Cristina Barr
Step into the enchanting world of Cristina Barr, where creativity knows no bounds and art becomes a captivating language that speaks to the soul.
Tell us about yourself?
Cristina Barr embodies an uncompromising spirit in her artistic approach. She fearlessly embraces the freedom to paint with uninhibited passion, seamlessly navigating between figurative and abstract expressionism.
In her captivating portraits, the viewer is immersed in a world inhabited by human beings, predominantly women. While her brushstrokes exude exuberance and her color palette mesmerizes, the allure of her art extends beyond mere aesthetic appeal. With a meticulous eye for beauty, she conscientiously portrays her subjects to captivate the beholder’s attention at first glance.
How did an American woman end up in the Netherlands?
I graduated college in NY in 1990 and went to Europe that summer for a short vacation before I was supposed to start work as a therapist in NY that September. I never came back. I’m still on vacation! I was on a train in Prague that July and someone heard me speaking English. They asked me if I wanted a job at the very first English school there. Of course, I said YES! I put my job on hold in NY, and taught English in Prague for a year in 1990. I was the first person from Western Europe to do so. I got 70 cents an hour and had total freedom to create my own program to teach adults who had to speak English for work. It was a huge challenge, as I didn’t speak Czech and English was forbidden until just a few months before I started working there.
People were arrested for playing a Beatles record in their own homes. I had to really use my creativity to create a program that was effective yet fun. But then there was a huge plot twist. Just before I was supposed to start, I was using the last few days of my Interrail pass, and on August 2, I was in Barcelona for a weekend. There, I met a fabulous Dutchman in the middle of the night. It was a totally random encounter. We fell in love, but I had to go and work in Prague a few days later, as I had already signed a contract (in Russian, actually, I didn’t understand a word, but I completely trusted the woman who hired me). So I tried to get that man off my mind, and off I went to start an exciting new adventure in Prague. That hot Dutchman and I wrote letters for a year.
He asked me to come and live with him in the Netherlands. I said, ‘You are amazing, but you are all I know about the Netherlands. That’s not enough. I will need a job if we will have a future together.’ So, he arranged an interview for me at the most prestigious language institute of the Netherlands. I worked there for 11 years but left in 2001 to follow my dream – to become the First Personal English Coach in the Netherlands.
Tell us about yourself?
Cristina Barr embodies an uncompromising spirit in her artistic approach. She fearlessly embraces the freedom to paint with uninhibited passion, seamlessly navigating between figurative and abstract expressionism.
In her captivating portraits, the viewer is immersed in a world inhabited by human beings, predominantly women. While her brushstrokes exude exuberance and her color palette mesmerizes, the allure of her art extends beyond mere aesthetic appeal. With a meticulous eye for beauty, she conscientiously portrays her subjects to captivate the beholder’s attention at first glance.
How did an American woman end up in the Netherlands?
I graduated college in NY in 1990 and went to Europe that summer for a short vacation before I was supposed to start work as a therapist in NY that September. I never came back. I’m still on vacation! I was on a train in Prague that July and someone heard me speaking English. They asked me if I wanted a job at the very first English school there. Of course, I said YES! I put my job on hold in NY, and taught English in Prague for a year in 1990. I was the first person from Western Europe to do so. I got 70 cents an hour and had total freedom to create my own program to teach adults who had to speak English for work. It was a huge challenge, as I didn’t speak Czech and English was forbidden until just a few months before I started working there.
People were arrested for playing a Beatles record in their own homes. I had to really use my creativity to create a program that was effective yet fun. But then there was a huge plot twist. Just before I was supposed to start, I was using the last few days of my Interrail pass, and on August 2, I was in Barcelona for a weekend. There, I met a fabulous Dutchman in the middle of the night. It was a totally random encounter. We fell in love, but I had to go and work in Prague a few days later, as I had already signed a contract (in Russian, actually, I didn’t understand a word, but I completely trusted the woman who hired me). So I tried to get that man off my mind, and off I went to start an exciting new adventure in Prague. That hot Dutchman and I wrote letters for a year.
He asked me to come and live with him in the Netherlands. I said, ‘You are amazing, but you are all I know about the Netherlands. That’s not enough. I will need a job if we will have a future together.’ So, he arranged an interview for me at the most prestigious language institute of the Netherlands. I worked there for 11 years but left in 2001 to follow my dream – to become the First Personal English Coach in the Netherlands.
Tell us about yourself?
Cristina Barr embodies an uncompromising spirit in her artistic approach. She fearlessly embraces the freedom to paint with uninhibited passion, seamlessly navigating between figurative and abstract expressionism.
In her captivating portraits, the viewer is immersed in a world inhabited by human beings, predominantly women. While her brushstrokes exude exuberance and her color palette mesmerizes, the allure of her art extends beyond mere aesthetic appeal. With a meticulous eye for beauty, she conscientiously portrays her subjects to captivate the beholder’s attention at first glance.
How did an American woman end up in the Netherlands?
I graduated college in NY in 1990 and went to Europe that summer for a short vacation before I was supposed to start work as a therapist in NY that September. I never came back. I’m still on vacation! I was on a train in Prague that July and someone heard me speaking English. They asked me if I wanted a job at the very first English school there. Of course, I said YES! I put my job on hold in NY, and taught English in Prague for a year in 1990. I was the first person from Western Europe to do so. I got 70 cents an hour and had total freedom to create my own program to teach adults who had to speak English for work. It was a huge challenge, as I didn’t speak Czech and English was forbidden until just a few months before I started working there.
People were arrested for playing a Beatles record in their own homes. I had to really use my creativity to create a program that was effective yet fun. But then there was a huge plot twist. Just before I was supposed to start, I was using the last few days of my Interrail pass, and on August 2, I was in Barcelona for a weekend. There, I met a fabulous Dutchman in the middle of the night. It was a totally random encounter. We fell in love, but I had to go and work in Prague a few days later, as I had already signed a contract (in Russian, actually, I didn’t understand a word, but I completely trusted the woman who hired me). So I tried to get that man off my mind, and off I went to start an exciting new adventure in Prague. That hot Dutchman and I wrote letters for a year.
He asked me to come and live with him in the Netherlands. I said, ‘You are amazing, but you are all I know about the Netherlands. That’s not enough. I will need a job if we will have a future together.’ So, he arranged an interview for me at the most prestigious language institute of the Netherlands. I worked there for 11 years but left in 2001 to follow my dream – to become the First Personal English Coach in the Netherlands.
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