Maya Soaringsun

‍ ‍“I seek through art to influence and awaken perception of reality…to reveal what underlies everything To open the door of expansive perceptual possibilities we Innately share
To assist the Evolution of Consciousness into Unity with the Living Forces of Nature.”

 The Beginning

Born into the lives of two impressionist painters, as this photo reveals, I began downloading art very early!  At age 7 my mother guided me through my first oil painting, a still life of apples and candles.

The continuing early years of ‘art instruction’ came from the observation of my father, a Danish immigrant artist, renowned impressionist painter, and internationally known cartoonist featured in many contemporary magazines and journals of the 60s. The freedom and finesse of his strokes, his quick acuity to interpret form, brilliant artistry in watercolor, oil or pencil sketch… is a lifelong influence.

Art Major training began at San Francisco State in the early 70’s when explorations in consciousness was much more appealing than the intimidating art departments.  I was also instinctively reluctant to have anyone influence my Innate knowing of how I perceived art. It was independent study with an artist that knew my father, therefore had an insight into how to guide me, that was the turning point in releasing the natural impressionist style I was born into.  I then traveled Europe to integrate into my soul every impressionist master I could find, from Picasso in Barcelona, to the Louvre, to Montmartre, from the Sistine Chapel to Florence… I studied.  My sketch book disappeared from a bench in Montmartre…hopefully to an appreciative recipient…or laid with the memory of the impressionist painters who preceded me!

As a young, now independent, artist I faced the void of how do I live in the financial demands of society.  A portrait artist was needed in an Ozark summer theme park, so  I sketched a few pastel portraits and was hired. Making a few hundred dollars a day creating the likeness of a human in colorful interpretations cemented the knowing that I would always work as an artist.

The mystic eye of a visionary was also awakened during this time in the Ozark Mountains. A strong kundalini surge seems to have activated a third eye vision. I was awakened to ‘spaces’ as a congruent, integral dimension of reality. Expanded peripheral visions began to reveal magical illusive imagery in impressionist nature paintings. In spiritual readings I found ‘Maya’ means ‘life is a magical, illusory show’… as the visions were revealing…so I became ‘Maya’.

Many art adventures have followed, from painting signs, murals, designing t- shirts, painting clothes, teaching, watercolors, acrylic scenes, commercial art, exploring expressions, oil paintings, galleries, art markets, even bobbing in a dinghy lettering boat transoms… nothing for certain but always creating… always evolving. I have and continue to follow the path of a life long artist…visionary…dreamer.

At this time I devote my art to serve in the Awakening of Expansive MultiDimensional Consciousness…

Father hands over brushes…
mother offers a tube of paint!