Barringer was noted for watercolours of flowers and landscapes, to which she invested a fairyland-like glamour[1] and remained immune to trends and changing fashions.
In 1928 following an extensive sketching tour of Europe[2] she held a solo exhibition in Adelaide which achieved a near record sale (over £1000) for an Australian woman.
[4] Barringer studied at the South Australian School of Arts and Crafts under H. P. Gill, Archibald Collins and Hans Heysen.
Barringer Street in the Canberra suburb of Conder is named in her honour, as well as her sister-in-law Ethel.
Her grandfather was a brother of James Hazel Adamson (1829–1902[6]), a prominent artist of early South Australia.