Birgitta gallery

Birgitta Volz - gallery

"Salic Woman", 1995, Bark print from a Willow tree, Oil colour on Chinese paper and canvas, 205 x 100 cm

The White Woman or Salic Woman,

as she is called in the Alps ,

is a mediator between man and spirits.

She can take human form.

Her name, in the language of the Alps "Salige",

has its roots in the latin word Salix, Willow-tree,

that means the Willow-Woman,

the changing spirit of the Willow .

(from Alp mythology)

Beautiful Witches, 2001, Bark print from a willow tree, 120 x 90 cm, Oil colour on Chinese paper

Beautiful Witches, 2001, Bark print from a willow tree, 120 x 90 cm, Oil colour
on Chinese paper

Madonna with child, 2003, bark print from the same willow tree, 30 x 21 cm,
Oil colour on Chinese paper

Cotton tree fellow, Bombax ceiba Unikat 8, 2006, Bark print from a cotton tree in Auroville, 30 x 21 cm, Oil colour on Chinese paper

Different Bark prints in Red, Zunfthaus Baden-Baden, 2004

Tilia cordata Unikat 25, 2007, 70 x 100 cm, Blue Bark print

Nymphaea Unikat-Fahne 2, 2005, 150 x 61 cm, Plant print from water lily leafs with oil on special cloth

Woodprint banner 12,60 x 1,20 m, 2001, woodblock installation and paper work
170 x 100 cm

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