Barbara Milne was born in Windsor, Ontario. She studied fine art at York University, Toronto. She taught as a seasonal instructor at the Alberta College of Art (now the Alberta University of the Arts (AUArts)) from 1998-2012. Milne’s paintings are rich in symbols and metaphors. Shape, colour, and textures combine and resonate to describe a parallel experience of place. Memory plays a complex role in Milne’s paintings. It not only involves the physical reconstruction of the artist’s experience of a place: but also embodies a recollection of previous paintings, histories, and styles. While Milne’s landscapes derive from real settings, the artist transcends the particularities of place, producing images that are richly layered, evoking a sense of wonder.