Barbara Osterman on her work:
"I am interested in creating paintings that describe our new space perception as a result of outer space exploration. I see space as active and multilayered. Watercolor is my preferred medium because I can layer it (sometimes seven layers) without losing the light from the paper underneath. More recently I have been layering sheer Japanese paper with a similar effect.
Having created these new spatial structures, I am now embedding "things" in them: doorways, Sumi ink strokes and pencil lines that represent people. Underlying all my work are my personal experiences which I abstract from this particular time-space to a more infinite space-time so that others can relate to it." Another facet of my work is photography which is, of necessity,more object oriented. I try to make the objects more than they are, expressing my personal feelings.