“Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you’ll see the way to fly.”Richard Bach“Jonathon Livingston Seagull”
Originally from New Berlin, Wisconsin, watercolorist and fashion illustrator, Barbara Borgwardt, resides with her husband, Randall, in Green Valley, Arizona.
A graduate of Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and a former fashion art instructor for twenty-five years at the college, she now spends time when not on the golf course or being grandma, at her foremost passion-- painting. Not only a watercolorist but also an accomplished fashion artist, Barbara mimics the drama of drapery in her floral paintings through use of texture, shape, form and color. Watercolor is Barbara’s favorite painting medium. It’s transparent and translucent qualities enhance her use of reflections in her subject matter. She loves the challenge of each painting.As a fashion illustrator she has had her artwork published in Milwaukee magazines and newspapers with clients such as Harley Davidson and Florence Eiseman. Borgwardt is also a self-publisher, author, and illustrator of the “No Milk Cookbook.”
