Artist of the Month: Petrea Jacqueline Macdonald 2024
Petrea Jacqueline draws inspiration from the
many layered reality of our hearts and minds. She was lucky to
receive radical academic training with Glenn Grove at North
Harford High, and later at the Art Student’s League in NYC.
Petrea paints her interior experience and hopes that viewers
find a realization of their own inner world.
At Notre Dame University of Maryland, Petrea studied Christology, the
Bible, Peace & Justice, Philosophy of Religion and Art, receiving her
Bachelor’s degree in 2014.
She studied Reiki with Emily LaBathe who attuned her to the master
teacher level of both Traditional Usui, and Karuna Reiki.
In 2020 Petrea was awarded her Master of Divinity from Naropa
University where she took Buddhist Studies and Psychology for the
Chaplaincy and Spiritual Direction program.
In her Master’s thesis, “In The Deep: Transforming Suffering Is Creative
Process,” she says, “One thing I am starting to understand is that
pain, tragedy, and fear are always always accompanied by the light.
We can all embody and radiate the light.”
Transforming Suffering: The Art and Healing of Petrea J Macdonald
