Barbara Zuehlke is an award-winning Eastern Shore artist. She works in various mediums, focusing on watercolor. Using wet pigment on wet paper, Barbara creates a softness and flow that is exciting when combined with the sharp, clean edges of dry paper. She creates beauty for your enjoyment and believes that good drawing is the basis for good painting and the observer needs to feel the medium…”the flow and transparency of watercolor or the rich gooeyness of oil.”

The artist is a native of Grosse Pointe, Michigan. She attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting and graphics. Her commercial experience began with the J.L. Hudson Co. in Detroit, Michigan, designing large scale animated and still display promotions on drawing board, followed by display coordination management for John Wannamakers in Philadelphia. She has also worked freelance in wrapping paper and logo design. 

Barbara has shown her paintings in many Maryland juried shows including: The Academy Arts Museum in Easton, Maryland Hall and Quiet Waters Park, The Chestertown Art League Juried Show, winning many awards including Best in Show twice; and the Local Color Show-Plein Air Easton. She has had shows at The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels and the Dorchester Art Center, Cambridge and was affiliated with the Creatrix Art Gallery in Easton. She is an active member of The Working Artists Forum. She presently operates her studio and quality frame shop out of her Eastern Shore home.