Name/Title
Barbara Emerson - Valley - Peninsula Del ReyDescription
Barbara was born in Long Beach in 1926. Her mother, an artist, introduced her two daughters to painting, sculpture and ceramics early on in life and she's been painting and taking art classes ever since. She worked in the advertising department at Bullock’s Department Store, overseeing print ads for seven newspapers in the proof room and was also a photography and runway model for five years.
Barbara and her husband, who worked in the space program, had two daughters and she is now the proud grandmother of four. She still remembers the exciting moment when she and her husband met the astronaut Neil Armstrong before his moonwalk.
The couple shared a passion for golf, and after their children were grown, played at Scotland's famous St. Andrew's golf course on their first trip to Europe. With the goal of playing the most beautiful courses in the world, they traveled to Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria and New Zealand. Barbara, who attributes her long life to "good genes," continued to play until she was 82.
Now she enjoys reading, Tai Chi and exercise, and continues experimenting with her art.
She has switched from watercolors to freehand drawing, and "Valley" is her first experiment with acrylics.
