Oil, ink, raw pigment on canvas 
Between worlds is 'the fine line between two worlds'..... the artist has painted a fluidity of lines and shapes that connote a fish, a claw foot, bubbles of air. She has created a field of flow between reality and abstraction.

Between Worlds

oil, raw pigment on canvas 
The connectivity of the mind - emotion vs rational thinking. The synapse of a neurotransmitter is a fine line of communication to the mind's ‘body behaviour'. This painting conjures dreamlike images we often try to dissimulate on waking.

Unraveling Of The Mystic Mind

oil, raw pigment on canvas 
This painting gives feeling of the emotional transfer of bodily to heavenly. The soul leaves the body and becomes energy. The pale pink she uses suggests transcendence. The ephemeral brush strokes evoke a spiritual tone.

Osmosis Of The Soul

oil, ink, raw pigment on canvas 
The line of a heart is not exactly circular. The lines in this painting are even bulleted. Navigating the lines through colors, Bustad maps emotion, that of a passionate heart.

Cartography Of A Heart

Oil, raw pigment, ink on canvas 
(triptych) each panel 46 x 32 
This painting, part of a triptych, represents the fluid Aegean. On my first arrival in Palm Springs after years away from the USA, my heart was still on Naxos. I painted this memory of the Aegean floating yet in my mind, Palm Springs desert floor being the antithesis of this fluidity (thank the gods for the weather there and the 360 degree surround of mountains.....). This triptych was painted for an exhibition with Stanislav Khristenko, the Ukrainian concert pianist, to be placed behind him and his piano during his performance.

Rhapsody In Blue (triptych)

Oil, raw pigment, ink on canvas 
triptych, each panel 46 x 32 
This painting, part of a triptych, represents the fluid Aegean. On my first arrival in Palm Springs after years away from the USA, my heart was still on Naxos. I painted this memory of the Aegean floating yet in my mind, Palm Springs desert floor being the antithesis of this fluidity (thank the gods for the weather there and the 360 degree surround of mountains.....). This triptych was painted for an exhibition with Stanislav Khristenko, the Russian concert pianist, to be placed behind him and his piano during his performance.

Oil, raw pigment, ink on canvas 
(triptych) each panel 46 x 32 
This painting, part of a triptych, represents the fluid Aegean. On my first arrival in Palm Springs after years away from the USA, my heart was still on Naxos. I painted this memory of the Aegean floating yet in my mind, Palm Springs desert floor being the antithesis of this fluidity (thank the gods for the weather there and the 360 degree surround of mountains.....). This triptych was painted for an exhibition with Stanislav Khristenko , the Ukrainian concert pianist, to be placed behind him and his piano during his performance.

Oil, raw pigment, enamel on oil primed linen 
38x38" (97x97cm) 
When sperm whales need a nap, they take a deep breath, dive down about 45 feet and arrange themselves into perfectly-level, vertical patterns. They sleep sound and still for up to two hours at a time between breaths, in pods of 5 or 6 whales, presumably for protection. No one knew whales slept vertically until a 2008 study documented the behaviour. And no one captured a really good photo of it in the wild until 2017. French photographer Stephane Granzotto was documenting sperm whales in the Mediterranean for his book on the creatures when he came across sleeping whales. I was very moved by this information, and beauty of nature, enough so to paint from a photograph of Stephane's. I don't usually paint from a photo…

Sperm Whales Napping

Oil, raw pigment, enamel on linen canvas 
When sperm whales need a nap, they take a deep breath, dive down about 45 feet and arrange themselves into perfectly-level, vertical patterns. They sleep sound and still for up to two hours at a time between breaths, in pods of 5 or 6 whales, presumably for protection. No one knew whales slept vertically until a 2008 study documented the behaviour. And no one captured a really good photo of it in the wild until 2017. French photographer Stephane Granzotto was documenting sperm whales in the Mediterranean for his book on the creatures when he came across sleeping whales. I was very moved by this information, and inspired by these majestic whales.

Sleeping Whales

Oil, raw pigment on canvas 
Life in the time of the pandemic, uncertainty cradled with a pressing need for joy, the lines and elements of this painting create a force of tension within the painting itself. The colours on their own are joyful, yet the lines have a push and a pull, carefully creating the tension of uncertainty in the light of harmonious color.

Pressing For Joy While Tied With Fear

Oil, raw pigment on canvas 
During the pandemic, here on the Island of Naxos, the surround of the sea is always hopeful; the colours, the sounds, the movement. The Aegean Sea and the islands of the Cyclades have survived centuries of conflicts, yet still prosper with residents continuing to live the great Greek Culture of hospitality and vitality. The tides of hope through crisis is a life blood of the Greek people.

Aegean Tides Of Hope

Oil, raw pigment, ink, acrylic on canvas 
I live on Naxos Island in the Aegean.The sea is my life blood. The profundity of the Aegean Sea existing and flourishing for thousands of years, supporting the Kycladic islands and the people living on them, is the life blood of the islands . The Aegean Sea is magnificent in color. It is turquoise, midnight blue, transparent blue topaz. There is a magical energy field where the artist lives and works on Naxos Island and therefore her artworks suggest this element of water in many of her pieces. Aegean Blood came about as the artist was traveling to the USA for an exhibition in Palm Springs, CA. She wanted to 'bring the sea with her'. As a result the artwork was suspended, unframed, with fishing lines from the ceiling so that the movement of water would be felt by the movement of the canvas itself.

Aegean Blood

This exhibition encompasses paintings developed over the last few years. I have been living and working on Naxos Island in the Cyclades, surrounded by the Aegean Sea for 22 years. My paintings reflect the peaceful nature of the island, the magic it holds. The sea is of great inspiration and continues to be my muse as does the landscape that finds it's way into my dreams, and grounds my consciousness.

AEGEAN DREAM