"Shores and Doors" at Carpinteria Arts Center
!["Fishing in Yemen" by Birgitte Ibsen • 14x14 Acrylic on Canvas • $600 Img 8821 rev20140914 19595 cij3e5](https://d14tal8bchn59o.cloudfront.net/bkOITv9MI1Q5kDY0cIsTqFOSAgDF_y5S5eDSCRK0ZQ0/w:960/plain/https://02f0a56ef46d93f03c90-22ac5f107621879d5667e0d7ed595bdb.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/sites/2102/photos/65420/IMG_8821-rev20140914-19595-cij3e5_original.jpg)
"Some of the stronger pieces in the show find fresh ways to address time-honored traditions, including the conventional landscape and seascape paintings practice so ever-popular in Santa Barbara art studios, plein air sites and touris-geared galleries. Take for example, the painting by Birgitte Ibsen called "Fishing in Yemen," which despite its specific reference, greets the eye as a non-representational and rhythmic series of paint smears conspiring towards a sensuous, all-over atmospheric effect." --Josef Woodard, Santa Barbara News-Press, August 23, 2013