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Barbara Burger **

Art has always been central to my life. As a child, I loved to draw and paint. In grade school, at age 10, I was chosen to illustrate a journal called ’The School Bell.’ When I was in 8th grade, I was selected to   illustrate the cover of our school graduation program. I am largely self­-taught, but in my twenties I took a few week­end courses at the Art Student’s League. Isaac Soyer was my favorite teacher, who admired my style and encouraged me. My work was accepted into Hirschl and Adler in 1973-­74.  And in 1980, I was selected for a major exhibit,'The Artist in the Park’, in which I was one of two living artists. Since then, my work has appeared in numerous exhibits and in various galleries.