Growing up in Manitowoc, WI, Barb Luhring had two passions: basketball and drawing. Playing on a championship high school team was exciting, but it didn’t compare to the thrill of winning a Blue Ribbon at the Manitowoc County Fair for one of her drawings. Art won out over sports when Barb went on to study Studio Art at UW-Stout.
Barb has worked in various graphic-designer roles around Wisconsin for employers that included a college, an advertising agency, a label company, a neon sign manufacturer, and a catalog company. As she tackled a wide range of assignments – from drawing cartoons for the Feeder Pig Association to tracing giant neon tube patterns for Holiday Inn signs – Barb developed an eclectic and versatile skill set. Throughout, she also found time to pursue her first love of drawing. While her concepts for a cartoon strip didn’t find any takers, one of her political cartoons was included in an international juried exhibition for women cartoonists.
Today, Barb is putting all her experiences together as a graphic recorder who draws pictures that explain ideas. She is the Founder and Chief Creator of We Draw Ideas, a boutique graphic design company that specializes in Storytelling Graphics. At We Draw Ideas, Barb works with a wide array of clients – businesses, nonprofits, event planners and others — who have discovered her knack for telling their stories through drawings. She has one daughter and lives in Green Bay.
View Barb’s portfolio here
Call us today to discuss the unique story we can tell for you, your business, or your event.
Barb Luhring, Founder and Chief Creator
We Draw Ideas • 920-246-7234
barbaraluhring@gmail.com