About Cari

Cari Buziak currently lives on a small homestead in rural Alberta with three silly dogs, and a couple beehives. She enjoys reading, knitting, and quilting.

In a mix of old techniques (hand made gesso, egg tempera, gold leaf) and new (several Mac computers) she recreates ancient manuscripts in painted and digital form for a wide variety of publishing, product merchandise, and fine art needs.

Idolized artists include Jon Muth, Charles Vess, Brian Froud, Maxfield Parish, and Archibald Knox.

Cari had the honor of being invited to Ireland for the summer of 2000, to work as the artist for an archaeology dig. The Ballykilcline Project, centered in Strokestown, Co. Roscommon, gave her the opportunity to reconstruct artifacts by sketching, create promotional paintings of the dig site, and also to further her own research into Celtic art and mythology.

Over the last 30 years, Cari has become one of the foremost artists of the Celtic art genre. Published works include books for Dover Publishing, Interweave Press, Llewellyn Publications, Chronicle Books), and many others. A complete list of her published works can be found on Amazon. Her work has been featured in design magazines and she has had gallery exhibitions in Calgary, Toronto, Indiana, Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin, Oregon, Japan, London, and New York. Cari has sold worldwide, and her artwork appears in private collections in Canada, Europe, Japan, and the United States.

Please check the FAQ page for answers to common questions about how and why she creates Celtic art.

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