Barbara Tapp graduated in Interior Design from Sydney, Australia and moved to San Francisco in the early 1980s. Barbara’s career spans 30 years as an architectural renderer and travel book illustrator.
Drawing and sketching is a key foundation in Barbara’s sensitive watercolors. Her energetic Plein Air urban and seascape paintings are finely drafted perspective driven works. Her focus is telling a story and often a title will come to mind when she selects a scene to paint. Barbara’s paintings are keen observations of life with a fine eye for detail. Barbara continues to paint daily and competes regularly throughout the year in exhibitions and Plein Air events. She is a Signature Member of California Plein Air Painters and Juried Member of Watercolor West.
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Barbara’s work was featured in our February 2018 show, Barbara Tapp: 31 Days in West Berkeley. Visit the show page here…
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Stop and Sit for a While, Stafford Lake, Marin
March 2024. Watercolor on paper, 9″ x 15″. Painting only: $1,000.
Framed in a No. 1110—1″ in walnut with clear finish.. (Inquire for other frame options).
Painting framed as shown: $1,500.
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Fire Trail Walk. Garland Ranch. Carmel Valley
Watercolor on paper, 9 1/4″ x 13″. Painting only: $1,000.
Framed in a No. 1100—1″ in walnut with clear finish. (Inquire for other frame options).
Painting framed as shown: $1,500.
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Carmel By the Sea, Hidden in Repose-Carmelite Monastery
May 2024. Watercolor on paper, 9 1/2″ x 14 3/4″.
Framed in a A No. 1—3/4″ in walnut with clear finish.
SOLD
Poppies Outside the Old Barn, Winters
2024. Watercolor on paper, 4 1/2″ x 7″. Painting only: $600.
Framed in a No. 2—1″ in walnut with clear finish. (Inquire for other frame options).
Painting framed as shown: $900.
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Ups and Downs, Push and Pull, 17 Mile Drive
2023. Watercolor on paper, 10″ x 15″. Painting only: $1,000.
Framed in a No. 300—2″ in quartersawn white oak with Weathered stain. (Inquire for other frame options).
Painting framed as shown: $1,500.
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The Overseer. Above the Olive Grove
Watercolor on paper, 7″ x 12″. Painting only: $500.
Framed in a No. 15—3/4″ in cherry with Deep Red Brown stain. With museum glass. (Inquire for other frame options.)
Painting framed as shown: $775.
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Morning Walk. From Monastery Beach Looking North to Carmel
Watercolor on paper, 8″ x 16″.
Framed in a No. 320 CV—1” in quartersawn white oak (Medieval Oak stain).
SOLD
Californian Golden Hills, Winters, CA
(A diptych). 2020. Watercolor on paper. 7″ x 7″ each panel. Overall size: 11 15/16″ x 19 7/8″. Painting only: $1,000.
Framed in a No. 1—3/4″ in quartersawn white oak with Medieval stain. (Inquire for other frame options.)
Painting framed as shown: $1,250.
Thanx4nothing I
2017. Watercolor on paper, 7 1/8″ x 14 3/8.” Framed in No. 1—2”, walnut (clear) with a 23kt slip. $950.
Factory Chatter
2017. Watercolor on paper, 7 1/2″ x 15.” Framed in No. 2.1 CV Spcl—2”, Walnut (clear) with a 23kt slip. $1,100.
Gone to Work
2017. Watercolor on paper, 6 7/8″ x 14 3/4.” Framed in No. 2.1—2”, walnut (clear) with a 23kt slip. $1,100.
Urban Forest
2017. Watercolor on paper, 6 7/8″ x 14 3/4.” Framed in No. 143 CV—2”, walnut (clear) with a 23kt slip. $1,200.