“...exceptionally  energetic and enthusiastic artist...projects a charisma that captures the imagination of students...demonstrated excellent classroom management skill...”

Jonathan Marshall

Recreation Manager

“...deeply  involved in learning about the educational state-of-the-art, investigating research and designing instructional materials...I look forward to the time when Gabriele will bring her love of children, enthusiasm, initiative, and intelligence into our community.”

Sue Leto

Recreation Manager

Professional

Eager to bring art and art students into the twenty-first century using a unique combination of education coupled with thirty five years of art experience.

·         Skilled in multiple art mediums, including:  pastel, watercolor, acrylic, oil, airbrush, pencil..

·         Experienced in various computer illustration and graphic design software:  Microsoft Word, Free Hand, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe PageMaker, Front Page.

·         Dedicated to enthusiastic and dynamic teaching as a means of creating and nurturing a lifelong love of art in the community.

·         Flexible and enthusiastic approach to freelance art using a variety of mediums and techniques. Commissions include; Portrait, landscape, Still life, Murals and commercial illustration.

·         Current focus and studio works: depict the beauty and charm of the Temecula Valley and it’s wineries in various media. Gabriele’s love of Flying continues to be a focus of her commercial art work seen in her aviation art series. Her continued work on Portrait commissions capture the personality of her many subjects.

·         Self Published limited edition prints, note cards, postcards, book marks

Education

College

Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA.

Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA

San Jacinto College, Menifee, CA

Citrus College, Citrus, CA

Daniel Greene Workshops

Portrait workshops from live model: Oil and pastel

Christopher Hart

Cartoon Drawing, Pasadena Methods and Materials convention 1997

Studied under Don Hendricks

Watercolor, Design. Drawing, Fullerton, CA, 1986-1988

Illustration

     Keith Batchelor, Walnut CA

Art Subjects Instructed

Basic Drawing                                   Portrait Drawing

Watercolor                                        Cartoon Drawing

Oil Painting                                       Cartoon Drawing “Superheroes”

Pastel                                               Oil Pastel

Art Exploration

My ability to motivate students and share a love of learning,  fosters a successful classroom environment. I want to break that barrier of self doubt to open the door for true enjoyment of creativity. ...I welcome becoming part of ‘the arts community in the Temecula Valley and neighboring communities

Gabriele Baber

“We are fortunate that such a talented artist as Gabriele Baber took the time to prepare artwork specifically for the festival…Her work depicts the Temecula of today, and the future, and she has captured the quality of life that the arts bring to Temecula.”

Martha Minkler

   Key Qualifications

·         Plan and instruct each subject area using wide variety of teaching aids, motivational and implementation strategies to engage students in active learning in a positive environment.

·         Incorporate learning modality principles into classroom and individual instruction.

·         Personalized original art commission paintings and murals, watercolor, oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolor

    Art Instruction

·         Private Instructor Personal Studio 1985-Present

·         Boys and Girls Club of America, Temecula, CA 2003

Teaching the after school youth arts programs

·         Contract Instructor, October 2000 to present

Temecula Community Services, Temecula, CA

·         Contract Instructor, July 2003

Summer Youth Art Institute, Murrieta, CA

·         Contract Instructor, October 1991 to 2001

Chino Hills Recreation Department, Chino Hills, CA

·         Contract Instructor, 2000-2001

Calvary Chapel, Chino Hills, CA

·         Contract Instructor, 2000-2001

Michaels Art Store, Chino Hills, CA

·         Contract Instructor, 1998

Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA

·         Contract Instructor, October 1985 to 1993

Chino Recreation Department, Chino, CA

Private Instruction

·         Workshops and demonstrations pre-arranged

·         Studio Classes, 1985-Present

Air Brush, Oil Painting, Acrylic, Watercolor, Drawing, Pastel, Pencil.

