill, a self-described "Sunday Painter", who said he hoped when he got to Heaven to spend the first million years getting to the "bottom of painting".

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