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Elisabeth Buschmann was born
in Limburg/Lahn , Germany. After finishingSchool she went to study
arts in London and Paris. Her subsequent extensive Study trips took her to
Scotland and Switzerland. Her early style of traditional painting in oil
and water colours changed after a stay in Mexico where she was
impressed by its contemporary art. Back in her country
she spontaneously developed her present
style which gives her the freedom to
express her inner self.
During
her three years’ stay in the U.S. she participated in art shows and
received various prices. Two solo exhibitions in Limburg Lahn
and Cologne, Germany followed. In 1987 she adopted a spititual
path and settled down in India, north of
Dharamsala in the Himalayan mountains in order to paint and
meditate in solitude to pursue her search for
truth and to find out what is hidden behind the
appearances. As she says: “ Nothing is as it
appears.”Her inspiring meditations form the background of her work and
reflect a harmonious spiritual
symbioses. In 1995 she held a Solo
Exhibition at the AIFAX Galleries, New
Delhi. |
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In the same year she received the Himalayan Kala
Award on the occasion of the National Exhibition of Art , Kangra
Museum, Dharamsala.. In 2000 followed a Solo Exhibition at the TAG, the
Art Gallery of the Taj Mahal Hotel, Bombay,. From 2001 to 2002 she
wrote, only to devote again her time to painting in
2003. |
| About her work she
comments: "I consider my paintings a means to probe into reality underlying all things. In this endeavour ,I would like to give expression not to fugitive, but to the the flowing and restful eliments of existence. Matter consists of energy and vibration.The analysis and interpretation of matter has fascinated and preoccupied both physicists and yogis. Thus, the positive and negative charge of the atom has its equilvalent in the duality of Yin and Ynag. Life is all about bridging those opposites and merging duality into unity to appease the affections,the intellect and the senses,thereby allowing the values hidden in the deeper levels of consciousness to rise and reach the level of consciousness. |
| In my dialogue with the world of
phenomena through meditation and painting, i strive to obtain an insight
into that world that all great gurus and founders of religion have always
considered to be the real and imperishable one. '' The two elements I use mostly in my paintings are mountains and the circle or sphere. Nature is innocent. It has no mind and no intellect. We use it like a mirror to reflect our longing for peace and harmony, which are part of the inner Reality. The circle has no beginning and no end. It is infinite. It stands for the creative power ,also called the holy Shabd or audible lifestream which reverberates through the universe and in all creation and links mankind with that great source from where it originates." |
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