Work samples

  • Tim and Steve in Progress
    Tim and Steve in Progress

    Tim and Steve, Oil on Panel, 23" x 24"

    Available for Purchase
  • Tim in Stripes
    Tim in Stripes
    Gouache on paper, 2021
  • Urbino Potato
    Urbino Potato
    I couldn't resist. Maybe Titian would laugh?
  • Ferris Wheel
    Ferris Wheel
    Oil on Canvas, 36 x 36

About Barbara Epstein

Baltimore County

https://barbaraepsteingruber.wordpress.com/
Barbara Epstein Gruber's paintings and drawings are about light, color, air, touch and the experience of painting. They are painted directly from life, and they are about looking, about the particular vibration that occurs when one specific color is placed next to another. They speak to the abstract nature of vision, the way our eyes see in pieces of color and shape.

Ms. Gruber studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art… more

It's a Beautiful Day

Paintings in and around Baltimore County

  • The Yard  40 x 30
    The Yard 40 x 30

    My husband wanted a dog. I did not. And, IF we were to have a dog, I wanted a 6 or 7 year old fully trained flat coat retriever, who would lie quietly and chew on something or other while I worked.

    So, we compromised. We got a dog.

    And what we found, (well, what my husband found on Pitties and Purrs rescue), was a 4 month old Jack Russell mix. (He WAS house trained.) Thank you, Nichol!!

    Anyway, this is to say-we also got a fence. So Steve can run around as much as he likes! And I can paint in the yard.

    I adore the little guy. But the only time he lies quietly is when he's exhausted from being a Jack Russell mix.

    :)

  • Among the Peonies 18x14 4447.jpg
    Among the Peonies 18x14 4447.jpg

    Tim mowing the lawn.

  • Libertyville 30 x 30
    Libertyville 30 x 30

    Begun in 2017, finished 2024

  • Frederick 24 x 24
    Frederick 24 x 24

    Cloudy morning in Frederick, Autumn

  • Gas Lines 24 x 18 Oil on Canvas.JPG
    Gas Lines 24 x 18 Oil on Canvas.JPG
    BGE replaced the gas lines this summer. The people who came to do the work were wonderfully kind to the children on the street-for whom they provided hours of entertainment.
  • Chelwood BW 8 x 10 Oil on Canvas.JPG
    Chelwood BW 8 x 10 Oil on Canvas.JPG
    The house across the street. I have tons of paintings of this house.
  • Mrs P’s Red Maple.jpeg
    Mrs P’s Red Maple.jpeg
    Oil on Canvas, 12” x 12”
  • Gruber Cicada Summer_4732.jpg
    Gruber Cicada Summer_4732.jpg
    Cicadas were here this year! Brood X! The neighborhood kids were enthralled. Well, most of them. :)
  • Gruber 4_Peonies & Clouds.jpg
    Gruber 4_Peonies & Clouds.jpg
    The peonies were beautiful this year
  • Covid Spring_3291.jpg
    Covid Spring_3291.jpg
    Gouacheon Khadi Paper, 10 "x 8"

People, Portraits, Commissions

Portraits and commissions. Lots of my husband, who sits for me!

  • Tim.jpeg
    Tim.jpeg
    Oil on panel, 12 x 12
  • Mrs Green 0561.jpg
    Mrs Green 0561.jpg
    Mrs Green passed away this past year, and her son asked if I would do a painting of her. He had this wonderful photo. The color in the figure is muted, and the landscape behind her is in full color, but also a bit muted to convey the idea of a memory.
  • Tim 2.peg
    Tim 2.peg
    16 x 12, oil on panel, 2019
  • David .jpeg
    David .jpeg
    Oil on Cigar box, 2019
  • Laman
    Laman
    Dr Laman Gray I hope this can convey the humanity and compassion embodied in this man. Oil on Canvas
  • Phyllis
    Phyllis
    26 x 40, Oil on panel
  • Twiggy.jpg
    Twiggy.jpg
    Twiggy lived on Long Island. When she died, her owner commissioned a portrait. This is 36" x 40".
  • Me and Tim and Twiggy_5427.jpg
    Me and Tim and Twiggy_5427.jpg
    This is Twiggy in her new home.
  • Family/Friends/Dog.jpg
    Family/Friends/Dog.jpg
    This was a family/friends portrait commission. The painting is 42" x 42"
  • Madame President.jpg
    Madame President.jpg
    40" x 30" Oil on Canvas Portrait

Still

Mostly flowers. Except for the pineapple.

