Artist Statement:
From a young age, I felt the whisper of truth in all things—that every form, whether animate or still, pulses with intelligence and life. This awareness has been the foundation of my path as a translator of subtle energies through painting.
As my journey deepened through relationships, service, and spiritual practice, I became attuned to how resonance shapes reality. The passing of my son at age four marked a sacred threshold. It opened me into a deeper communion with spirit and illuminated the calling to create paintings as frequency vessels—offerings of light, memory, and multidimensional presence.
Each painting emerges as a resonant field—a transmission from that which breathes beyond form. This union of color, energy, and intention is not merely expression—it is alchemical coherence in motion.
For over 30 years, my process has evolved through both classical lineage and spiritual inquiry. Apprenticing with Marika Popovits, a master of visionary Renaissance technique, I was trained in the ancient methods of the “Old Masters.”
Over time, I began to release traditional motifs, weaving contemporary language and energetic coding into the work through layered veils of color. This technique—known as veiled oil—uses 15–20 glazes of translucent pigment to invite light to radiate from within the painting. It is both a meditation and a re-creation of Source in form.
My travels to India, Italy, Mexico, and the native lands of the American Southwest have profoundly shaped the soul of my practice. Interior landscapes, archetypal visions, and subtle field attunement guide each image into being. The works often reflect themes of rebirth, stillness, celebration, and the soul’s spiral through transformation.
I draw inspiration from the dream-laced movement of Marc Chagall, the mystical fervor of William Blake, and the luminous devotion in the illuminated manuscripts of Hildegard von Bingen.
Selected Recognitions & Exhibitions
- Featured in Cézanne’s Carrot, Santa Fe, NM
- Participated in Windows to the Divine, Denver Performing Arts Center
- Cover artist for Return to Wholeness and contributor to ISSEEM symposium
- Juried into Celebrate the Healing Power of Art (2012), Manhattan Arts International – one of 44 works chosen from over 800 international submissions
- Profiled in Vision, Passion & Purpose: Artists as World Changers, by Renée Phillips
- Founding member, Bereavement Artists Group
- Gallery Director, Community Holistic Health Center, Lafayette, Colorado
My work is held in private collections throughout the U.S., South America, and Europe. In 2024, I was featured in Voyage Denver Magazine.
I reside in the sacred lands of Crestone, Colorado—a sanctuary of sky, silence, and resonance—and am a member of the Crestone Artists Collective (www.crestoneartists.com).
Solunthaea’Rhé
Symbolic Translator ∙ Harmonic Architect