Artist portfolio
GALLERIES | PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS | EXHIBITIONS | AWARDS
AMERICAN PLAINS ARTISTS
2023 – THE “A” TEAM received the ARTIST RETREAT AWARD: Our Heritage Guest Ranch during the APA – American Plains Artists Thirty-eighth Annual Juried Exhibit & Sale at the PEARCE MUSEUM AT NAVARRO COLLEGE in Corsicana, TX
2022 – APA – American Plains Artists Annual Juried Exhibit & Sale – Ft. Concho National Historic Landmark, San Angelo, TX – MOMENT IN THE SPOTLIGHT – Publisher’s Award of Excellence – Western Art Collector — Artist Focus
WOMEN ARTISTS OF THE WEST
2021 – WAOW – Women Artists of the West Online Show – All Creatures Great and Small, September 1, 2021 – November 30, 2021.
2021 – WAOW – Women Artists of the West 51st National Exhibition – America the Beautiful, The Museum of Western Art, Kerrville, TX. – JUST EXHAUSTED – Art of the West 2021 Award
2020 – WAOW – WAOWing the Wind River: 2020 Membership Show, June 15 – July 30, 2020
2020 – WAOW – 2020 Online Spring Show Troubled Waters, May 1 – July 31, 2020
2020 – WAOW – Women Artist of the West 50th Jubilee Anniversary National Exhibition & Sale, Settlers West Galleries, Tucson AZ – MOMENT OF SILENCE – America West Frames Award
2016 – WAOW – Women Artists of the West “Winter Solstice” Online Show – WINTERTIME PROWLER – 1st place
2016 – WAOW – Women Artists of the West “Winter Solstice” Online Show – WEATHERING THE STORM – Honorable Mention
MOUNTAIN OYSTER CLUB WESTERN ART SHOW & SALE
2020 – Mountain Oyster Club 51st Anniversary Contemporary Western Art Show and Sale, Tucson, AZ – PEEK-A-MOO – McCalla Award for People’s Choice
2019 – Mountain Oyster Club 50th Anniversary Contemporary Western Art Show and Sale, Tucson, AZ
WARA – WESTERN ART RODEO ASSOCIATION – 2019
WARA 2019 WORLD CHAMPION – Dry Medium Category
2019 – THANKFUL FOR THE DAWN was awarded 1st place in the Dry Medium category in Round 3 of the WARA – Western Art Rodeo Association’s “World Finals” online show in December of 2019.
2019 – MOMENT OF SILENCE was awarded 1st place in the Dry Medium category in Round 2 of the WARA – Western Art Rodeo Association’s “World Finals” online show in December of 2019.
2019 – MOMENT OF SILENCE was awarded BEST OF SHOW in the WARA – Western Art Rodeo Association’s “2019 Frontier Stampede” online show in August of 2019.
2019 – MOMENT OF SILENCE was awarded 1st place in the Dry Medium category of the WARA – Western Art Rodeo Association’s “2019 Frontier Stampede” online show in August of 2019.
2019 – COWBOY IN THE FOG was awarded the People’s Choice Award in the WARA – Western Art Rodeo Association’s “2019 Autumn Roundup” online show in July of 2019.
2019 – COWBOY IN THE FOG was also awarded 2nd place in the Dry Medium category of the WARA – Western Art Rodeo Association’s “2019 Autumn Roundup” online show in July of 2019.
2019 – THE POWER OF FAITH was awarded 1st place in the Dry Medium category of the WARA – Western Art Rodeo Association’s “2019 Summer Shootout” online show in June of 2019.
2019 – ALL BUSINESS was awarded 2nd place in the Dry Medium category of the WARA – Western Art Rodeo Association’s “2019 Wild West Open” online show in May of 2019.
2019 – WINTER’S PAINT received the People’s Choice Award in the WARA 2018 World Finals – Round 1 – Online Western Art Rodeo Competition.
PUBLISHED ARTWORK
2016 – Strokes of Genius: The Best of Drawing / Strokes of Genius 8: Expressive Texture – DOE PRETTY by Barb Schacher, published.
2015 – Featured Artist, Artsy Shark, published artwork.
GALLERIES
BARB’S WESTERN ART, online gallery
THE ARTISAN GALLERY, Priest River, ID
THE GALLERY: ERGJ NEWPORT, Newport, WA
XANADU GALLERY, Scottsdale, AZ
THE CUTTER THEATRE, Metaline Falls, WA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
CGA – Cowgirl Artists of America, Signature Member
WAOW – Women Artists of the West, Associate Member
APA – American Plains Artists. Associate Member
“Art is a collaboration between God and the artist and the less the artist does the better.”
~ Andre Gide
Recent Awards
ARTIST RETREAT AWARD
Our Heritage Guest Ranch
American Plains Artists Thirty-seventh Annual Juried Exhibit
JURIED EXHIBIT 2023
October 19, 2023 – January 4, 2024 | Pearce Museum | Corsicana, TX
2023 – THE “A” TEAM received the ARTIST RETREAT AWARD: Our Heritage Guest Ranch during the APA – American Plains Artists Thirty-eighth Annual Juried Exhibit & Sale at the PEARCE MUSEUM AT NAVARRO COLLEGE in Corisicana, TX
American Plains Artists Thirty-seventh Annual Juried Exhibit & Sale
June 23, 2022 | Ft. Concho National Historic Landmark | San Angelo, TX
2022 – MOMENT IN THE SPOTLIGHT was awarded the Publisher’s Award of Excellence (Western Art Collector — Artist Focus — one-half page ad award, $3,600.00 value) during the American Plains Artists Thirty-seventh Annual Juried Exhibit & Sale in San Angelo, TX at the Ft. Concho National Historic Landmark, June 23 — August 7, 2022.
ART OF THE WEST AWARD
WAOW – Women Artist of the West 51st National Exhibition & Sale
America the Beautiful
February 6 – March 19, 2021 | Museum of Western Art | Kerrville, TX
2021 – JUST EXHAUSTED received the Art of the West Award during the WAOW – Women Artist of the West 51st Nat’l Exhibition & Sale at The Museum of Western Art in Kerrville, TX
McCALLA AWARD FOR PEOPLE’S CHOICE
Mountain Oyster Club 51st Annual Contemporary Western Art Show and Sale
November 22, 2020 | Mountain Oyster Club Gallery | Tucson, AZ
2020 – PEEK-A-MOO was awarded the McCalla Award for People’s Choice, Mountain Oyster Club 51st Annual Contemporary Western Art Show and Sale, Tucson, AZ.
WARA BEST OF SHOW AWARD
2020 – MOMENT OF SILENCE received the America West Frames Gift Certificate award during the WAOW – Women Artist of the West 50th Jubilee Anniversary National Exhibition & Sale, Settlers West Galleries, Tucson AZ,
2019 – MOMENT OF SILENCE was awarded 1st place in the Dry Medium category in Round 2 of the WARA – Western Art Rodeo Association’s “World Finals” online show in December of 2019.
2019 – MOMENT OF SILENCE was awarded BEST OF SHOW in the WARA – Western Art Rodeo Association’s “2019 Frontier Stampede” online show in August of 2019.
2019 – MOMENT OF SILENCE was awarded 1st place in the Dry Medium category of the WARA – Western Art Rodeo Association’s “2019 Frontier Stampede” online show in August of 2019.