Kathy Stanley

Sep 19

Biography

I am a visionary artist and ecopsychology educator based on the US West Coast. I hold a Master’s degree in Women’s Spirituality with Specializations in Spiritual Guidance and Creative Expression. I also hold Certification in Shamanic Energy Medicine from The Four Winds Society and am a Certified Art of Allowing Facilitator through the Art of Allowing Academy, an intuitive art method that inspires connection with the inner feminine essence. My art has been achieved from decades of self-directed experiential learning, celebrating earth, the rising feminine spirit, invoking wholeness, joy and aliveness. I do not set out to paint a particular image. Rather, I create a prayer on the canvas and allow intuition and following the flow of paint to see what emerges. This method of intuitive process painting requires trust as one must bypass the inner critic to allow for deeper messages from soul to emerge on the canvas visually.

Artist Statement

It is my experience that creating art is a spiritual, healing and satisfying contemplative experience which has brought me many unexpected surprises over the past few years. For me, each painting represents a sacred inner journey, sometimes inspired by outer journeys to places that have touched and changed me, such as Kauai and Jamaica where I was born and raised. I believe this type of intuitive process painting is one method of restoring wholeness and opening and deepening connection to Earth. My paintings continue to teach me long after I have completed them. I affirm my belief that nature plus art, equals joy and resilience.

https://www.sacredartjourneys.com/
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