![]() ![]() He never really had a website or place to showcase his talents, so I thought I’d make him one as a birthday present (his 68th birthday would have been a week ago). Many people remember him for his maps and pen & ink Christmas cards, but his work extends far beyond that. His detailed stippling work is mesmerizing and I’m always finding something new when I look closely. He started off working with watercolors and oils, and eventually moved more towards colored pencil and ink. Nature was his holy place - you can see it so clearly with how much respect and love he put into his scenery paintings. We’d spend hours taking backroads just to see where they went so that he could make the most accurate depiction. We lived close to Gettysburg, PA, and that was his very favorite subject to draw. I remember coming home from school and hearing the classical music blaring in his studio as he whistled along, working on his maps. My dad was a talented artist and cartographer, working in a space he dubbed Black Cat Studio. It was Rick Barber's birthday in October and his daughter, Nikki, has been working hard to make his artwork generally available again. We are hoping to avoid increasing the price of counters, despite their raw material price increases.Ī BIG ANNOUNCEMENT this month - which I've already leaked pretty widely. Unfortunatley, for maps, our margins are small and so we'll have no option other than to immediately pass these on. Our printer informs us that there are likely to be significant price rises after Christmas. ![]()
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