SPIRIT DRAWINGS
WELLINGTON ARTIST’S CLAIM HIGH MERIT ACKNOWLEDGED (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, May 17. The spirit influence of an Egyptian woman who died centuries ago is said to have prompted the drawing of four unusual pencil designs accepted by the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts for its forthcoming autumn exhibition. The artist, Mrs Berta Sinclair Burns, of Wellington, submitting them for selection, wrote that she had been assisted by psychic_ guidance. In an interview she said she drew these while under the clairvoyant and clairaudient control of a spirit called “ Zara.” The drawings are purely abstract designs, suggestive of leaves, fruit, and foliage. They show a high degree of technical perfection, originality, and strong feeling for rhythm. They were selected by the Hanging Committee for their artistic merit, and not for their psychic origin. Mrs Burns says that she has never had any lessons or training in art.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23811, 18 May 1939, Page 12
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