Barbara Bracken

Barbara Bracken has always painted and endeavored to be outdoors capturing color, architecture and animals.

Moving to Albuquerque at age 15 from West Virginia, Barbara instantly fell in love with New Mexico. She attended University of New Mexico as an art major studying under Kenneth Adams.

Married life took her to many parts of the U.S., but she was happy to return home to New Mexico, where she maintains a residence, including one in Taos.

For five years , she was a volunteer at Big Bend National Park, Texas, and during that time enjoyed plein aire painting groups.

Bracken was also an avid skier and taught skiing as well, while maintaining a real estate business in Angel Fire, NM, as Qualifying Broker.

She belongs to ESRA, English Springer Rescue America, a National Organization, and frequently fosters Springers before finding their forever home. Barbara’s breed illustrations and portraits have reached as far as England and the U.K. for fund raising.

In addition, Bracken has also been involved in donkey rescue. One of two donkeys came from the Philmont Boy Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N.M.

Barbara has shown her watercolors at the New Mexico Watercolor Society Annual Spring and Fall Exhibitions as well as Master Works and is a Signature Member. She joined the Taos Watercolor Society in 2018.

Barbara has always striven to record the special light and architecture, sky and landscape of New Mexico.

Contact Info : bbracken06@gmail.com