Kathy Stanley
Biography
Kathy Stanley, M.A. is a Jamaican-born artist living on the US West Coast. An intuitive artist and ecopsychology educator, her visionary art acrylic paintings center around images that celebrate the earth, the rising feminine spirit and invoke wholeness, joy and aliveness. Her art has been seen at the Luxembourg Art Fair in Sept 2021 in a collaboration with Monat Gallery, Madrid and will be seen in an exhibition titled "Visions From the Unknown" at Monat Gallery Madrid in April/May 2022. Her work has been seen in solo and group exhibits in Portland and Seattle, in international virtual exhibitions in Milan, Bologna and London, and in Vanity Fair UK Edition, House and Garden Magazine, The World of Interiors Magazine and Condé Nast Traveller Magazine. Kathy holds a Master’s degree in Women’s Spirituality with Specializations in Spiritual Guidance and Creative Expression. She has taught classes in ecopsychology and spiritual ecology at the undergraduate level for the past seven years and currently teaches in the School of Undergraduate Studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She is a PhD student in East-West Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies.
Artist Statement
I paint because it allows me to go deep within to a place of stillness where the chatter of the mind falls away and I sink into an inner space that is rich and full and satisfying. My paintings are created as a reflection of exploring the deep ecology notion of the ‘ecological self’: the self that recognizes its inherent interconnectedness with the more than human world. My experience is that painting is a healing tonic and a journey towards wholeness and inner aliveness. Each painting leads me on a soul journey to connect, through paint and intuitive creativity, more deeply with nature and the ecological self. I believe that nature, plus art, equals resilience and joy!
Country USA
