About Me

About Me
My name is Barbara Phyllis Grindstaff.  I am an Elizabethton, TN native and I've lived here all my life.  I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.  Eizabethton is not far from Bristol, TN/VA and the North Carolina state line.  I've Painted for about 19 years off and on.  I got back into it full time about five years ago.  I love to paint everything.  I've taken classes taught by Urban Bird of Erwin, TN.  I was interviewed for a local TV show called Cable country in 2007 and have been featured in local newspapers.  I also completed a writing course at The Institute of Children's Literature.

Click here to read a transcript of my interview with Tim Cable on WJHL's "Cable Country".

Some of my blue ribbon winners.

Click any painting below to see examples of my work:

"Elizabethton Covered Bridge" - oils 16"X20"

"Gone Fishing" - oils 11"X14"

"Elizabethton, TN Covered Bridge in Spring" - oils 16"X20"