Arouna
Barbara Brodegger

I have been a freelance painter for years and a permaculture designer since my training in New Zealand 20 years ago. International speaker and art educator in schools, educational centers and summer schools. Life on La Gomera. Research into the island's natural pigments - encounter with "red ocher" as a painting medium and magical tool in nature. 

Exploring the interface between art and nature is my work as an ecologist and artist. The intention is to raise awareness of the original sensory perception. I create this by using natural painting materials such as natural pigments, resins and oils. This is a consciously chosen path towards a new appreciation of the natural. A counterpoint to the “Plastic World”, a groundbreaking pilot project to perceive the earth in its entirety.

As a permaculture designer, I work with nature and bring in creative impulses. As a geomancer, I am sensitized to the perception of existing energies and can therefore focus on both art and design to create what wants to develop from what is there.