I painted this entire series at once. I’ve never done that before. It’s always been one at a time. This project felt special. I had taken some time to marinate and breathe after “Honey From the Wound”, aka “Boy Problems”, and this...
The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery is hosting an exhibit on Burning Man culture, called “No Spectators”, opening March 30th, and will run through January 21st. I am pleased to share that I will have a running stock of...
Would you like to make a headdress with me, and be surrounded by the magical art of Alex & Allison Grey, with a lovely community of people, on a beautiful property in upstate NY? Who wouldn’t!? On April 20th-22nd, I will be teaching my third annual headdress...
Feather Care Feathers are obviously delicate and fragile, but they are a lot more durable than you may think. These few tips will help keep your feathers vibrant and long-lasting for years to come. STEAM. This is the primary secret to great looking,...
Exciting news!!! The Serpentfeathers studio and gallery is now open to the public! I recently rented out a beautiful 850 sq. ft. studio in Asheville’s River Arts District. Located in the historic Cotton Mill Studios building, the space boasts the original brick...
Join me in a beautiful palace in Encinas, CA, on March 31st & April 1st, 2018, for a headdress making workshop! I will be sharing my techniques in crafting crowns, and demonstrating how to work with a variety of materials, while encouraging...
No need to go all the way to Etsy to find out what kinds of fabulous flair I’m slinging. They’re right here! https://www.serpentfeathers.com/shop/headdresses/. Most of my pieces are still up on Etsy, however I will likely be phasing out my Etsy...
I just made some divine little angel wing earrings, and am excited to make them available in my shop! Each wing is constructed with small duck feathers, and capped with an ornate golden metal cone and bead. Each is set with a small moonstone cabochon, and hangs from a...
I just launched my Patreon page, and am loving it! This platform is amazing as it connects creatives and those who desire to support art in a way that is revolutionary. I get to share a lot of things I would never share here, or on social media, since it isn’t...
These are a few of my favorite things: Our strongest votes are cast with our dollars, so consider buying from small, independent businesses rather than dumping your hard earned cash into massive corporate pockets this holiday season. Keeping our money within...
Sonic Bloom 2016 with Deya Dova What a joy it was to see so many of my beloved friends, dance and make merry in the Colorado Rockies. Sonic Bloom has always been one of my favorite events to be and to perform. I shared my art in the visionary gallery, and danced to...
I had quite the journey at Lake Eden Arts Festival. I danced four separate numbers, on two nights and ran a merch booth for the first time ever, stocked with headdresses and prints of my art. It’s safe to say I bit off more than I could chew, but somehow, and...
The Spirit in the Stones The Lightning in our Bones Crying out in whispers We can hear the pulsing tones If we only stop to listen To what she has to say Ages worth of wisdom Will be shared with you today Photo by Von Wong Photography, Headdress & model Ka...
When the leaves have fallen, And we stand bare, And splendor has crawled inside, Warming herself at the hearth of her heart, She finds herself in there. Going within, Under your skin, Hear the drumbeat in your chest. Dance to your dreams When everything seems To be...
She flew down, to the rubbled ground, haunted by loss her breath the only sound. She, painted in red for the blood that was shed to make a few rich, so many lives bled. In search of a seed to fill this great need of a new way on Earth one free from greedHer spear...
It’s getting cooler outside, a refreshing break after the long scorching heat of summer, and I have the perfect way to stay warm, cozy and inspired. I’ve teamed up with Art Blankets Online, makers of fine woven heirloom blankets featuring the art of...
I became the canvas And now I understand Surrender of being changed forever Under the artist’s hand To be still, open and reverent To receive this artist’s prayer Onto this tapestry of flesh My bones and spirit wear A profound dance of tantra Where skin...
Dear Woman, Your heart is immaculate, has always been. You were born this way, pure and perfect, free of sin. Daughter of Heaven, Mother of Mysteries, You are beauty given a body, love wrapped in skin, a fountain of wisdom. Pull the swords and daggers from your chest...
A dream come true: I have always wanted to find ways to generate much needed income for causes that I feel passionately about. I have teamed up with the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and Elephant Orphanage by auctioning my largest painting, to help the wild elephants...
Don’t ask whether or not you have magical powers. Everyone has magical powers. What you should be asking is, “how will you use your magical powers.” Original photo by Sequoia Emmanuelle Model: Chrysta Bell Headdress: Ka Amorastreya Dress:...
May the lights you see outside tonight, reflect the brilliant star of your own heart. Together we light up the World in twinkling splendor. May we shine with blazing Love, this season, and always. Happy Holy Days,KaOriginal photo by Sequoia Emmanuelle...
Thank you, Dark Beauty, for publishing some photos from our shoot with Sequoia Emmanuelle. It is an honor. I am so happy to finally share these images with the world.
