Barbara (1955) Meyer Sold at Auction Prices

2 pcs, Barbara M. Meyer, The Corn Patch, The Flower Fields, Rainwater Farms

Barbara Matthew Meyer graduated from San Jose State College in 1940 with a B.A. in Commerce. Meyer held secretarial positions in San Francisco before moving to Carmel, CA in 1942 to work at the U.S. Naval Pre-Flight School, Del Monte. Childhood summers were spent with artist Aunt Catherine Comstock Seideneck in Carmel Valley. Meyer was married twice and loved her adventures dairy farming for twelve years in the Northwest. She fell in love with Orcas Island during a visit in the 1950s and returned to settle permanently in 1965, at her home in Olga. Artwork became a top interest during those years, with card designs and published booklets (cartoons) titled “Imagine My Surprise.” She studied at workshops with Rex Brandt and Joan Irving Brandt, Susan Canavarro, Charles Mulvey and Nancy Johnson of Carmel. She learned the sketchbook habit from these mentors. Her 30 or more sketchbooks expressed her joy over the San Juan Islands and her frequent trips back to California. She published two books of those sketches, first in 1996 titled “Sketching in the San Juans…and a Bit Beyond,” and later, “More Sketches…Carmel to Orcas Island.” Her second book included farm stories and cartoons of her Carmel years while working at the Pacific Grove School District from 1962 to 1964. Barbara Matthew Meyer passed away at home on Orcas Island on January 6th, 2009.