Bärbel is a Canadian by heart and German born. She grew up along the shores of Lake Huron and in the woods of Muskoka, spending numberous hours with her sketchbook. Later she lived in western Canada and received her training through self–study and attending Alberta University of the Arts.
She has traveled throughout Canada capturing the colours, light, and joy in her acrylic or oil paintings of the numinous landscape; focusing on the emotive use of colour and line – erasing extraneous details and infusing her paintings with a spiritual vision.
She is represented by several galleries and currently resides in a country home surrounded by forest where she paints full time.