Barbara Testa is a New England watercolor artist whose realistic work includes many landscapes and floral paintings. She is known for her vivid colors and varied subject matter.

A lifelong love of art led Barbara to pursue formal studies in painting, drawing and sculpture at the Rhode Island School of Design. She has also studied with Betty Dunlop and Robert Pomfret; and has attended workshops with Mario Cooper, Dale Myers, Betty Lou Schlemm, Jan Kunz, and Janet Walsh.

Barbara enjoys painting the New England countryside, with its many farms and back roads providing almost unlimited subject matter for her to capture the changing color of the seasons. Spring and summer afford her the opportunity to use gardens and their flowers for inspiration, while her fall and winter scenes invite one on journeys through foliage and snow.

Travel through Italy has allowed Barbara to capture the essence and beauty of the countryside in watercolor. A recent visit to Japan provides inspiration for paintings of the many temples, shrines and gardens that abound there.

Several of Barbara’s paintings were used in set decoration by Walt Disney Productions in the movie "Dan in Real Life", filmed in Jamestown and Newport, RI.

Her watercolors are in many private and corporate collections throughout the United States, Canada, and Japan. She has exhibited at the Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Arnold Mills Community House, Attleboro Arts Museum, Newport Art Museum, Depot Square Gallery, Oakland Gallery, and many New England art festivals.

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