Barb Narkaus Studios
| Barb Narkaus began painting Northwest Golf Courses as a natural extension of both her love of landscape painting and her interest in golf and sports. The Pacific Golf Art Gallery is the home of her originals and limited edition prints. The gallery is located upstairs at the Elsinore Gallery and features Barb's work as well as work by artists Larry Dyke, Bart Forbes, and other golf and sports artists. | 
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13th tournament hole
the Battle at the Bridges
edition size TBA, request a print at ORDERNORTHWEST ARTIST CREATES NEW ART
FOR THE BRIDGES GOLF COURSE.
SALEM, OR ARTIST BARB NARKAUS HAS PAINTED 5 NEW PAR 3
SIGNATURE GOLF HOLES FOR THE BRIDGES AT RANCHO SANTA FE.
SEVEN YEARS AGO, BARB BEGAN HER CAREER AS A GOLF COURSE
ARTIST WITH THE "5TH AT CREEKSIDE GOLF" AND HER PORTFOLIO
HAS GROWN TO OVER THIRTY IMAGES. ALTHOUGH BARB HAS FOCUSSED PRIMARILY ON THE NORTHWEST
GOLF COURSES, WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL TO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA CAME UP, SHE WAS VERY ENTHUSED ABOUT THE
PROJECT. "THE BRIDGES IS A FANTASTIC AND CHALLENGING COURSE
AND THE PAINTINGS WERE ALSO A BIT OF A CHALLENGE. THE
LANDSCAPE AND TERRAIN WERE CERTAINLY DIFFERENT THAN I'M
USED TO HERE IN OREGON."
ADDING TO THIS NEW VENTURE WAS THE ENCROACHING DEADLINE
OF JULY 28TH, WHICH IS THE DATE OF THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED
"BATTLE OF THE BRIDGES" GOLF TOURNAMENT. THIS TOURNAMENT
FEATURES TIGER WOODS PAIRED WITH ERNIE ELS AGAINST PHIL
MICKELSON AND SERGIO GARCIA. FOMERLY, THE "BATTLE OF
BIGHORN," THIS PRESTIGIOUS EVENT, SPONSORED BY LINCOLN
FINANCIAL, WILL BE A ONE-ROUND, TWO PLAYER BEST-BALL DUEL
WHICH WILL BE TELEVISED IN PRIMETIME LIVE ON ABC SPORTS.
THIS WILL THE LARGEST PROJECT FOR BARB AND CERTAINLY THE
BIGGEST EXPOSURE FOR HER ARTWORK.
THE FIVE PAR 3 PRINTS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO HOLE IN ONE
WINNERS AT THE COURSE. A SPECIAL EDITION CANVAS OF THE
13TH TOURNAMENT HOLE WILL BE PRESENTED TO EACH OF THE
FOUR PLAYERS FOR THEIR PERSONAL COLLECTIONS. A VERY FEW
ARTIST PROOFS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE LOCALLY. PRINTS OF
BARB'S WORK ARE AVAILABLE AT THE ELSINORE GALLERY AND
FRAMING AND MARKETED THROUGH PACIFIC GOLF ART & BENTLEY
HOUSE PUBLISHING. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BARB'S WORK,
SEE HER WEBSITE, HTTP:// WWW.PACIFICGOLFART.COM.
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