Barton DeGraaf has been painting his whole life. Born in Chicago, he fell in love with art at the Art Institute of Chicago and received his BFA in 1999 from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in Denver, Colorado. DeGraaf paints in watercolors and acrylics and he describes his style as whimsical and impressionistic. His happy work portrays the animal kingdom engaged in everyday “people” activities.
