Barbara Bash is a calligraphic artist who mixes Buddhist sensibility with brush and ink. Her contact with Chögyam Trungpa guided her into a deeper play with the ancient principles of heaven, earth and human. She has collaborated over the years with musicians, storytellers and dancers in fresh forms of visual improvisation.

Barbara teaches expressive brush, contemplative handwriting and illustrated journaling. Being part of the Creative Process team at the Authentic Leadership in Action conferences from 2001 - 2013 led to the creation of her big brush community practice. She has trained in Nonviolent Communication, Focusing and mediation and leads a monthly Circle Practice: Strengthening the Heart. Barbara has written and illustrated a number of children’s books about the natural world and True Nature : An Illustrated Journal of Four Seasons in Solitude.

She lives in New York’s Hudson Valley. For more information about her work go to barbarabash.com Her True Nature visual blog is barbarabash.blogspot.com