Barbara Borgwardt Gallery Lois Griffel Gallery Katherine Reyes Gallery Diana Tollenaar Gallery Helen Serras-Herman David Simons Gallery

Barbara Borgwardt Image:  Barbara Borgwardt teaches at Los Reyes Workshop Center. Next workshop July 14-16, 2008 Originally from New Berlin, Wisconsin, watercolorist and fashion illustrator, Barbara Borgwardt, resides with her husband, Randall, in Green Valley, Arizona. A graduate of Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and a former fashion art instructor for twenty-five years at the college, she now spends time when not on the golf course or being grandma, at her foremost passion-- painting. Not only a watercolorist but also an accomplished fashion artist, Barbara mimics the drama of drapery in her floral paintings through use of texture, shape, form and color. Watercolor is Barbara’s favorite painting medium. It’s transparent and translucent qualities enhance her use of reflections in her subject matter. She loves the challenge of each painting. As a fashion illustrator she has had her artwork published in Milwaukee magazines and newspapers with clients such as Harley Davidson and Florence Eiseman. Borgwardt is also a self-publisher, author, and illustrator of the “No Milk Cookbook.” Awards: Peoples Choice: 2008 Tubac Center of the Arts Members Juried Show. First Place: 2006 Art Real Exhibit—Green Valley Recreation & Santa Rita Art League Award of Excellence- juried spring 2005 League of Milwaukee Artists Exhibit---Cedarburg Cultural Center, Cedarburg, WI Honorable Mention- juried fall 2003 “Color of Harvest” Show---League of Milwaukee Artists Exhibit----CedarburgCulturalCenter, Cedarburg, WI Best of Show- juried spring 2002 League of Milwaukee Artists Exhibit—Charles Allis Museum, Milwaukee, WI Juried Shows: Watercolor Wisconsin- Wustum Museum, Racine, WI, 2002, 2004 Faculty Exhibit- Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee League of Artists- West Bend Museum, West Bend, WI, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, WI Charles Allis Museum, Milwaukee, WI Cedarburg Cultural Center, Cedarburg, WI Past Memberships: Milwaukee League of Artists Midwest Watercolor Society Current Memberships: Tubac Center of the Arts Santa Rita Art League National Watercolor Society Gallery Exhibit and Workshop Los Reyes Gallery