Women in Art 278 Magazine April 2016 | Page 14

Venezuelan artist Carolina Bertsch Oil and acrylic paintings A Biologist-Conservationist-Artist, I have always been devoted and passionate about our beautiful Mother Earth – Pachamama – and its processes. I have dedicated nearly half of my life to the conservation of threatened wildlife species and their habitat in the Amazon, in Venezuela and Brazil. My painting developed through selfteaching and flows between oil, acrylic paints, and more recently a fusion of mixedmedia and digital art. My inspiration: our Mother Nature, endangered species and their habitat, mandalas and many other artistic expressions of indigenous and native peoples from around the world. I believe in art as a powerful vehicle to carry messages about conservation and respect towards our natural environment and ancestral cultures. Each one of my artworks is a small tribute, of my time and energy, made with that intention. wom en ART page 14