Barbara Fritsche

Art Brokerage: Barbara Fritsche American Artist: Recognizing her daughter's talent and passion for art however, Mom saved a small piece of paper with a pencil drawing of a woman, noted at the top "Barbara drawing a woman at 3yrs.," a precious artifact that Fritsche now treasures. Largely self-taught, she has been drawing since the age of two, and has never stopped. Her work varies from large expansive nudes, contemporary still life tableau, thoughtful portraits, flowers to fish, to massive social commentaries. She likes to fill the space, whether it is a commissioned portrait of a young child, or the monumental "Oil and Guts," a 48' x 12' narrative on the history of oil drilling. Her strong and technically expressive works speak to her unique strength and seriousness of purpose as a successful artist. Overcoming many speed bumps in her life, she has persevered and moved steadily forward with a strong will and determination, creating both intensely powerful and calming reflective works. Her current works address the surreal, intangible world of social media, addictions, memories, dreams, and relationships, embracing the beautiful, bizarre, and the melancholic. Driven to produce meditations on life, both from a real-time perspective, and a time-lapse notion, a slice of everyday existence, that brings to a head the trials of life as we know it. One favorite topic, nudes, addresses both the vulnerability and strength of the female, as goddess, mother, lover. Using the form figuratively, but also abstractly as a metaphor, she creates landscapes of bodies, honoring both “Mother Earth,” and also symbolizing the power of women as the source of life and the force behind the unification of humanity. She is a team of one, a force to be admired, and still on the go, taking “Oil and Guts” along with her, until the right owner or business comes along to claim it. Listings wanted.