Barbara Sala

Before emigrating to Canada, Montreal, in 1974, Barbara Sala, born in Germany in 1937, lived in Europe, Africa (Congo), Thailand, the United States and South America (Guyana) and the Caribbean (Dominican Republic). She has worked over the last 30 years to create a career as a painter of naïve images. (www.barbaranaiveart.com) and has exposed her works in Canada, the U.S., France, Poland, Spain, Tunisia and Israel. In 2004 she published "Celestine and the Magical Geranium" and in 2006 "Village of the Heart", two children's books, illustrated by the author. In February 2015 she published "INSECTUAL, the Secret of the Black Butterfly" with www.Booklocker.com. It is a fictionalized biography which takes place in the Congo, Bavaria and in a psychiatrist’s office. She has also created a blog www.blog.barbaranaiveart.com to show the 75 black and white illustrations.