"My artistic quest is an invitation to dream and be enchanted. To awe the viewer, bring a smile to their heart, and set their imagination free."

BARBARA COX

Trained as a lawyer, renowned photographer, and young mother, Barbara Cox is a Belgian painter living near Brussels. Her dreamlike and colorful world is an enchanted garden. Barbara aims to amaze and bring happiness.

Thanks to her parents, Barbara was immersed in art and museums from an early age and developed a passion for classical dance, later expanding to fashion and architecture. After several years as a lawyer at the Brussels Bar, she decided five years ago to leave it all behind and venture into wedding photography, which brought her greater daily joy and satisfaction. During the COVID pandemic, painting became a way to brighten her constrained life and release her overflowing creativity. Quickly, she developed her unique visual style, filled with cheerfulness and innocence, which is essential to our lives.

Easily recognizable at first glance, Barbara Cox’s ‘Garden of Dreams’ series transports us to a dreamlike and colorful, joyful, and enchanting world. Like a journey, each viewer is invited to create their own story through the colors and shapes on the canvas. As one explores, the ‘Barb Happy’ character, a little ‘guardian of happiness,’ appears in all her works. Other visual elements such as strawberries, eyes, bees, and positive phrases create a dynamic and free-spirited whole. “For me, art must bring positivity, calm, and make the heart smile.” She asserts the importance of spontaneity and nonchalance, essential for this freedom-loving artist who shuns authority and “what will people say.” Her creative process is instinctive, free from overly predefined frameworks.

Ambitious and passionate, her art, born from a desire to re-enchant, has met with immediate success and continues to amaze.

Barbara Cox - GOD 100424 © Marciano Contemporary

Garden of dream

Acrylic on canvas
100 x 100 cm | 39 × 39 in
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Barbara Cox - GOD 100424 © Marciano Contemporary

Flower power

Acrylic on canvas
100 x 100 cm | 39 × 39 in
Unique

Barbara Cox - GOD 100424 © Marciano Contemporary

Amor vincit omnia

Acrylic on canvas
100 x 100 cm | 39 × 39 in
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Barbara Cox - GOD 250424 © Marciano Contemporary

Garden of dream

Acrylic on canvas
100 x 100 cm | 39 × 39 in
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Barbara Cox - All for love © Marciano Contemporary

All for love

Acrylic on canvas
120 x 130 cm | 47 1/5 × 51 1/5 in
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Barbara Cox - Magic in the air © Marciano Contemporary

Magic in the air

Acrylic on canvas
150 x 150 cm | 59 × 59 in
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Barbara Cox - Wings of hope_1 © Marciano Contemporary

wings of hope

Acrylic on canvas
100 x 100 cm | 39 × 39 in
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