Arna Baartz

Arna is an artist, writer, educator and poet. She has been finger-painting from the beginning when her father, also creative, encouraged her by taping paper to the walls of their home and letting her loose with paint. As a result, she is an expressive artist with a belief in non-judgement, often purposely leaving her ‘mistakes’ in an attempt to allow the unfolding to participate in a finished piece.

Her art’s practice ranges in extremes from the creation of small and playful to large and serious. Most of Arna’s work is an extension of her philosophical nature, bringing her gifts of personal insight and joy.

Her first and favourite claim to fame was being held upside down and used as a paintbrush by Australian Artist, John Olsen. This fun was had at a workshop in St. John’s Cathedral, Brisbane, 1973.

Arna is delighted to have the opportunity to create in this lifetime. Her words and poetry are transcendental to a degree and offer the intention of unconditional love and hopefully a little dab of inspiration to anyone else on a similar journey.

Arna works in her bush studio everyday, surrounded by weird Australian wildlife, inspired by the connection between things and the glow of the rainforest ~ the glow you wash me with, the green that creates your eyes and through this secret window in virtual reality, becomes my body, a teasing display of dancing conundrum naked from the waist down, throwing gems like a potter, a world of spinning rainbows, plucking one colour, magnificent beneath breathing skin, branching out in a forest flooded with words ~

The perfume of the valley permeates Arna’s work and keeps her alive, as does her eight wonderful children.

To see more of arna’s work please visit

www.artofkundalini.com

https://silverpoetry.wordpress.com

www.kidsintouch.com.au