About Barbara

Barbara Henris is a Virginia-based oil painter who lives in Fairfax, a suburb of Washington, DC. A dedicated student of painting since her teens, Barbara has exhibited her work in juried group and solo shows beginning in 2007. Her paintings are part of private collections across the U.S. and Canada. Barbara’s art has been featured in magazines and shown in venues such as The Torpedo Factory Art League Gallery in Alexandria, The Artists’ Undertaking Gallery in Occoquan, Howard County Arts Gallery in Maryland, The Little Gallery near Roanoke, Virginia, and other venues throughout the mid-Atlantic.

“I work primarily in oils and focus on contemporary realism. Whether I’m in the studio or painting plein air, I aim for each piece to evoke a feeling, a quiet connection between the viewer and the subject. Through a moody landscape, or an intimate still life, I try to capture the poetry of the everyday. There’s beauty in the overlooked and ordinary—I paint to celebrate those moments and to remind myself, and others, to pause and take them in.”