Barbara Pier works with oil paints on textured canvas as well as colored pencils and pastels on black paper; she brings an academic background from Berlin. Her figurative paintings and drawings often emerge associatively, with multiple revisions and the occasional use of sanding machines, and her signature style includes dissolving and linear patterns. Her works reflect human experiences, power, powerlessness, and resistance, inviting viewers to recognize their own emotions and engage in a dialogue with the image.