Barbara's Bio

Publications (selected):
2011- Instructional DVD "How to paint Miniature Oil Paintings: Spotted Huntress"
2009- Instructional DVD "How to paint Miniature Oil Paintings: Moss Brea Falls"
Featured Artist in the magazine "Dollshouse Miniatures" (July/August Issue)
2006- CD cover & logo- illustration, photography & graphic design- Trespassing Through Time by Trusting Calliope.
Tri-Valley Artist Guild 2006 Calendar, Jan.
2004- Book cover illustration for "Triumph of Teams" Written by Rick Griggs, published by Tantalus Books
1999- Featured Artist in the magazine "Dolls & Miniatures" (Fall Issue)
1999- Book cover illustration for "Bridges to Balance" Written by Rick Griggs, published by Tantalus Books

Awards (selected):
2012- 1st Place Botanical/Floral Category, MASF (Miniature Art Society of Florida) Dunedin, Fl.
2011- 1st Place Oil, Artistic Designs Gallery IN.
Honorable Mention at the MPSGS (Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society) Wash. DC
Honorable Mention at the Firehouse Arts Center PAL Members Exhibit, Pleasanton, Ca.
1st Place: Landscape, 2nd Place Portrait, Sierra Artists Gallery, Mariposa, Ca.
Special Award City of Livermore, 2nd Place Oil, LAA Spring Art Festival, Livermore, Ca.
Honorable Mention at the MASF (Miniature Art Society of Florida) Clearwater, Fl.
Purchase Award, Honorable Mention, Prairie Winds Art Center 12th Annual Miniature Show, Grand Island, NE

2010- 3rd Place MASF (Miniature Art Society of Florida) Tarpon Springs, Fl.
Honorable Mention: MPSGS (Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C.)
Honorable Mention: Council for the Arts of Chambersburg, PA.
1st Place, Oil, El Dorado Gallery Miniature show, Colorado Springs, Co.
Silver Award, Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton, Ca.

2009- 2nd Runner Up, Custer County, Little Picture Show, Miles City, Mt.
Honorable Mention: MPSGS (Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C.)
Silver Award at the Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton, Ca.
Honorable Mention, Sierra Artists Gallery, Mariposa, Ca.
Merit Award, El Dorado Gallery Miniature show, Colorado Springs, Co.

2008- 2nd Place Landscape, MASF (Miniature Art Society of Florida)
Best of Show, Sierra Artists Gallery, Mariposa Ca.
Honorable Mention, LAA Spring Art Festival, Livermore, Ca.

2007- Best of Show, LAA US Bank Show, Livermore, Ca. Honorable Mention, LAA Spring Art Festival, Livermore, Ca.
IGMA Study Award, Etching

2006- Best of Show, 1st Place Portrait & 2nd Place Seascape, Sierra Artists Gallery, Mariposa Ca.
Honorable Mention, LAA Spring Art Festival, Livermore, Ca.

2004- Honorable Mention at the MASF (Miniature Art Society of Florida) Tarpon Springs, Fl.
2nd Place Figure/Portrait, Sierra Artists Gallery, Mariposa Ca. Honorable Mention, LAA Spring Art Festival, Livermore, Ca.

2003- 1st Place Portrait, 3rd Place Seascape, 3rd Place Landscape, Sierra Artists Gallery, Mariposa Ca.
Honorable Mention, LAA Spring Art Festival, Livermore, Ca.

2002- Two Honorable Mentions at the Sierra Artists Gallery, Mariposa Ca.

2001- Silver Award and Honorable Mention at the Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton, Ca.
Two 1st places and Peoples Choice, Sierra Artists Gallery, Mariposa Ca.

1999- Fair Board Purchase Award at the Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton, Ca.

1998- Artist of the Month for July/August, LAA Gallery, Livermore, Ca.
Merit Award in the LAA Spring Art Festival, Livermore, Ca.

1997- Artist of the Month for Nov., Dollhouse Central Website
Silver Award at the Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton, Ca.
Honorable Mention in the Pleasanton Art League Heritage Days Show, Pleasanton, Ca.

1996- Most Popular Painting in the LAA Spring Art Festival, Livermore, Ca.

1995- Merit Award in the LAA Spring Art Festival, Livermore, Ca.