  • FLowers in Miniature
    FLowers in Miniature
  • Freesias in Brown Glass 10.5 x 9.5
    Freesias in Brown Glass 10.5 x 9.5
  • Flowers on Blue.jpeg
    Flowers on Blue.jpeg
    Oil on Canvas, 12” x 12”
  • Pineapple.JPG
    Pineapple.JPG
    Watercolor on Paper
  • Wendy's Roase
    Wendy's Roase
    10 x 8, Oil on Canvas
  • Daff in Brown Bottle _9224.JPG
    Daff in Brown Bottle _9224.JPG
    Oil on Panel 10 1/2" x 6 1/2"
  • Carnation in Glass 2_0679.jpg
    Carnation in Glass 2_0679.jpg
    Gouache on Watercolor Paper, 8"x8"
  • 14 x 8 Freesias in Brown Glass 2020 copy.jpg
    14 x 8 Freesias in Brown Glass 2020 copy.jpg
    14 x 8 Freesias in a Brown Glass, Oil
  • Rose Box
    Rose Box
  • Harriet's Flower
    Harriet's Flower
    10 x 8, Oil on Canvas

Town and Country, Land and Sea

  • Philomont Silos
    Philomont Silos
    48' x 48 Oil on Canvas
  • Foxcroft and St Louis
    Foxcroft and St Louis
    48 x 48, Oil on Canvas
  • Greenspring 37 x 37
    Greenspring 37 x 37
  • Sunset, Early Spring.jpeg
    Sunset, Early Spring.jpeg
    Oil on Canvas, 36 x 36
  • Monkton.jpeg
    Monkton.jpeg
    Oil on canvas, 24 x 24
  • Park Heights
    Park Heights
    Oil on Panel, 6 x 8
  • Fort McHenry Red Boat
    Fort McHenry Red Boat
    Fort McHenry,Baltimore, MD, 7 x 7, oil on masonite panel, Lehigh cement factory, red boat, Liberty ship
  • Baltimore From Middle Branch.jpg
    Baltimore From Middle Branch.jpg
    Oil on Panel, 10 3/4" x 14 3/4"
  • Fort McHenry Grey Day
    Fort McHenry Grey Day
    Fort McHenry, Grey Day, Oil on panel, 9 x 12
  • Sunset Fort McHenry
    Sunset Fort McHenry
    Fort McHenry Sunset, Oil on paper on panel, 15 1/2 x 18

Drawings and Digital Doodles

Drawings with ink wash, gouache, pastel charcoal-and ipad!

  • Keystone Korner
    Keystone Korner

    Keystone Korner, 2023. We weren't in seats where we could see Stanley Clarke, but she was sitting at a table across from us, and she looked like a painting.

  • Worthy Brothers at Germanos.jpg
    Worthy Brothers at Germanos.jpg
    ipad drawing during music set;The Worthy Brothers at Germano's in Little Italy
  • Tim Asleep Ink Wash.jpg
    Tim Asleep Ink Wash.jpg
    Ink Wash on Watercolor Paper
  • Tim in Glasses_2377.jpg
    Tim in Glasses_2377.jpg
    Ink wash on khadi paper
  • Lady Waiting.jpg
    Lady Waiting.jpg
    ipad Autodesk Sketchbook drawing
  • Old Songs Musicians.jpg
    Old Songs Musicians.jpg
    Autodesk Sketchbook drawn during a concert.
  • Robed Woman
    Robed Woman
    Ink Wash, 12 x 10,
  • Turkey Roost Road
    Turkey Roost Road
    29x40,charcoal on rives bfk
  • Whiskey
    Whiskey
    Watercolor on Paper
  • Sagamore tree
    Sagamore tree
    12 x 16, pastel

Beaches

  • Ocean City
    Ocean City
    19x23, Oil on Muslin Panel
  • Centerport Beach Chairs
    Centerport Beach Chairs
    Centerport Beach Chairs Oil on Canvas, 24 x 26
  • Grandpa in Trunks
    Grandpa in Trunks
    12" x 12", Oil on Canvas
  • OC Bathers.JPG
    OC Bathers.JPG
    Oil on Board, 10 x 10
  • Redondo Beach.jpg
    Redondo Beach.jpg
    Oil on Board, 3.5" x 5"
  • Centerport  Lone Kayak
    Centerport Lone Kayak
    Centerport Beach, New York. Oil on Paper Panel 14 x 20, A lone kayaker takes advantage of a perfect evening.
  • Under the Pier
    Under the Pier
    18" x 18", Oil on Paper on Panel
  • Ventura Beach
    Ventura Beach
    Oil on paper, 5.5 x 10
  • Maine Beach.jpeg
    Maine Beach.jpeg
    Gouache on paper
  • Tybee Island
    Tybee Island
    Oil on Board Tybee Island, Georgia

UK

Several years ago my son and his family moved to Glasgow. They TOOK my granddaughter and left the cat. Which seemed, somehow, unfair. At any rate, it offered a new place to paint. It is greener there, the cities more compact, the museums plentiful (and mostly free) and the weather just godawful-at least in winter. In summer, it can be glorious. Just make sure you pack, well, everything. Taps ahff!

