Barbara Jeanne Baumhoff was born in Singapore and is of Irish and Dutch/Portuguese decent.
Barbara was married in 1980 and joined her husband in his international career postings in countries such as Hong Kong, Germany, Israel, UK and the Gulf State of Qatar. Having migrated to Australia in 1994, Barbara now resides with her husband in Perth, WA.
A love of travel has taken her to many parts of Asia, Europe, Australia and the Middle East, and this has given her the opportunity to learn various painting styles and techniques from different art colleges and art teachers
Although being mainly a self-taught Artist, Barbara was also trained at the Brisbane Art School from 1987-1989, the Hong Kong Chinese School of Arts from 1993-1995, and the Windsor Art School (UK) from 2000-2002.
She work’s through experimentation with different art form, oil, charcoal, and acrylic and pastel and range from large to small and from figurative to abstract.