1994- 1st Place & Honorable Mention in the San Mateo Cnty. Fair, Miniature Div., San Mateo Ca.

1993- 2nd Place in the Postage Stamp Size Mini Art Show, La Petite Gallery, Montana.

1990- 1st Place in the 8th Annual National Miniature Art Show at the Art Center of the Grand Prairie, Stutgart, Arkansas.
2nd Place in the New Mexico Miniature Arts Society, National Art Show, Roswell, New Mexico.

1989- 3rd Place in the 15th Annual National Miniature Art Show, the Gallery La Luz, La Luz New Mexico.

1988- Merit Award at the Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton, Ca.

Invitational Exhibits (selected):
2011- July- "Sudden Voices", Mendocino, CA.
July- Master's of Miniatures , Gallery Tour
2010- July- "Sudden Voices", Mendocino, CA. 2009- June- "The Glue Factory Presents:", Brentwood, CA.
2008- Feb. Group 95 show- Adobe Art Gallery, Castro Valley, CA.
March - Thompson Gallery- Final Closing Show, Livermore, CA
April - "Unusual Conections" Hayward Arts Council, Hayward City Hall, Hayward, Ca.
Sept. - "Small is Beautiful" Half Press Etching show, Baker University Gallery, Ks. -
Sept. - Museum of Miniatures Exhibition, Carmel, In.
Nov. - Francesca Anderson Gallery, 24th Annual "Almost Miniatures" Show. Lexington, Maine
Nov. - MASF Award Winners Show, Weatherburn Gallery, Naples, Fl.
Nov. - "Small Works", Art Life Society Gallery, Fairfield, Al.
2007- Dec. - Thompson Gallery- Figurative Show, Livermore, CA
2004- June - 3rd Worldwide Exhibition of Fine Arts in Miniature, Washington DC.
Sept - 100 Nudes, Art of Presentation, Pleasanton, CA.
Jan. - "Elements of Style" Tee Ridder Miniatures Museum, Rosllyn Harbor, NY
2002- Aug. - New Works- Main Street Art Gallery, Pleasanton Ca.
2001- Nov. - Thompson Gallery- California Landscape, Livermore, CA
July-Aug- "Small Packages", Adobe Gallery, Castro Valley, Ca.
July-Aug- "Scapes, Land & Sea", Hayward Arts Council, Hayward City Hall, Hayward, Ca.
2000- Oct. -"California Impressions", Main St. Art Gallery- Pleasanton, Ca.
April. - C&J Gallery- Miniature Art Show, Chicago, Il.
1999- April. - C&J Gallery- Miniature Art Show, Chicago, Il.
1997- Nov. - Group95 Show- Main Street Art Gallery, Pleasanton Ca.
July-Aug Group95 Show, Adobe Gallery, Castro Valley, Ca.
May -June Group95 Show- Post Post Realism, Gallery Concord, Concord, Ca.
1996- May - Group95 Show- Creative Art & Frame, Danville Ca.
June- California Landscapes, Group Show, Thompson Gallery, Livermore Ca.
1995- Dec. - Group95 Premier Show- Main Street Art Gallery, Pleasanton Ca.
1993- May - Village Theater Gallery, Danville, Ca. -Special Guest During Miniature Watercolor Show
March - Featured Artist for Sunday Afternoon Arts Series for Newark Arts Council & LOV, Newark, Ca.
1991- March- Featured Artist at the Art Center of the Grand Prairie, Stutgart, Arkansas
1990- Dec.- Featured Artist at the Barlett Gallery in Pleasanton Ca.

Education (selected):
Ongoing Weekly Figure Drawing Workshop
2005- IGMA School, Castine, Maine
1997- Portrait Painting Workshop with Daniel Green, Hayward, CA.
1990-91- Las Positas College, Livermore, Ca. Computer Graphics, Drafting , Technical Illustration & Graphic Design
1981- San Francisco Art Academy, S.F. Ca., Summer Scholarship. Drawing, color theory, & design
1978-80 - Chabot College, Valley Campus, Livermore, Ca. Art in General

Personal: Happily married to William Maranville, Engineering Technical Associate for LLN and talented miniature turner. Mother of two boys, Russell & Clayton Anderson.