Alison Barbaron's Picture Book with Poems

Alison Barbaron's Picture Book with Poems is unique in that it combines unusual artwork and poetry. The artwork is a collaboration between two Southeast Missouri artists, Aaron Horrell and Barb Bailey. They create novel, miniature paintings by taking turns adding their own personal input to each mini. The outcomes are unanticipated and whimsical. The pictures will invite children to look for more than the obvious. The poetry is intended to be lighthearted and fun to read. Look for their trademark heart in each painting. Some are easy to see and some are not.

Aaron Horrell is a self-taught painter, nature photographer, and avid fisherman. Aaron is the owner of the Painted Wren Art Gallery in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He also writes a nature column in the Southeast Missourian newspaper called, "Through the Woods." Barb Bailey is a painter and an amateur photographer. Her family raises dairy goats and Barb makes goat milk soap she sells at the Painted Wren Art Gallery and two local farmers' markets. Together these Southeast Missouri artists create BARBARON minis, 6" X 8" mini acrylic paintings on Masonite. Starting with dip art, they take turns painting whimsical animals in interesting, colorful backgrounds. Both Aaron and Barb are members of the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Best of Missouri Hands, and the Cat Ranch Art Guild.