When Barbara Stadtlander passed away in August of 1987 of breast cancer, she left behind a legacy of beautiful artwork. Her artwork gave her a chance to create something unique that provided a view of history and humanity through her eyes. Barbara's unique talent for creating her
life-like paintings (trompe l'oeil) was so astounding that it was all you could do to keep from trying to reach into the painting and touch what you were looking at. The reflections, shadows and the textures of everything in her paintings portray the true insight that she held on the world. One can feel that the paintings reflect a simpler life, a time when humanity was perhaps more in touch with itself.