With all eyes upon me I allow my mind to back away from the company. The pencils are poised and one girl has spread out an enormous piece of paper, I wonder how they will see me today. I have been a troll, a wizened old lady, an Amazonian warrior…mostly by accident! There is a
It began with a prickly feeling in my foot. I had been hired by a serious artist for a ‘critical piece’ (his words). He’d placed me carefully in a classical pose with one arm behind my head and on my side, very Matisse. He had high aspirations! He’d taken twenty minutes to get the pose
Unconditional Love, Unconditional Art... People often ask me about my process and one of the things I commonly respond with is that I personally, use art to explore my inner world and the way I then relate to the external. Life is really a massive journey, seemingly enforced upon us and as far as love and
The Artist earth lives in wet caress like polished drops of orange sun that slide and mould the contours of my soul you are a sculptor my breasts are clay that cry and move, your push and pull sucks me into being, thumbs press and stretch like God and water flows in open pores like
Mirror An Exhibition of Contemporary Painting by Arna Baartz Mirror - an exhibition by Arna Baartz - Successfully completed! Mirror ran from 22 Feb - 17 Mar 2019 Do we see each other or do we only see ourselves? Are we comparing what we see in others with a ‘perfect’ version of ourself? Is it
This world is so sci-fi! You will have to forgive me for occasionally going off on a sci-fi, earth is amazing, science is magic rant but it is all SO far out to me and in may ways it is this intrigue and constant 'astounded sensation' that drives a lot of my art making. It
Would you like a splash of green? Thanks for turning up here! I was just sitting around sipping my green juice, it most definitely does not taste as AMAZING as it looks. Sitting and sipping, hoping that someone would pop in and here you are! Welcome!! Green is such a beautiful colour don't you think,
