A Brief Biography:
Barbara Osterman has had many one person shows including The Philadelphia Art Alliance, Thomas Jefferson University, Rosemont College and at Princeton University. Some of her awards are The High Winds Medal from the American Watercolor Society, NY, The National Watercolor Society, CA, The National Association of Women Artists and The Philadelphia Sketch Club. The artist has shown at the Pompidou Centre in Paris, The James A. Michener Museum in Pennsylvania, and the New Jersey State Museum gallery. Her work has been published in seven books including "The New Spirit of Watercolor" by Michael Ward, "Making Watercolor Work" by Jeanne Dobie and "Mastering Color and Design" by Christopher Schink.
Ms. Osterman studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and has a BFA from Tyler School of Art and a MA from Beaver College.
She is an elected member of The American Watercolor Society, The National Watercolor Society and the Princeton Artists Alliance.
She has taught at Moore College of Art in Philadelphia, PA, the Newark Museum, Bucks County Community College and in Canada, Switzerland, Greece and Ireland.