In late August, I had an experience with a photographer that pushed me out of my comfort zone and into incredible pictures. His name is Benjamin Von Wong. His work is amazing. He turns photography into an extreme sport, using his engineering...
Be brave and blossom. It’s safe to bloom, To unfurl your colors And take up room. It’s time now, to open. It’s okay. To show your tender petals To the light of day.It can be scary To open completely. We sometimes feel wary To unfold ourselves...
The moon said, “You wanna hear a joke?”. “I’m listening.”, I replied. “So, the ‘dark side of the moon’, as you call it, is just as bright as the side that you see.” She continued,”It’s just like your...
Bless your imagination. It is a great and most powerful gift. Whether you realize it or not, you create and destroy worlds within your mind, simply by what you bring forth in thought. Be vigilant, and do your best to imagine what you love, what you find beautiful, and...
I blow a kiss Into the abyss Where it’s too dark to see Lurking in me I send letters of love To the hurts I have shoved Into the cracks Behind my backI offer flowers To the times I’ve disempowered Myself or another Sister or brotherI light a candle For the...
The vision is just the spark, the genius, the genie. It does no good staying nestled in its lamp. The real magic happens when we give it some elbow grease, refine and polish it. Then, Viola! We have our vision’s wish granted. Original photo by sequoia...
Wear your heart on your sleeve, show your strength to me. Unbridle your passion, so that your heart burns through your chest. Then you know, beyond all doubt, you are true, to yourself, to the All. Let your Phoenix heart rise, from the flames of pain, grief and...
Be extraordinary. We all have our doubts. We all have that voice that tells us we might not be good enough. Talk back. Engage the conversation. Say, “Watch me.” Try anyway. You’ll most likely surprise yourself with what you can do. Amaze yourself....
Only in the dark of night, can you see the stars, and in the brilliant light of the sun, will you cast your deepest shadows. Original photo by Mario Covic.
The Phoenix- So they pushed you down, tore you up, told you to quit, called it shit. You believed them, The hate they spoke. The heart that broke, Made it hurt to go on. You questioned yourself. Why should I share, When people just tear Apart what I give? So you kept...
Go inside yourself and see You are all you need to be.Trying to be like them is vain. To lose yourself is to go insane. Be gentle in there. Handle your heart with care. Make your inner speak a song, Especially if you feel wrong. Because those around you will end up...
She and the Skeleton Tree I love this tree Across the road from me stood tall and stark smooth white bark dotted with pits full of acorn bits some of which would sprout life bursting out of death and decay This is always the way Last fall it fell It was loud, I could...
After over four years of working on this painting, it is finally complete! Unknowingly, I finished it during the fifth anniversary of Michael Jackson’s passing. This is the story of the painting, “It’s All About the L.O.V.E.” I never knew much...
I have been honored to dance with Liberation Movement in multiple performances now, and I must say, it is an incredible, ceremonial journey each time. Grant Chambers and Sasha Rose collaborate with Amazonian shamans to bring forth the medicine of the rainforest...
I recently completed a weekly still life painting course at Sadie Valerie Atelier in San Francisco. Sadie is a masterful classical artist, teaching indirect oil painting and still life. This was a fun and challenging experience. I’m so...
I recently had the honor of being interviewed by the beautiful and talented musical muse, Marya Stark. To get a deeper look into how I grew into my creative unfurling, read the interview here: Interview of Ka Amorastreya by Marya Stark If you like the article, make...
Finally, I have opened my Etsy store! For the first time, some of my headdresses and hair pieces are available for sale to the public. In the past I have mostly worked on private commissions, which I still love to do, but this time I decided to bust out a few pieces...
I was recently blessed and challenged to answer some beautifully potent questions for an interview. This is the first time I have ever taken the time to pour my heart out about my art, my dance, my life and how I walk in the world. Thank you Aluna and Ehren for giving...
A blessed soul knows peace. A cursed soul knows suffering. Let us lift the curses we have placed on one another and ourselves, bless each other and ourselves, so that we all may know peace and move on from our suffering.
Does the elusive flower decide to not bloom because there is no one there to tell her how beautiful she is? Does she forget to unleash her fragrance because no one will ever venture far enough to smell her essence? Beauty needs no external witness or validation to...
This new painting, Communion was completed as we wrapped up the year 2011. This piece began years ago, at a festival with Even Oldridge of Divine Reflections. He offered to collaborate, and I gladly accepted. He photographed me embodied, then with...
The Mirror, oil on bristol, 11″ x 14″, 2010 The Mirror was about a four year process with long periods of dormant time between painting sessions. The two nagas, or snake women mirror each other, though they are the same being. Uadjet, the...
As promised, here is a shout out to the ever lovely, magical alchemista, Caitlin Naramore. Her exquisite, complex, and utterly delicious chocolate truffles are…. well.. they are so good, that upon having one melt across your tongue, you will find your eyes are...
