Barbara Shore

Barbara Shore is a contemporary Canadian painter based in St. Albert, Alberta. Her work explores memory, presence, and emotional connection through expressive figurative and wildlife painting.

Her paintings begin with observation and evolve through memory, emotion, and intuition.

Extensive independent travel throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, and North and South America has shaped her visual language and deepened her appreciation for the relationships between people, animals, and place.

Working with layered surfaces, expressive mark-making, and an intuitive process, Shore creates paintings that move beyond literal representation. Rather than documenting a moment, she is interested in the atmosphere that remains - the suggestion of an encounter, a relationship, or something left unsaid.

Her work invites viewers to bring their own memories and emotions to the painting, allowing meaning to remain open, personal, and quietly unresolved.