About Maria

I am a certified Intuition Painting® facilitator, artist, and lifelong reflective practitioner.

For many years I worked in higher education leadership and organizational life — guiding systems, supporting growth, and holding responsibility. Beneath that work, creativity quietly sustained me.

I did not begin painting until later in life. What began as personal exploration gradually became a profound practice of listening. When I returned to painting not as product, but as process, something shifted. The canvas became a place where performance could fall away and honesty could surface without judgment.

Over time this practice grew into Soul Journey Arts — a creative exploration of the inner life through painting, reflection, music, and myth.

My approach is informed by decades of lived experience and formal education. I hold a degree in Business and Accounting, a bachelor’s in psychology, and a master’s in English. I am currently pursuing a certificate in Grief, Trauma, and Renewal, deepening my understanding of transition and integration.

My work is grounded in presence, compassion, and coherence, trusting that wisdom emerges when we are willing to witness what is already within us. I believe the canvas reflects what words sometimes cannot, and that through that reflection we grow into ourselves more fully.

Soul Journey Arts is a place where creativity, reflection, and the deeper rhythms of life meet.