Meet Bree Barile

Today we’d like to introduce you to Bree Barile.

Every artist has a unique story. Can you briefly walk us through yours?
I’ve been drawing and painting since I was a kid. Like most kids growing up in the early 90’s I was a pro finger painter. In my middle school years my artist aunt from New York gave me a lot of encouragement and told me practice makes perfect. I eventually went on to attend a high school for the arts in Long Beach. After that I started doing theater, photography and continued to paint.

Nowadays I paint as a hobby, I make my paintings for myself and if other people enjoy them as well, well than that’s pretty cool. I usually hold “gallery shows” in my garage where I give away the paintings and only ask for a donation. Which I then usually give to a charity or two. I myself don’t have a whole lot of money, but it’s always nice to give back. I appreciate anyone who enjoys what I paint.

Please tell us about your art.
I mostly do abstract expressionism. I paint to Music and often times my paintings are named after the song that I was listening to while I painted that specific piece. I also enjoy painting my own little cartoon characters. They’re often painted on skateboard decks.

As an artist, how do you define success and what quality or characteristic do you feel is essential to success as an artist?
For me, personally speaking on my own paintings, success is feeling and knowing that I put my all into a piece. I can always tell the difference between a paintings I made because I had to, a painting I made because I wanted to. Which is why I no longer do commissions or sell my work. I don’t consider myself a professional artist. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t like my own work, it’s very personal to me and I sometimes have a hard time letting it go. My abstract paintings are a way to get my emotions out without drinking or acting irrationally. My cartoons are a way to just get out all the little characters that live in my brain. It starts to get full in there and don’t enjoy it.Success shouldn’t be measured by how much money you make, it should be measured by how you feel about the work you’ve done at the end of the day.

How or where can people see your work? How can people support your work?
Now a days I keep a lot of my paintings to myself. I’ll sometimes post on my Instagram account, @breebarile, but it mostly has my photography on it. When my garage starts to become too full of paintings that’s when I do the “art shows.” Which is normally a gathering of my friends and whoever they want to bring.

Contact Info:

• Website: Pineapple-posse.com
• Phone: 5623052581
• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @breebarile

Image Credit:
Bree Barile,ryan Moore

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