Barbara Byers

Barbara Byers was born in Denver, Colorado in the middle of the twentieth century. She has tried to study art in formal ways but is mostly self-taught. She worked in sign shops in Denver and Albuquerque to learn that art form. She has lived in Albuquerque for 45 years, painting signs, teaching kids with special needs, and making art. Her heart home is the desert and slick rock country of the Colorado Plateau.