Barbara McCulloch
“Just one more time” by Barbara McCulloch
"Just one more time" by Barbara McCulloch
Acrylic on Canvas, size 30x30 in
The Enchanted Journey
"The overarching meaning in all my work refers to a feeling that life is intrinsically connected and beyond human comprehension. That inspiration drives me, especially her in the high desert. I have always loved the New Mexico license plates that declare it to be "the land of enchantment". Enchantment permeates this land of timeless visions and vistas.
My current series, "This Enchanted Journey "evolved from a fascination with those mysterious energies driving the imagination- where they come from?-how do they connect us?- where do they lay dormant waiting to be recognized?- how do they give rise to emotion and stimulate new ideas?
Inspired by the high desert of New Mexico, this work offers an enchanted vision of flora and fauna coming alive through texture, lyrical line and color. This series presents more questions than answers.
Where do our dreams go when birdsong sends them to the winds? Are they carried by wild horses across the New Mexico landscape?
$2,400.00
About Barbara McCulloch
Barbara L. McCulloch, artist, instructor and author works from her studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has a strong background in both creating and teaching drawing, painting and portraiture in a wide range of media and style. Her work experience began as an illustrator and art director in the aerospace industry in Arizona. After fifteen years, she pursued a dream to return to her home state of Montana to live in the mountains, building a wholesale production pottery business. Surrounded by nature, she taught herself to paint in watercolor and sold her pottery to open a studio/gallery in Kalispell, Montana. This became the start of her teaching career in 1990 as she affiliated with the local college and Glacier Park for the summer seasons, taking students on field exploration art journeys and teaching private workshops.
She moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2019 with a dream of expanding her teaching reach through workshops. However, the pandemic changed her plans and she placed her teaching and mentoring into a course and a workbook, “The Unstoppable Artist”.
Again able to teach in person, she encourages students to ground their art in honest personal expression by working from the inside-out, first discovering that the passion of a heart-centered purpose is a motivator to dispel creative blocks, learn new skills and weave together the realization of a fully empowered and creative life.