Honors, & Certifications

•    Artists in the Making 2004:

   A collection of works featuring Gabriele Baber and her students. Musicians workshop, Temecula

•  Fallbrook Open Juried show 2001-2004 accepted work

•  Gem of the Valley Founders Trophy 2003

·         Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival, 2003

·         Signature artist, Official poster

2003 20th annual Balloon and Wine Festival, Lake Skinner, Temecula

·         One woman show, Associated artists, August 2003

·         Fallbrook Fall Open Show 2002

Third place Water media category “Temecula Wine and Balloon”

·         Temecula Valley Arts Council, 2003

Signature Artist , “Temecula Valley Arts in the Country Festival  May 2003 Watercolor “Vineyard Melodies”

Temecula, CA

·         One woman show, Temecula Library 2002

·         Aaron Brothers Art Competition, 1995

Illustration, First Place Regional

·         First Place Pastel Portrait, 1995

Associated Artist Fall Show

·         Experimental Aircraft National Art Competition, 1991

·         Merit Award and Gallery hanging privilege

·         Best of Show 1988

Chino Art Association Watercolor “Jeff blowing Dandelions”

“My inspiration and mentor is Gabriele Baber, she put enough inspirationn in me to get me painting”. ….

Adrianna Garibay

www.simplisticbearuty.com

·         Reno Air Race Poster Competition, 1987

·         Grand Prize resulted in the use of her art work as the poster and souveniers for the Reno Air Races as well as collaterals for publicity.

·         Grumbacher Award, 1986

·         Best use of color Acrylic “Fantasy Garden”

Gabriele has had many more awards that have not been cateloged

Gallery Representation

·         Aviation Arts Gallery, 1995-95

Laguna Beach, CA

Brandon Gallery, Fallbrook 2003

Professional Affiliations

·         Fallbrook Art Association Fallbrook, CA

·         Boys and Girls Club of America, Temecula, CA

Teaching the after school youth arts programs

·         Temecula Valley Art League, Temecula, CA

·         Gem of the Valley Art Association Murrieta, CA

·         Associated Artists Upland, CA

·         Diamond Bar Art League, Diamond Bar, CA

Past vice president, Awards chairman, President

·         Chino Valley Art Association

Past vice president, show chairman, scholarship chairman

Interests

·         Private pilot

·         Karate

·         Traveling with my sketchbook and camera in hand

Personal Info:

Gabriele Baber was born in Lendersdorf Germany. She immigrated with her parents to Northern California in 1957 and remained in the Bay area until she married her husband and moved to Washington state. There she gave birth to two boys, Jeff now 24 and Eric now 21. Five years after moving to Washington Gabriele and her family moved to Chino Hills. With one boy in school and one a toddler she began to further study art in college while juggling her teaching and art affiliations with local and regional art groups. She managed to juggle family life and her love of painting, she has nutured since childhood,  all the while perfecting her ever developing painting and drawing skills. Besides her college studies he devoured everything from books, to videos and taking endless workshops so she could  to better her craft. As the children were growing, she was able to have a home studio and teach through the many years of their childhood. Just when she started to have the freedom to expand, she gave birth to another child, Kristen, now 13.

With all three children older and grown, her years of preparation for this time in her life has left her with a very exciting future, during this nearly empty nest time. She has expanded her studio to include both a classroom and a personal studio so that she could continue the teaching that she so loves, and have her own space to continue working on her Temecula Series and other painting projects and commission works. This arrangement has proven to be the ideal situation for Gabriele to be able to balance home life and her life long passion for her art. Recently Gabriele has begun self publishing her art, and hopes to continue doing so with her winery series. Her goal is to have her work in every winery in California, and who knows where from there. Perhaps soon to have her own Gallery/Studio.

Gabriele has recently made a big impression in the art community in Temecula Valley with her recent accomplishments.  Her art is on permanent display at the Temecula Valley Arts Council office, having had her watercolor painting “Vineyard Melodies” was chosen for the 2003 Temecula Valley  “Arts in the Country Festival” poster. Her work can also be seen on permanent display at the Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine festival office, as her acrylic work  “Wine and Balloon 2” has been chosen for the official poster for the 2003 20^th annual Wine and Balloon Festival held at Lake Skinner in Temecula.  Her newest accomplishment is to be contracted to do the cover art for a coffee table book on Temecula Valley to be named “Temecula Valley Soars” soon to be available in book stores such as Barns and Noble after February of 2005.  Gabriele’s work can be found in various locations throughout the Temecula Valley, and is in collections around the world.

For further information about Gabriele go to www.gabrielebaberart.com