Barrington Tabb is a self-taught painter who for the last forty years has recorded in his paintings an account of the changing face of Bristol and its environs. Throughout the 1950's he exhibited at the Clifton Arts Club and in 1976 in Davos, Switzerland.

His paintings have been exhibited regularly at the RWA Autumn exhibitions and also with the Bath Society of Artists. He has had several solo shows with Anthony Hepworth Fine Art in Bath as well as with the Christopher Hull Gallery and Sue Rankin Galleries in London. In 1997 he had a solo show at the Black Swan Guild in Frome.