Barbara Peirson

Barbara trained and works as an actor, always taking her paints and sketch books with her as her work took her around the world. She later studied Fine Art at Colchester School of Art. She now lives and works on the North Sea shore in Essex. Perhaps because of her roots in theatre her paintings pervade a narrative, hints at stories of people in landscapes, glimpses of fleeting moments. She takes early morning walks along the coastline, sketching from life then reworks back at her studio letting the stories take shape.