A Barbara Sullivan fresco is both strange and familiar, tidy and off kilter, tragic and ebullient. The individual shaped fresco objects work well on their own but Sullivan often arranges them in narrative thematic scenarios using the wall as her ground. Her contemporary use of an age old medium places Sullivan's work firmly in the medium of painting yet they are individual bas-relief objects which exist simultaneously as sculpture. Sullivan has successfully bridged these two disciplines, writes Chris Baker for ART NEW ENGLAND. Barbara Sullivan's work both satirizes and celebrates the monotony of everyday life. Sullivan attended Montserrat School of Art in Beverly, MA and Concept in Portland, ME. She received a B.A. in Visual Art and Creative Writing at the University of Maine at Farmington and an M.F.A. at Vermont College. She has given many fresco workshops at colleges and art centers throughout New England and New York. She currently teaches drawing and painting at The University of Maine at Farmington. Recent group and solo exhibitions include Caldbeck Gallery in Rockland, ME, The Maine Biennial Portland Museum of Art in Portland, ME, Center for Maine Contemporary Art Rockport, ME, Morgan Rank Gallery, East Hampton , NY and "Fresh/Fresco", an exhibit at Ernest Rubenstein Gallery in New York City, included her work in 2001.