The Early Years – Child Artist

Katherine has been an artist since she was only 3 years of age! She learned to oil paint at age 14 and paint in watercolor at age 19. With a wide range of interests, Katherine graduated with a teaching certificate and a BS in health and education from Oklahoma State University at age 21. At age 28 she earned a BFA in painting from Kansas City Art Institute.

Early Spiritual Trainings

In her early 20s, Katherine deepened her spiritual curiosity in the world of metaphysics. She ravenously devoured books and videos on metaphysics, channeling, dreams, mind/body healing and psychic phenomenon. Guided by curiosity she stopped in a Psychic Fair at the School of Metaphysics. During a reading that knocked her socks off, Katherine was told “You can do this intuitive work too.” Though Katherine couldn’t believe such a thing, she signed up for night classes to learn dream interpretation, meditation and concentration exercises that resulted in accessing her psychic self.

As soon as Katherine began doing the spiritual exercises, she began having mystical experiences that amazed her beyond belief. From dream interpretations that were unbelievably accurate, to healing her eye sight, Katherine was on an amazing journey to unveiling her own destiny. Katherine went on to become a teacher and director of schools with the School of Metaphysics, with one year at the College of Metaphysics, where she completed advanced studies in mystery school teachings.

The White Light

While exploring shamanic journeying in the early 90s Katherine had a mystical White Light experience. Her heart and mind burst wide open, giving her access to complete knowledge, wisdom and love. Upon leaving this superconscious state, Katherine understood that there was nothing to do but to follow her heart, and her intuition.

Soon afterwards Katherine founded DreamWeaver, a metaphysical bookstore and gift shop, which was shown to her in a vision. From 1991 to 1997 this little shop grew to serve 1000s of people through retail, classes, psychic readings and holistic practitioners.

Visionary Art, Soul Portraits and Intuitive Guidance

During this time, Katherine merged her art skills with her intuition and inner visions. The visions began to flow through her hands onto canvas. Katherine knew there was more to come, and soon heard inwardly, “Soul Portraits.” Now was the time to assist others through this spiritual painting process, channeling imagery, energy and information to assist people in remembering their soul selves!

Today Katherine works as a visionary artist and painter of souls, using her intuitive skills to channel guidance and healing imagery and energy for clients. She also works with high vibrational Beings of Light to bring messages of healing for humanity.

Mother Mary – the Beginning

In 2003 Katherine became aware of Mother Mary’s presence in her field, presenting her with a vision to paint. Katherine awoke in the middle of the night with Mary’s urgent instructions to get up and paint. So, Katherine got up and proceeded to paint the painting, Textures of Mary. Katherine was amazed at the contact with Mother Mary — she was benevolent, full of light and intense unconditional love and humility. Mother Mary communicated the importance of her unconditional love, and how to expand this within ourselves. She was very clear that she is holding humanity in a journey of awakening. She also let Katherine know that the painting was a way to bring this love to others, through the sacred imagery, the messages and the energy in it.

Channeling the Divine Feminine

After a tour of Rome through the Eyes of the Goddess in April 2006, Katherine became aware of her assignment to awaken the Goddess to others through art and education. Subsequently Katherine partnered with author Sage Holloway to create the Mythical Goddess Tarot. In this collaboration, Katherine channeled 78 paintings, birthing the Divine Feminine within the map of the tarot. In this process, Katherine deepened her connection and understanding of the teachings of the Sacred Feminine from each Goddess, as well as a deep rapport with each one.

Teacher

Katherine is known for her unique and empowering teaching style, bringing art, creativity, guided imagery and intuition into the classroom, creating a dynamic chemistry for personal empowerment and transformation. She inspires others to paint the canvas of their lives into an authentic, colorful expression of courageous, original strokes regardless of the esoteric subject matter.

Shamanic Practitioner

Katherine has been studying and practicing energy healing for more than 20 years now. She recognizes the mind, body, spirit relationship as a vast frontier of exploration for miracles and manifestation.

Katherine practices a metaphysical and shamanic path for healing herself and for working with others. As a shamanic practitioner and metaphysician, Katherine works with intention, Spirit, allies and nature, as well as breath, sound, art and shamanic techniques and practices. Katherine is part of an advanced multi-cultural shamanic study to deepen her abilities to transform patterns of dis-ease and suffering to patterns of love and harmony.

Katherine recognizes that she does not heal anyone, but that she only creates a container for others to heal and discover their inner power. She recognizes the true healer as Spirit that lives within each of us. Her experience tells her that if someone wants to emerge well, then he/she must accept that healing occurs from the inside out. The miracle occurs as we are receptive to Spirit shifting the illusion of illness into the reality of well being. In Shamanism, it is understood that this “world” is a dream… understanding this helps us to dream a better dream, and release the dreams of suffering.

Katherine has a home and studio in Fort Collins, Colorado. She enjoys traveling to remote areas to learn from wise shamans of the indigenous worlds.

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