Maria Jaoudi

Dr. Maria Jaoudi’s transcendent paintings inspired by the insights of world mystics visually form landscapes of consciousness in nature. These inner and outer worlds are taken from microscopic and telescopic imagery, and ordinary observations in nature. Included along with the paintings are actual images from biology, botany and other illustrations of ​nature: SEM images of human neuron networks and plant cells, octopuses and bird feathers, James Webb telescopic views of our cosmos. These mirror and expand our insights into consciousness, who we are and how our identity is shaped as kin belonging with all of sentient life.

Jaoudi has been painting and writing since her childhood. Later, she studied art and philosophy in New York where she met her husband, Harry Smith, a philosopher and writer. Maria studied for her ​master​'s and ​doctorate degrees while always continuing to paint and write. She was fortunate to begin academic teaching while studying for her ​mas​ter's degree, and has continued to teach. ​Harry and Maria's son, Harrison, has a master's degree in Philosophy and is now a medical student at Georgetown University.

Maria Jaoudi, Ph.D., Professor, California State University
Background in NYC (The Art Students League)...

The Art Students League, New York

PhD, Fordham University, Historical Religious Studies
MA, Seton Hall University, summa cum laude,
Asian Area Studies
BA, Bloomfield College, summa cum laude, Philosophy

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