Barbara Salsberg Mathews has been creating art since she was a child. While in her teens, she wrote and illustrated two children's books. She also studied mime in Paris, France in 1979. Barbara graduated with honours from the Ontario College of Art & Design (1981), completed a B.A in fine arts at the University of Guelph (1982), and a B.Ed. at the University of Toronto. She earned her M.Ed. from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and taught arts in high schools for over 25 years. She is also the proud parent of two adult children.

Barbara has undertaken numerous private commissions, and has exhibited her work in several Toronto shows and in Guelph. Using acrylics, she particularly enjoys capturing the story and mood in local landscapes.

Barbara has received a number of grants and awards for her work, including from Canada and the Ontario Arts Council and Ontario Society of Artists. Barbara now lives with her husband in Guelph where she continues to paint and illustrate.

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Wyoming, acrylic painting, 2020. This work depicts Guelph’s 67 Queen Street. “If you look closely at the top oval window, you may be able to see the ‘ghost’ of J.W. Lyon, who owned and ran the World Publishing Company in Guelph. Wyoming can be found in the Guelph Civic Museum.” Petrie Building and Cutton-Kelly Block, acrylic painting, 2019. “If you look carefully, you might just see two cats and a stripper.”

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