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1. In a Japanese Flower Shop, oil on glass, 28" x 20"
2. Two Little Pitchers, Japan, oil on glass, 24" x 28"
3. Blue Pitcher with Flowers, oil on glass, 14" x 16"
4. Little Pitchers, oil on glass, 24" x 28"
5. Caro Sempre, oil on paper, 10" x 12"
6. Swimmer in the middle of the ocean, watercolor,
      14" x 11"
7. Zembla, oil on canvas, 30" x 22"
8. Summer Italy, oil on paper, 18" x 16"
9. Sudden Snowfall, oil on canvas, 24" x 20"
10. Little House in Sweet Valley, 2005, oil on paper,
       38" x 30"
11. Lake, Umbria, oil on canvas, 16" x 12"
12. Path of Blue Flowers, oil on paper, 30" x 22"
13. Pink Water South, oil on paper, 22" x 24"
14. Little Pond, oil on canvas, 11" x 14"
15. Fields, Italy, oil on paper, 36" x 42"
16. Giverny, oil on paper, 20" x 16"
17. Olive Orchard, oil on board, 14" x 11"
18. In The Quiet Woods, oil on linen, 8" x 8"
19. Green Lake Memory, oil on canvas, 10" x 8"
20. Murmuring Trees, oil on canvas, 16" x 22"

Contact Information
120 W. Meade Street
Philadelphia, PA 19118
tel: 215-242-1811
e-mail: rosin.b@gmail.com
www.barbarinaart.blogspot.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
While painting, I’m often drawn to patterns formed by color and shape in nature. Very often, ideas and images reveal themselves spontaneously.

I rarely paint what I see in front of me. I like to wander and notice how landscapes and people vary. And how often they can seem very similar. Relationships between forms in the landscape intrigue me. I try to imagine the atmosphere of what I’m seeing – the emotion, state of mind, ambiguity.

Many paintings have to do with Umbria in central Italy, specifically a lake called Trasimeno. It goes on and on, its serene colors captivating. Distant violet trees and hills, a creamy grey-green lake, yellow and pink blossoms along a melancholy shoreline.

Back in the studio, I try to remember the hum and harmony, as well as the silence. Recalling the memory, I begin to paint.

Artist Biography
Barbara Barasch Rosin was born in Philadelphia. She studied at the University of Pennsylvania, Tyler School of Art, and the Fleisher Art Memorial. She has had several artist residencies, at Vermont Studio Center and in France and Italy. Over the past thirty years, she has exhibited paintings in numerous galleries, art centers, and public spaces. Her paintings are in private collections in Philadelphia as well as in New Jersey, Delaware, Ohio, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Virginia, Louisiana, Florida, California and Oregon. Her work has been shown abroad in Paris, France, and in Italy, where her paintings are currently on exhibit in Assisi and in Todi.

Barbara Rosin has worked as an art therapist and has taught for over thirty years. She has illustrated several book covers, including sociological texts, cookbooks, and poetry journals. Her work has been shown widely in numerous juried shows, as well as in eight solo exhibits. She has been a featured artist for the last four years in the Philadelphia Artists Open Studio Tour.

In the past ten years, she has concentrated on landscape paintings and drawings, inspired by time spent in Italy.

“For someone whose sublime, painted landscapes are empty except for the presence of the artist herself, Rosin has a remarkable touch when she chooses to portray people. Her drawings are so different from her paintings that one might surmise she is two very different artists. The artist who draws scenes chock-full of chatty villagers, seems leagues removed from the serene painter who gives us fields and meadows and mountains in lemon yellow, soft lavender and pale aqua. Rosin’s sensibility may be Italian, but her palette is pure French Impressionism.”
-Marie Fowler, Art Reviewer