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Barley Robinson

All of the artwork on this page has been created by Barley Robinson, who is our December Editor's Pick Artist

Please feel free to email Barley at: madamestarz@aol.co.uk

Barley Robinson

Night Mare

Sea She Monster

Death of Bodicea Possessed

Having Sid and Eric for dinner

Modern Medusa

The Notcifer

Barley Robinson is an Award-Winning Horror and Supernatural Poet and Verse-Fabulist, an Award-Winning Horror and Fantasy Illustrator, a professional Tarot Reader and a trained Parapsychologist, Astrologer and Hypnotherapist.  

Barley is the Winner of The Golden Grove Poetry Award 2011 - and - Winner of The Leaf Book-Jacket Illustration Award 2009.  Barley has four Solo Poetry Collections (Titles: 'Flight Or Fight', 'ACT! Alone', 'The Scarlett Book Vol 1', 'The Tale Of The Goat & The Wolf' - Published by Golden Arrow Players Press) and one Poetry Audio Book published to date - and her Horror, Fantasy and Supernatural Poetry is also published within twenty-two commercial Poetry Anthologies, to date.

She is also the former Astrology/Tarot Columnist with The Observer Series of Newspapers, based in the UK.  In addition, having trained professionally in Speech and Drama at LAMDA (The London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art)  - and winning the LLAM Diploma and four Honours Speech Medals -  Barley frequently broadcasts live - via various commercial UK Radio stations - reciting Selections of her published Horror, Fantasy and Supernatural Poetry - and Verse-Fables. She also illustrates her Horror and Fantasy poems and exhibits them at commercial Art Galleries, from time to time. 

As a Horror and Fantasy Illustrator, her highly original and unusual artworks have been exhibited by: The Royal Watercolour Society, London, by 'The Artist' Magazine at their 'Britain's Painters' Exhibition, selected and exhibited by The Pastel Society at The Mall Galleries, London, exhibited at The Raw Gallery, London, The NorthBank Artists Gallery, London, The Harvey Gallery, Surrey, at The Seagate Gallery, Dundee, Scotland, at The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, at the Hays Galleria at Tower Bridge, London, at The International Grand Prix of Watercolourists in France, and at the International Salon Dessin Presse, France (regularly since 1996), and at Private Showings for private collectors and clients in Florida, USA, among many others. 

Barley's Illustrations have been included in several other major Art Societies Exhibitions in London and throughout the UK and are held in several private collections both in the UK and USA.  Her illustrations have previously been published by Thames and Hudson and by The AOI.  In 2011, Barley founded The Poetry Box - www.ThePoetryBox.co.uk - near her home in the south of England, for the display of Poetry Books and Poetry Prints and for Weekly Live Performances of contemporary Horror and Fantasy Poetry in The Poetry Box studio-garden.  She has also set-up a new Poetry Club - 'The Poetry Box Club' - to bring together poets from all genres for discussion and performances.  Barley is currently preparing a new Horror Poetry Audio Book of her latest Horror & Fantasy Verse and is always delighted to undertake Private Horror, Supernatural & Fantasy Poetry and Illustration Commissions for Publications, Private Collections, Posters and Prints.   Barley is a Member of The British Fantasy Society, The Poetry Society, British Actors EQUITY, and The International Storytelling Network. 

Barley's websites:

www.BarleyThePoet.moonfruit.com 

www.ThePoetryBox.co.uk

www.ParanormalPosters.co.uk

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