Internationally acclaimed intuitive artist, teacher and author, Jo Jayson was born and educated in the UK and began her artistic career as a muralist. Painting and drawing from an early age, Jo left her Fine Art degree at the end of the first year, after feeling disappointed and uninspired with the lack of traditional training and teaching in her college. She worked in advertising and media and then as a picture librarian at the National Portrait Gallery in London. However, loyal to her calling to paint and with a love for decorative finishes, she returned to painting and moved into the decorative arts world and became a faux finisher and muralist, working in London, Sydney and New York.
In 2008, she began painting for herself, completing her much-loved “Goddess Chakra” series. In 2012, she unveiled the beginning of her “Sacred Feminine” series of paintings, unfolding a body of work that took 4 years to complete, containing thirteen feminine archetypes, each with their own teachings and wisdom. This work was later compiled into her award winning book “Self-Love through the Sacred Feminine” , the companion to her oracle deck of thirteen guidance and inspirational cards.
Jo has emerged as an internationally known intuitive artist and spiritual teacher, helping women all over the world find empowerment, healing, and inspiration. She has spent many years teaching children and adults drawing and painting in her community and over 15 years teaching workshops and online courses for healing and self-development in and around the United States . Her paintings, prints, chakra kits, book, oracle deck and meditations can all be found in her Etsy Shop jojaysongoddessart.etsy.com
Artist Statement:
Painting for me has always been an act of deep intimate connection with myself and my life. It has been my meditation and my prayer, my voice and my message to the world. For many years now my work has represented the energy of the feminine, to inspire women to rise up, heal and become empowered within themselves. This ’Sacred Feminine’ can be found in nature and all living things and as women, we reflect it and are beautiful expressions of it. After my book and oracle deck were published, I took a little diversion and painted 12 backyard birds that have held a special place in my heart. This became my ‘Sacred Bird’ series. Then in 2018 I embarked on the Zodiac series, coming back to the female form and expressing each individual zodiac sign in the feminine aspect. I primarily use water-based oils, gold leaf and sometimes collage in my paintings. Lately I have been playing with painting small landscapes which has given me much joy and inspiration. I hope to create more of these and share with the world as they unfold. I am grateful that my work is still evolving and changing and if I can evoke a sense of wonder and beauty, gentleness and strength in my paintings, then I have succeeded.

