About the Artist

Education
UNC-Chapel Hill, BA Art Education

 

Galleries

City Art Gallery, Greenville, NC

 

Verrazano Gallery at The ArtWorks, Wilmington, NC 

Apprenticeship
Saant Celia 1963-69, 1979-81


Workshops
Hester Donnely

Saant Celia
Luana Luconi Winner
Cody Delong
Robert Burridge
Mike Rooney
John Poon
Alex Powers
Judy Crane
Lois Griffel

Dan Beck

Nicole White Kennedy


Work accepted into Juried Shows, or unique commissions

2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 WAA Juried Spring Show and Sale

 

2018,2019,2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 painting commissioned by the Wilmington Chamber Commerce which the Chamber presented to their Person of the Year

 

2017,2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Landfall Foundation Art Show and Sale

 

2017 Solo Exhibition, The Art of Barbara Bear Jamison, Burgwin Wright House and Gardens Gallery

 

2017 WAA Juried Spring Show and Sale, Juror Joe DeGuilio

 

2016 McErny Gallery, 5 Vantage Points

 

2016 WAA Juried Spring Show and Sale, Juror Chad Matthew Smith

 

2016 Raleigh Fine Arts Society NC Artists Exhibition Juror Bradley Sumrall, Chief Curator and Collections Manager of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans

 

2015 WAA Juried Spring Show and Sale, Rippy Cadillac Donor Award for “Rest Stop” Juror Dan Beck

 

2014 WAA Juried Spring Show and Sale, Juror Bob Rankin

 

2014 Raleigh Fine Arts Society NC Artists Exhibition Juror Dr. Eric Denker Senior Lecturer at the National Gallery of Art and Independent Curator

 

2013 Plein Aire Wilmington, WHQR McErny Gallery, Juried Group Show

 

2012 McErny Gallery, Bates Toone and Barbara Bear Jamison

 

2012 Artists Exhibition, Community Arts Center, Wilmington NC 

 

2012 Raleigh Fine Arts Society NC Artists Exhibition, Juror, Mark Sloan, Director and Senior Curator of the Haley Institute, Charleston, SC

 

2011 Annual Juried Art Show, Onslow County Juror, Catherine Coulter 

 

2011 Summer Regional Show, Franklin Square Gallery, Juror, Katy Legaly

 

31st Annual Wayne County National Fine Arts Exhibition, Juror, Ali Borchardt 

 

2011 WAA Juried Spring Show and Sale, Juror Mike Rooney, Golden Art Award for Three Dog Day

 

2010 WAA Juried Spring Show and Sale, Juror Paula Frizbe

 

2009 WAA Juried Spring Show and Sale, Juror Judy Crane Past President Award for Resting 

 

2008 WAA Juried Spring Show and Sale, Juror Bob Rankin

 

2002 The Featured Artist, North Carolina Azalea Festival 

 

1999 Cover commissioned for the Fall St. Mary’s College Alumnae Magazine

 

 

 

Exhibitions and Invitationals

St. Mary’s School, Raleigh, NC, Alumnae Art Show and Sale 2000, 2001, 2002 Invitational

Art in the Garden, Spring 2006, 2008 Invitational

Art Recital, Wilmington, NC 2004, 2005, 2006 Organized and participated

Art at First, Wilmington, NC 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Organized and participated

Wonderful Wilmington Art Show and Sale, Dye Club, Landfall, Wilmington, NC 2007 Invitational

Summer Extravanganza, Fast Frame, Wilmington, NC June – Sept. 2008 Invitational

Solo Show, September, 2010, Topsail, NC Visitors Center Invitational

Noname Exhibit, Wilmington Art Gallery, October, 2010 Critique group show

Wilmington by Candlelight, Dec., 2010 Artists in the Carriage House, Invitational

Holiday Art for Sale, Wilmington Art Assoc., Dec., 2010 Group exhibit

Urban Revival, Wilmington, NC 2010-2014

Art of the State, State of the Art, Cameron Art Museum, 2011, 2018

 

“Pelicans”, WHQR The McErny Gallery, WHQR, March 2012, Group Show, Invitational

Annual Art Show and Sale, Anne Newbold Perkins Critique Group, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

 

Burgwin-Wright Plein Air Paint Out, Sept. 2013, 2014 Invitational

Painting Historical Locations – plein aire exhibit organized by the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society

June 2014 (exhibit traveling to local venues) invitational

 

Figure 8 Island Art and Shopping Splash, July 2012, July 2013, July 2014, July 2015, July 2016, July 2017, July 2018 Invitational


Review
By:Lauren Hodges of Encore Magazine September, 2007
“Some of the big names (in the Wonderful Wilmington Art Show) are going to be MJ Cunningham, Jenny Wright, Fran LaFontaine, Bob Leroy, Barbara Jamison, and Betty Brown. Each artist has made a memorable mark on the local art crowd and will undoubtedly will be bringing their signature style to the mix. Beauty is not often seen in the same ways by different artists, and “Wonderful Wilmington” will provide a chance to see our area through the eyes of our various artists……Jamison is the acting vice president of the WAA with an art degree from UNC-Chapel Hill. Her portfolio Consists of coastal oil paintings depicting local wetlands, beaches, and the houses that watch over them. A subdued yet blissful palette compliments the sometimes stormy landscape of our coast, giving a distinct contribution to the show. “It has been a pleasure to draw and paint all these years,” Jamison says. “The water, travels, and people I meet are my sources of inspiration.”