Seneca Place Gallery
Located at 130 E Seneca St, Ithaca NY (enter through Hilton Garden Inn front entrance)
Barb Soyka: My Kinusaiga-Water Healings
Barb Soyka is a Finger Lakes based visual artist working in Kinusaiga textile landscapes and abstract acrylic painting. Her work explores texture, movement, and emotional connection, often drawing inspiration from the region’s waterways and natural surroundings.
Using the traditional Japanese technique of Kinusaiga, Soyka creates fabric-based landscapes that capture light, reflection, and subtle motion, transforming familiar scenes into richly tactile compositions. Her abstract acrylic paintings, by contrast, embrace intuition and flow, built through layered color and organic movement.
Together, these two bodies of work reflect a balance between precision and spontaneity, structure and freedom. Soyka’s art invites viewers to slow down, look closely, and experience both the physical and emotional landscapes that shape our sense of place.
