Josefa Fritz Barham was born in the Bavarian Alps. Growing up on the family farm, she finished her studies in organic farming and agricultural management, but soon fell into the exciting world of rock music and promotion. After a long stint of road tours and trade shows throughout Europe, she took a lengthy sabbatical around the globe. Her extensive traveling and occasional soul searching brought her to the Peter Zeiler School of Art where she took up drawing and painting. She later emigrated to Canada and moved to the Sunshine Coast, where she met the renowned artist Kathryn Jacobi. Under Jacobi's guiding influence, Josefa migrated from water colour and acrylics to the rich and expressive medium of oil on canvas.