Thank you to The Urban Arts Gallery for all the monthly art competitions that have allowed me to showcase my work and practice speaking about my process with the public.
My 5 years of training as a Shaman has heavily influenced my art, and my ability to create intentional pieces for others. I have received beautiful feedback about the emotional releases my clients have experienced when meditating with the art!
I continue to work as a professional face painter and enjoy interacting with children and families bringing joy and happiness to a variety of events!
About
From Spokane, WA. At home everywhere.
April Jorgenson, is a visionary artist and shamanic practitioner whose work is rooted in lived experience, emotional healing, and conscious presence.
Born in Spokane, Washington and now based in Utah, she is learning to grow roots, build community, and live in deeper alignment with her truth.
After raising three children and navigating her own mental health journey, she chose to dedicate her life to the healing of others through art and ceremony. Her work is shaped by years of personal transformation, shamanic training, and her ongoing service with youth in treatment centers.
She believes beauty can regulate the nervous system, restore a sense of safety, and reconnect people to their inner world. Each piece is created as a form of visual medicine, carrying intention, symbolism, and a frequency of compassion and remembrance.
Her art invites viewers into a space of presence, healing, and quiet transformation.
I work under the name Blue Lotus Rising.
The blue lotus grows from the mud, rooted in darkness, yet opens toward the light. It has long been a symbol of awakening, remembrance, and inner clarity. Rising does not mean escaping what is hard. It means allowing what is true to emerge, again and again.
This is how I understand healing.
Not as perfection, but as return.
These pieces are not meant to be understood. They are meant to be felt.
This body of work is part of a larger unfolding that includes writing, poetry, and a forthcoming art book exploring transformation, perception, and the courage to stay with oneself.
Thank you for meeting the work where it lives.