Harriet Zabusky-Zand: 
Harriet Zabusky-Zand attributes her lifelong love of color and interest in drawing and painting to the early influence of her parents. Her father, a talented painter and sculptor, and her mother, a craftswoman, set an excellent example of creativity and involvement in social and civic concerns. "My art education began when, as a child, I accompanied my father on weekly sketching trips around beautiful colonial Savannah and neighboring fishing villages."

She continued to study art through high school, and then went on to complete a B. A. in English Literature and Art History at Boston University. While in graduate school for a Philosophy degree, she first encountered Buddhism, which would later become her spiritual path and an important influence on her art. Active involvement in both the peace movement and the women’s movement helped to develop her compassion for oppressed people around the world. This is evident in her portraits and paintings of people from developing nations.

After a stint abroad weaving tapestries and rugs, Harriet returned to the Boston area and received a Diploma of Fine Arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts from Mass College of Art. Abstract Expressionism was a major influence on the work she produced during this time. The sense of infinite space, luminous, sensuous color and allusions to landscape allowed for the expression of her Buddhist ideas and visions.

Harriet Zabusky-Zand’s work has been exhibited widely and has been included in the Gilette Corporation collection, the Sonesta Sonnebend collection and many other corporate and private collections in the U.S. and England.