Eva Maria Butscher is GlogauAIR resident from July 2026 to September 2026. Q3

Eva joined the programme to expand her multidimensional practice and reach new audiences through her energetic and spiritually oriented work. Butscher’s practice explores the role of feeling, intuition, and inner perception, questioning the ways in which conventional psychology often overlooks these forms of knowledge. For Eva, this is not an exploration of mysticism, but rather an alignment with one’s own inner experience and emotional awareness, which informs their painting practice under the name Herzensfluss (“river of the heart”).

Meet the Artist

Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? Specifically, we would love to hear about your background.

I’m Eva Maria, 35, currently living in Austria on Lake Constance, where I’m building my freelance practice. I start working as an artist and healer, translating expression and lived experience into free-form art, illustrations, and writing — both prose and poetry. I studied emotional psychology, but in practice I work as an energy practitioner, helping people reconnect with their intuition and inner strength. My art expresses that same work from a different angle. The little princess is the leading figure in what I do, because in general, it’s my gift to make invisible things visible also when people try to hide it ;-).

As an energetic healer and artist, I paint intuitively, from within. My images aren’t depictions of something external; they’re a direct translation of inner experience into form and color. In my paintings, I make the invisible visible.

That’s my calling in my energetic work too: making patterns and old emotions visible. Because to make something visible is to make it conscious, and that’s how I make consciousness explainable to the world. In the end, it’s what allows us to free ourselves from old patterns and beliefs.

How would you describe your artistic practice?

I create mixed-media pieces using acrylic and hand-drawn illustrations, alongside stories, poetry, and other creative forms. I’d describe my practice as very free and intuitive — art often emerges as a byproduct of my energy work, which is deeply spiritual in nature. Color is central to how I express myself, because words alone feel too limited.

With my inner eye, I see often many coulors in the world, vivid and filled of life. But sometimes, you see also the darkness.

What is your methodology or process for creating a new project?

I usually paint and write from an inner impulse, without knowing in advance what will emerge. Depending on the intention behind a piece, I sometimes set a focus or a guiding question — for example, exploring a larger theme like “What is consciousness, really?” through the work itself.

One recent painting turned the question literally into its form, rather than just titling it. Another shows a radiant, archaic-feeling structure around a small, receiving figure.

Tell us about the project you’re working on during your online residency at GlogauAIR

I’m working toward clarity on what direction I want to pursue as an artist, and how to connect that with my work as a psychologist and healer. I’m exploring how to bring consciousness work — along with the importance of feeling and energetic awareness — closer to people. My intention is to find the next step for myself as a freelancer through this process, and to give my artistic practice a clearer position and direction.

Interview conducted by Eva Maria and the GlogauAIR team.