Timothea Stewart

In the sixties and seventies I lived and painted in Paris having been awarded a prestigious studio scholarship. In the mid seventies I returned to Los Angeles, and opened an art gallery on La Cienega Blvd. During this time I was pulled into an unexpected spiritual journey that took me around the world for the next forty years. So returning to painting, after many decades, needless to say, took me by surprise.


The surprise came seven years ago in the midst of a research project on a spiritual master. When visuals started coming to me, I realized I needed to paint what I was experiencing. As I started painting, one canvas led to another, as new dynamic energies and light forms needed to be expressed. The paintings emerged with colors that were unfamiliar to my palette, yet they needed to be very colorful, bold and large in scale. The paintings had a life—a spirit—a vibration of their own.

For these past years, painting has been front center in my life. The play of light forms that I work with, energizes me. This creative process is both healing and a source of great joy. It’s as if I am having a conversation with a higher dimension that keeps magically unfolding.

1963-64 / University of Southern California
1964 / USC Summer Honor Program, Cambridge University, England
1964 / Sculpture, Lithography, L’Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts,Paris, France 
1965-66 / Bachelor of Fine Arts, Stanford University
1967-68 / Awarded residence at La Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
1977-2019 / Studies with The Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (MSIA), Los Angeles, CA
2004-05 / American University of Complementary Medicine, Certificate in Nutritional Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
2002-19 / Masters & Doctorate in Spiritual Science Peace Theological Seminary, Los Angeles, CA
2005-06 / Certificate in Nutritional Medicine, Institute for Integrative Nutrition, New York
2006 / Board Certified & Accredited Member of American Association of Drugless Practitioners
2007-12 / Various courses in Functional Medicine, Functional Endocrinology, Homeopathy, Kinesiology

1970/ "Five American Artists" Exhibition, American Cultural Center, Paris, France
1971/ Exhibition at La Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
1971/ Selected Works, The American Library, Paris, France
1971/ Salon des Artistes Exhibition, Bordeaux, France
1976/ Went on a 40 year spiritual journey that took me all over the world and beyond…….
2018 / Exhibition August: Selected Works of painting, drawings and prints, Robert Graham Studio, Culver City, CA (50 works) 
2019/ Solo exhibition: Portals and Mortals at West Los Angeles College Art Gallery, Culver City, February-March (38 works)