Barbara E Lewis

International Award Winning Artist

Specialising in traditional equine art

• an artist with 21 years experience in producing top quality equine art
• traditional equine portraits in oils on canvas
• equine (horse) art a specialty as well as pet portraits

Equine artist Barbara E. Lewis has a long time association with the thoroughbred racing industry in New Zealand, having made this her main (but not exclusive) focus for over 21 years as an artist specialising in portraits of horses.  The artist is renowned for the accuracy of her equine art work and her ability to capture the essence and character of her subjects with detail and precision.  The Auckland Racing Club (14 Derby winners), and Henrietta, the dowager Duchess of Bedford are among her clients.

Barbara takes commissions, particularly equine. She also enjoys painting family pets, land and seascapes. Examples of Barbara's painting are in the sales catalogue and gallery.

KARAKA 2010

Carbine

It's Yearling Sales time again at Karaka and I will be there with my latest work "Carbine".  Take a moment to pop into the NZ Thoroughbred Breeders tent for a chat or just watch me sketching.  Premier Sales start February 1st.

2009 Fall Open Juried Exhibition of the AAEA

In May of this year Barbara submitted three entries into the American Academy of Equine Art's Fall Open Juried Exhibition to be held at the International Museum of the Horse at the Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, Kentucky.  It is the first step towards becoming a member of the American Academy of Equine Art, a showcase of the finest international equine art talent, including renowned New Zealand-based bronze sculptor Joanne Sullivan-Gessler.

The Fall Open Juried Exhibition is a prestigious annual equine art event and this year it attracted over 600 entries from around the world.  Only 91 gallery spaces were available. 

Barbara was delighted to have all three of her entries selected given that the event is juried and not all submissions are automatically accepted for display.  The artist was even more delighted to be advised that her work "Beau Zam - A Posthumous Portrait" was awarded the Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Painting.  Not only that, two of her three entries sold on the opening night of the exhibition.

The Fall exhibition ran from September 25th 2009 to November 8th 2009 at the International Museum of the Horse at the Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.  For further information about the exhibition and the American Academy of Equine Art go to:  www.aaea.net

Beau Zam - A Posthumous Portrait  SOLD Winner of the AAEA's 2009 Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award for Painting My thanks to Nick and Anne-Marie King of Brighthill Farm
Spanish Horse Available at the Grosvenor Gallery Auckland	The Winner  SOLD

Testimonial

"Thank you Barbara for the water colour painting 'My Family'. Looking at Amber (my old labrador) it is as though she is still alive. I have her hung in a special place where I see her many times a day." Virginia Schnauer

"MY FAMILY"
Watercolour, 2009

The above is a pencil sketch
sent to the client for approval before I started painting.

Display

Here is a slide-show displaying some of Barbara's past work and giving information on sizes and the media used for each painting.