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barbara’s roots

I remember art classes at school with all the distinct facets of artworks: paper models, collages, painting, experiencing colors and stereotypes, Goethe's color wheel, sketching and aiming to putting everything into the utmost and right perspective, and composition of elements. Art history was rarely covered. I also remember my first clay model - a fish.

When I started to explore and learn about drawing and painting, I did not want to follow a scientific approach. Being a strategy consultant and thought leader in my business life who aims for deployment and delivering results for clients and employers, I searched for a creative path beyond the path of structural thinking and acting.

Combining both, my interest in travelling and painting, it is no wonder that I decided to go for art travels. They brought me to date to places in Canada, Germany, South of France, Spain, Taiwan, and many more. It was and is still an exploratory journey. Our eyes see a lot more than we think of. They tell the stories behind in form of a good photography and in the emotional flow that gets captured in a painting. Plein Air Painting started in the 19th century with landscape artists like Constable and Bonington. Before that nearly everything was bonded to studio painting - only sketches have been done outside.

So, encountering me as a Plein Air painter and travelling artist, I learned what it takes. Imagine myself equipped with an easel, a wooden case full of wonderful colors, a set of brushes, even a folding chair was not missing. That is how I conquered the Isle of Rügen and the Kreidefelsen (chalk cliffs up in the north captured by Caspar David Friedrich). And I had an umbrella - it was raining like hell when I did my first Plein Air painting. And the surfers passing by to head to Kap Arkona were quite astonished to find somebody crazy sitting outside and do a painting holding an umbrella protecting the canvas and the paint in one hand and the brush in the other: me. It was funny and refreshing. This is how the painting Windflüchter (wind escaping trees) also got created. And I learned more on what I wanted, what to focus on and how to get paintings done with the prime colors and the techniques I wanted to apply (more on this in the blog section later). 

The travels to La Bourgogne and South of France were enlightening. Having stayed in the Villa of Matisse in Vence is a reflection back into the times where one of the greatest artist lived and worked. It is also a promise to the future to look into the positive ends from distinct ankles. This is why it is good to leave behind the perspectives in a painting. Twisting and changing them is one of my favorite themes. That is why I like to have a dog strolling towards a water fountain while passing by the big one that makes it harder for him to get there (painted in the village of Tourrettes sour Loup). Honestly, the dog appearance was a coincidence and it turned out to be a Dalmatian.

You find Barbara’s artwork and the dedicated Hidden Treasures Exhibition. You encounter artworks that also enlighten your day - like the surfers or the dog. As any other unknown artist, we are seeking ways to show, share, and sell our artworks. Living from art is a challenge of its own and takes a good portion of good luck, coincidence, interest, and dedication. This is why next to the Gallery, you find the Shop. Explore the artworks with your eyes. If you find something interesting, compelling, and fascinating, we are more than proud that it will be serving you as it did us in the process of creation.