Dockside Pelican

Image © Barbara Fallenbaum About the Artist As a young girl Barbara Fallenbaum loved creating. She grew up in Tampa, Florida spending a lot of time outdoors studying nature and taking in animal life. She would spend her free time drafting buildings and drawing birds. She fondly remembers trips to the beach with her mother where she would build sand castles and little villages. During elementary school she won several awards for her art projects. In later years made her own clothing, even crafting patterns. Creating is part of her nature.Fallenbaum followed a traditional education through college, obtaining a degree in Accounting, but she didn’t forget her love of art. She began to hand paint silk primarily as wearable art to counter the stress she felt from her accounting work. Her silk work was inspired by the work of Tiffany and other art nouveau artists. A prolific silk painter, she started selling her work at art shows all around Florida. The wearable art turning into wall art afte