Aurora Katoria

I am deeply inspired by the bountiful, delightful energy within ourselves and the nature that surrounds us. I’ve noticed that, as a society, we have the tendency to disconnect ourselves from this energy and shun it, damaging our self-images with suffering as the end result. I feel called to help us rediscover the curiosity, sanctity, and ecstasy in ourselves and the natural world. In this, we can be truly free. I desire to share this freedom with other people. I long to see people emotionally empowered through emotional healing, which is the purpose of all I do from my paintings, to the various events I hold. My muse will forever be the art created by Mother Earth. I am completely enthralled with the process and beauty found in Nature, and seek to capture the beauty and experiences I witness with the plant and animal kingdom. My art is fueled by passion for life, love, creation, and the interplay of these in our most intimate feelings and relationships. I am guided by my intuition and use my artistic practice as a form of prayer. I aspire to bring fresh light to the driving principles of pleasure and surrender that mark each of our lives. My work shares our primal passion for nature and the sacredness of sexuality in a way that invites us forward, into renewed appreciation. One of my brothers wrote a beautiful paragraph about my vision that I want to share here. He wrote “I can see the light, and it is a celebration. Our nature is both mud and color. Sensual, these flow together with us divinely. Goddesses define their Gods with the ecstatic power of a glance. Ours is the look to be withheld, and filled with sacred knowing. Our soul can be truly buried and it is transcendent, so we reveal it in healing and helping. Mine is an explosively healing light, rippling to where you are. We have no need to fear, for sharing our soul is liberation.”