Barbara van Buskirk, Albuquerque, New Mexico


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Spirit. Heart. Soul. These are a few of the words which describe the indefinable feeling of connecting with our true selves. When the heart is touched, we feel in sync and connected to other people, places and things. Sometimes the connections are familiar; other times they are surprisingly unpredictable. Each and every time this happens, our individual and collective spirit opens and expands.

My art, which includes landscapes, still life, abstractions, human figures and human faces, is a visible form through which I express the essence of the human spirit. Living an art-full life feeds my soul, and connects me with many other people, near and far, who also are exercising their creativity, in both small and large ways, as a natural part of their day-to-day living.

During 2006, I became very interested in exploring water as a medium as well as subject matter, and began experimenting with the addition of watercolor to water based inks as media used to create my monotypes. Dancing Tulips, Seaside Reverie and Spirits Must Flow were printed solely with watercolor. Time and Space, The Inferno and Wednesday’s Flowers reflect the use of both watercolor and water based ink in a single monotype. In the 2006 monotype In the Light with a View of the Water, water itself became the subject of the image.

This year (2007) my creative energies are truly absorbed in the theme of water. I’m creating new work which further explores the expressive possibilities of water as medium and theme. My work touches the core of me and, hopefully, the human spirit in each of us.