Barry Singer
I can't remember a time when I didn't love to draw and paint.When I was young I would enter poster contests or get to work on the scenery for the school plays. People liked getting pictures from me as a gift, and I would draw caricatures of my friends. It was only natural for me to go to art school. I went to the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. My first real art job was for an advertising agency. I would do newspaper ads and brochures. Soon I was designing logos. Next I became an illustrator for a correspondence school. An illustrator draws things that will be printed in books and magazines. I went on to work for printers and did much freelance work. It was like having my own business. Along the way I did some teaching. I taught at a college for many years and gave some private lessons. One day I started The Art Room at the Benton Township Civic Center. Hundreds of children have trained there over the years.
I have been selected as a visual artist for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts - Arts in Education Division. This means that I am available do residencies in the local schools. I am also a member of the Nature Printing Society.
Lately, I enjoy working in my studio making a special kind of fish art called GYOTAKU. Here is a sample of what they look like.
