Barb Capeletti, a native Floridian, splits time between her homes in Sarasota Florida
and Banner Elk, North Carolina with studios in both locations. She enjoys both studio
and Plein Air painting. Barb has received numerous recognitions and awards including
Signature Artist and Best New Artist at the “Howard Alan / Coral Springs Festival of the
Arts”, and several People’s Choice awards. She recently received “Signature” status
from the Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society. Barb is currently represented by the Main
Street Gallery in Sarasota Florida, and exhibits in several local Florida and Banner Elk
exhibitions.

Watercolor allows me to express a wide range of emotions and share them without
using words. I use nature’s landscapes as a starting point to create expressive and
poignant statements rather then a literal copy of what I see.

I love the drama created by the lights and darks, the harmony of colors as they mingle.
The show they put on playing off each other. The romance. The playfulness. The dance
of the water and paint, the soft and hard edges. The delightful illusions as the water
creates its own designs and tells a story. To me, the paintings are alive; they breathe,
they fill me with emotion and bring me joy

I offer my interpretations of God’s creations in vivid colorist-style watercolor paintings, to
release the light and life of the great Creator into the lives of others.