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Michal Barkai is an award-winning painter and photographer.  She paints in oil and dry pastels and enjoys painting in her home studio as well as on location in local parks and gardens. Landscapes, florals, and the changing season are recurring themes in her representational artwork.  The artist states, “whether sightseeing or exploring my own backyard, nature feeds an inner search and appreciation for serenity and peace."

Barkai exhibits locally and her work was featured in several national juried exhibitions at the Salmagundi club in NYC. Her artwork was featured in several art publications, including Southwest Art Magazine, American Art Collector Magazine, Stone Voices Magazine, Still Point Arts Quarterly and Outdoor Painter.com.

Barkai is a signature member of the Pastel Society of New Jersey and has been serving as the society’s President since 2014. She is an associate member of the Pastel Society of America, Allied Artists of America, and American Women Artists.

             To view Barkai's artwork, and follow her creative process, please visit the artist’s website and blog at  www.MichalBarkai.com and https://michalbarkai.wordpress.com/ respectively, and follow her art page, https://www.facebook.com/MichalBarkaiArt/