Tricia A. Healy, born in New York, is a self-taught artist who was honored to receive two scholarships to The Art Students League. In 1971, she studied painting and composition with Julian Levy, and in 1976, she studied etching with Seong Moy. In 1979, she attended the School of Visual Arts to study sculpture with Herb Kalem and, in 1980, an alumni course in Medieval Miniature Painting. A long hiatus occurred until 2010, when she took brush to paper once again and found that her ability to create had been growing and maturing within her. After a very long gestation period, the images came to life.

She states that she has always felt a relationship with shamanic healing rituals, mythologies, transformation, and the subconscious—the universal language. Her works are acts of transformation, starting with an idea, and once painting begins, images emerge that transform in a new direction as if by divine guidance, filled with many mythic symbols. It is a trance-like state once begun, and at times, she journeys through a dark abyss into the light, creating an emotional and visceral experience through a vibrant color palette.

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