While living in Centerville, Ohio when first married, Barbara attended the Dayton Art Institute to further develop her artistic leanings.

Oil painting on canvas and cold wax oil on birch panels is a special talent of hers.

Her floral oil painting earned “First Place” in the Cape Coral Art Studio May Flower juried show in 2014.

She is a professional artist and author with the prestigious National League of American Pen Women, the oldest organization in the United States for creative women founded in 1897 “for mutual benefits and the strength that comes of union.”