Original held for in-person showings

© 2025 Natalie Paulie — Fine Art Oil Painter • Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi

Pele, Blossoming.

Born of fire and creation, the powerful Pele rises as the archetype of transformation.

This portrait reflects the moment the Spirit stirs and the island's wild beauty blooms into being.

The Story

This painting was born from intuitive flow. I began with brushed layers of turquoise and a simple portrait, and as I painted, I realized she was becoming Pele. Her gaze came to hold a quiet inner-knowing, a soft power, a gentle presence.

In Hawaiʻi, transformation emerges through fire and lava, glowing with the cinders of new life. Pele’s becoming is warmth and eruption; flower and flame. Pressure and creation are one.

This painting reflects that inward process — something I continue to experience as an artist and as a woman on these islands. In painting her, she became a mirror for what was beginning to bloom within me.

To really see deep
into the heart of things.
to surrender to Blossoming
sweet, loving
tender.
the garden of becoming,
the nectar of being.
fire, earth, b r e a t h
and You.

The Story

To really see deep into the heart of things. to surrender to Blossoming sweet, loving tender. the garden of becoming, the nectar of being. fire, earth, b r e a t h and You.

To really see deep
into the heart of things.
to surrender to Blossoming
sweet, loving
tender.
the garden of becoming,
the nectar of being.
fire, earth, b r e a t h
and You.