Bari Duncan
ABOUT BARI DUNCAN
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Bari’s start to art was from a very young age – with colouring books at the age of around 3 years old. Her mother could not keep up with the demand as Bari created masterpiece after masterpiece and the colouring books piled high – happily being occupied for hours on end. From there she moved onto sketching her Aunties and Uncles at family occasions. There was a constant call for “Bari to please do a sketch of Uncle Brian”,
to which she would gladly oblige. With around 30 years of painting experience in initially pastels, Bari then began a 10 year span in acrylics, and now her preferred medium - oils. She was initially ‘afraid’ of oils and it was many years before she tried this medium – she is not sure where the fear came from but we are very glad she overcame it as Bari is now one of New Zealand’s top seascape artists. |
Born and bred in the Hawkes Bay, she has a great love of the local sea and landscapes.
She lives close to the sea and it is an intrinsic part of her everyday life.
She cannot imagine living where she could not see, photograph and paint the ocean,
though she admits with a laugh, that she does not actually like being in or on it.
In past years Bari has had many successful local and national, solo and joint exhibitions, and has commissioned works worldwide. She has been published several times in the New Zealand Artists magazine, Australian Artists magazine and
the International Artists magazine and has a very strong following both in New Zealand and Australia.
She has also taught others – generously facilitating them in their art
with techniques she took years to perfect herself.
With no formal training, purely a strong connection to the land and sea, is totally self-taught,
and believes she improves with each painting produced;
“It is on constant learning journey with a long exciting road ahead”.
She lives close to the sea and it is an intrinsic part of her everyday life.
She cannot imagine living where she could not see, photograph and paint the ocean,
though she admits with a laugh, that she does not actually like being in or on it.
In past years Bari has had many successful local and national, solo and joint exhibitions, and has commissioned works worldwide. She has been published several times in the New Zealand Artists magazine, Australian Artists magazine and
the International Artists magazine and has a very strong following both in New Zealand and Australia.
She has also taught others – generously facilitating them in their art
with techniques she took years to perfect herself.
With no formal training, purely a strong connection to the land and sea, is totally self-taught,
and believes she improves with each painting produced;
“It is on constant learning journey with a long exciting road ahead”.
