Calling Barber the "premier chronicler of Chesapeake Bay life," J. Russell Jinishian, the nation's leading authority on contemporary marine art, praised the artist's technical skill and painstaking attention to detail. "Many artists paint skipjacks," he explained, "but John's emotive depth puts him on another level entirely. Should the skipjacks disappear, Barber's paintings will provide a valuable historical record of the waterman's era for generations to come." The artist's career has been amply marked with accolades and accomplishments, a few of which follow.
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Calling Barber the "premier chronicler of Chesapeake Bay life," J. Russell Jinishian, the nation's leading authority on contemporary marine art, praised the artist's technical skill and painstaking attention to detail. "Many artists paint skipjack...