Eye Wish is my first journey with sacred geometry. The 36″x48″ canvas was divided down the center with a line, which was then divided at the golden mean, or pi ratio. A circle was drawn around this point, that blossomed in a flower of life pattern,...
Yin and Yang is a hybrid of oil painting and digital photoshop work. Light and dark dance and entwine with one another, giving full expression to each other against the contrast of it’s opposite. it is at night when you can see the brilliance of the stars. In...
I began Aswan years ago while living in Texas. Still in its impressionistic conceptual phase, It spent some years untouched before being revisited. There were a pair of swans at the Isis Oasis Sanctuary, north of the bay area in California. I always loved visiting...
The Mirror was about a four year process with long periods of dormant time between painting sessions. The two nagas, or snake women mirror each other, though they are the same being. Uadjet, the winged serpent goddess, the protectress of Lower Egypt, also known as...
I dreamt I was made of nectar was originally intended to be a loose self portrait, quick and expressive. However, I found myself delving into infinite realms of potential juicy detail, so… I went with what I know best. The hummingbird, a spirit heralding great...
One Heart’s Journey is a depiction of the transformational journey through destruction into healing and unification. The bones in the fire are the remnants of the ego before the flames burn that which no longer serves away. Five deities, Quan Yin, Kali Ma,...
Milk and Honey was the first painting I completed. I finished it in 2003. Eight months of full time labor on this piece, working on the floor of my bedroom in Austin, TX, resulted in an image of a woman in sweet ecstasy with herself. This painting was inspired by a...
Heidi Hathor Love Godess is a tribute to our beloved sistar, Heidi Murphy, who lost her life in Bali in February 2008. She was and is most loved through out our community and lives on through her inspiration, sweet memories and many pixie dusted visitations into our...
Eye Wish, oil on canvas, 36″ x 48″, 2008 Eye Wish is my first journey with sacred geometry. The 36″x48″ canvas was divided down the center with a line, which was then divided at the golden mean, or pi ratio. A circle was drawn...
I Dreamt I Was Made of Nectar, oil on canvas, 14″ x 18″, 2010 I dreamt I was made of nectar was originally intended to be a loose self portrait, quick and expressive. However, I found myself delving into infinite realms of potential juicy detail,...
Golden Purifier, oil on panel, 7″ x 9″, 2010 Original Sold. Cathartes Aura, or golden purifier is the Latin name for the turkey vulture. This totem is a very powerful one for me. They are a living embodiment of the Phoenix, as I see it, as...
Aswan, oil on canvas, 12″x 16″, 2010 Original available for sale: Contact artist for information. I began Aswan years ago while living in Texas. Still in its impressionistic conceptual phase, It spent some years untouched before being revisited....
One Heart’s Journey, oil on canvas, 18″ x 24″, 2009 – private collection … One Heart’s Journey is a depiction of the transformational journey through destruction into healing and unification. The bones in the fire are the...
Milk and Honey, oil on canvas, 16″ x 20″, 2003 – private collection … Milk and Honey was the first painting I completed. I finished it in 2003. Eight months of full time labor on this piece, working on the floor of my bedroom in...
Satellite Baby, oil on canvas, 11″x14″, 2004 STOLEN. If you have any information on the whereabouts of this missing painting, please contact Ka. Last seen in Austin, TX.
Saturn Return, oil on canvas, 2004 STOLEN! If you have any information on the whereabouts of this missing painting, please contact Ka. Last seen in Austin, TX
Camelglow, oil on canvas, 2oo4 STOLEN! If you have any information on the whereabouts of this missing painting, please contact Ka. Last seen in Austin, TX
Burning Man 2010 was ultimately my best burn ever. Just having returned from Boom Festival in Portugal, and after 2009’s burn leaving me feeling bruised, jaded and .. well, burned, I had already made up my mind to not go. Last minute, talked into it...
An incredible book by Ken Carey. My friends have been trying to get me to read it for years. It blew my mind… and my heart. How could so much of my soulful expression be already written down and published in a book? Reading it, I saw so many of my...
… Yin and Yang is a hybrid of oil painting and digital photoshop work. Light and dark dance and entwine with one another, giving full expression to each other against the contrast of it’s opposite. it is at night when you can see the brilliance...
… Heidi Hathor Love Godess is a tribute to our beloved sistar, Heidi Murphy, who lost her life in Bali in February 2008. She was and is most loved through out our community and lives on through her inspiration, sweet memories and many pixie dusted...
… Isis Unveiled is a digital work done in photoshop of many photos I took during my adventures through Egypt. The only imagery that is not of my capturing is the ankh at the top. This work was created for a flyer for the Isis Unveiled event at Isis...
In the vast expansive landscapes of west Texas, Kathryn “Ka” June embarked upon her artistic journey discovering an avid interest in creative expression through various forms. After her schooling, she pursued the healing arts and worked as an energetic and massage...