  • Millersneuk Dr
    Millersneuk Dr

    Watercolor 4 x 6

    Available for Purchase
  • Garrowhill Park
    Garrowhill Park
    Garrowhill Park, Glasgow, UK A short walk from my family in Glasgow. In Garrowhill Park EVERYONE has a dog.
  • Glasgow Street and Clouds
    Glasgow Street and Clouds
    Glasgow Clouds, Gouache on paper, 9 x 12 It rains every day in Glasgow in summer. And every day the clouds do this.
  • Scotland Yard
    Scotland Yard
    My son and daughter-in- law moved to Scotland a while back. They TOOK MY GRANDDAUGHTER with them and left me the cat. The cat was lovely, but did not speak as well as the granddaughter (who is now fluent in Glaswegian), and she found a home with a loving student. (The cat, not the granddaughter. The granddaughter is still with her Mum and Dad.) Anyway, this is their yard. It is in Scotland. Scotland Yard. (I know. I KNOW...) Gouache on paper, 6 x 6
  • Halton Gardens.jpeg
    Halton Gardens.jpeg
    Gouache on paper, 8” x 8”
  • DeLaWar Pavilion 2, Bexhill-on-Sea
    DeLaWar Pavilion 2, Bexhill-on-Sea
    Gouache on Paper, 8 x 10
  • Yellow Umbrella
    Yellow Umbrella
    Gouache on Paper, 8 x 8
  • The MacNabb, after Raeburn
    The MacNabb, after Raeburn
    Ink wash, watercolor on paper
  • Kelvingrove.jpeg
    Kelvingrove.jpeg
    Acquarelle, pencil, ink on paper, 4 x 2

What I did on My Summer Vacation..and winter.

  • Ghost Ranch.JPG
    Ghost Ranch.JPG
    Gouache on Paper
  • Valle Caldera.jpg
    Valle Caldera.jpg
    4" x 6", Valle Caldera, New Mexico, Oil on Panel
  • Santa Fe.JPG
    Santa Fe.JPG
    Gouache on Paper, 8 x 8
  • Kolob
    Kolob
    4" x 9 " Oil on Paper on Panel
  • Rio Grande 2.jpg
    Rio Grande 2.jpg
    6" x 6" Oil on Panel
  • Rio Grande 1.jpg
    Rio Grande 1.jpg
    5 1/4" x 5 1/4" Oil on Panel
  • Grand Canyon 1
    Grand Canyon 1
    19 x 23, Oil in Paper on Panel
  • Creole Gardens.JPG
    Creole Gardens.JPG
    Gouache on Paper, 6 x 6

Road trips

Route 66, Santa Fe, Ghost Ranch, California and Oregon
  • Wigwam Motel, San Bernardino
    Wigwam Motel, San Bernardino
    16 x 12, Oil on Canvas :)
  • Monterey
    Monterey
    8" x 8", Gouache
  • Boulder Creek Bathers.jpeg
    Boulder Creek Bathers.jpeg
    Gouache on paper, 8”x8”, 2016
  • Bridge of the Gods
    Bridge of the Gods
    8" x 8", Gouache
  • Santa Monica Pier
    Santa Monica Pier
    8" x 8", Gouache
  • Huntington Beach.jpeg
    Huntington Beach.jpeg
    Oil on Panel, 12 x 16
  • CapePerpetua.jpg
    CapePerpetua.jpg
    Cape Perpetua, 12 x 12, oil on canvas
  • Amarillo Fields
    Amarillo Fields
    8" x 8", Gouache
  • Atlanta, Illinois
    Atlanta, Illinois
    8" x 8", Gouache
  • Galveston_Lifeguard_2514.JPG
    Galveston_Lifeguard_2514.JPG
    5 1/4" x 5 1/4", Oil on Panel

Seasons

Paintings

  • 6603
    6603

    Oil on Panel 13 x 13

    Available for Purchase
  • Winter
    Winter
    10" x 15", Oil on Panel
  • Snow and Daffodil.jpeg
    Snow and Daffodil.jpeg
    Snow and Daffodil
  • Snow Day _9183.JPG
    Snow Day _9183.JPG
    Oil on Panel, 12 x 16
  • Capitol.jpeg
    Capitol.jpeg
    Gouache on paper, 8” x 8”
  • Denise Gouache
    Denise Gouache
    6" x 6", Gouache on Paper
  • Gouache_2016_National_Cathedral_.jpg
    Gouache_2016_National_Cathedral_.jpg
    National Cathedral, Gouache
  • Carriage House, Evening
    Carriage House, Evening
    Carriage House in Louisville, 12 x 20, oil on paper
  • Fourth of July
    Fourth of July
    Oil on Canvas, 12" x 12"