Barbara Heinrich

Thank you for your interest in my art.

Most recently, my work has been exhibited at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco. My paintings have also been featured in individual and group shows in San Francisco, Palm Beach,Telluride CO, Durango CO and Pagosa Springs CO. My works are in private collections throughout the United States.

I thrive on the challenge of conceptualizing, developing and executing an idea superbly in paint. I also like the challenge of distilling a concept to its simplest graphic form and expressing it with minimal detail. This is not as simple as it seems!

Many of my paintings focus on what I call iconic imagery, objects or scenes that are universally recognizable whether it is Adidas shoes, Ray-Ban sunglasses or a woman sitting at an idealized Southern California pool. I am intrigued by iconic images because they are immediately recognizable and invoke involuntary emotional impressions. Originally, iconic paintings were of holy people or religious objects of worship. Today's religious objects are created by advertising and the media and offer divinity on another level.

Never satisfied adhering to one direction, I have embraced several paths beyond my iconic art. My painting also focuses on abstract...

Studied art at....

Stanford University
University of California Berkeley
San Francisco Art Institute

De Young Museum - San Franciso
JF Gallery - Palm Beach
Eno Gallery - Durango
Four Corners Commission - Durango
San Francisco Art Institute - San Francisco CA
University of California - Berkeley CA
Durango Art Center - Durango CO
Scarpe Gallery - Telluride CO
Shy Rabbit Gallery - Pagosa Springs CO