 Press Feature: Modern Marvel by Tessa Wolf, The Luxe List, Park City Magazine, Park City, UT
Huge thanks to Vanessa Di Palma Wright Gallery Mar, Park City Phillip Istomin, Manic Project  7 new pieces just dropped off @gallerymar for my 2-person show this Friday!
Opening: January 16, 2026 | 6–9 PM Gallery Mar, Park City Come feel the alchemy in person—textured reliefs layered with foraged earth, salt, and sacred pigments, ready to resonate. Grab a copy of my new book: Fearless Artistry: A Journey from Doubt to Creative Liberation—signed and waiting for you! Massive thanks to Gallery MAR for always supporting my full creative fire—not just the paintings. Shop Gallery Mar: https://www.gallerymar.com/artists/samantha-da-silva  Clean your channel. Clear your rooms. Declutter ruthlessly—so that pure energy can surge through you, unhindered, effortless, alive.
When that energy flows freely and meets lingering trauma, your brush will birth trauma onto the canvas. When it encounters raw sexuality, you will paint desire in its fullest fire. When it brushes against doubt, you’ll find yourself chasing shadows—copying, conforming, measuring against borrowed ideals of beauty. But when the channel is clear? What emerges is unfiltered divinity. To own one of my pieces is to hold a sacred imprint—a frozen heartbeat of the eternal. Creating true art is never just about making something pretty. All real art is alchemy. For us, it is energy work in its highest form—transmuting the invisible into the visible, the chaotic into the sublime. If you feel the call to learn how to channel and transform energy through the act of painting, come walk this path with me. Step into the fire. Open the floodgates. Here are the portals awaiting you in 2026:  Standing on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, I return my work to the elements that birthed it.
Cracked earth textures, shifting salt crusts, and endless horizon lines become maps of movement, memory, and belonging. Made from materials gathered right here in the landscape I now call home, these pieces are my way of rooting myself in a life shaped by constant change. Join us for the opening of: Eternal Meditations a two-person exhibition at Gallery Mar Friday, January 16th 6–9 pm @gallerymar Salt Lake City I’d love to see you there. https://www.gallerymar.com/artists/samantha-da-silva  BIG NEWS! I just placed an order for the very first 50 copies of my book
Fearless Artistry: A Journey from Doubt to Creative Liberation Printed locally with the incredible team at @roseprintingco Choosing to print locally was deeply intentional. In a world full of online options, every dollar we spend is a vote — and I’m voting for community, craftsmanship, and keeping creativity close to home. But wait… there’s MORE!  I’m thrilled to announce my first two-person exhibition at Gallery Mar, opening Friday, January 16th!
For months, we’ve been quietly building something special. I excited to share it with you. But first, a deliberate pause. A 12-day meditation retreat in Thailand this December with Qigong grandmaster Mantak Chia. No distractions—just breath, energy, and inner alchemy. I’m traveling light: Three 8”× 10” canvases & Indigo, turmeric, mangosteen peel—dyes I’ll forage and grind on-site. Whatever emerges in that temple of silence will come straight from Chiang Mai to Gallery Mar. Save the date. More soon—from the other side of stillness. Shop Gallery Mar www.gallerymar.com/artists/samantha-da-silva  Meditations in Blue is a sculptural series of red Utah earth works, each a quiet conversation between land and spirit. From a radiant mandala of iron-dust rings to a contemporary medicine bundle—wrapped in silence, bound with light—the collection unfolds across several distinct yet resonant forms. Built from canyon soil, cobalt pigment, and sun-fired gold, the pieces carry the weight of place: cracked strata that breathe, concentric wheels that turn inward, bundled offerings that open outward. In Park City’s high, clear light, blue depths hold yellow awakenings while red roots anchor the sky. Together, they invite pause—a slow, deliberate return to belonging.
 A sacred container where I push boundaries, ride the flow, and embrace the unexpected. Here, imagination runs wild—freedom, abandon, risk, visualization, meditation, prayer.
Once, I was shattered. A victim. Powerless. In this safe space, I began—tentatively—voicing my truth. That faint creative ember? I fanned it gently… until it roared back to life. It started with one blank canvas after my divorce. Paintbrush trembling, I was terrified to make a mark. One stroke became a swirl of cerulean blues—grief spilling out. Then reds: rage, passion, rebirth. Weeks and countless canvases later, I stepped back and saw me staring back—messy, alive, unbroken. Those paintings are gone now, but the truth remains: risk births resurrection. We must nurture the gift inside us. In doing so, we light the way for others. What’s your gift? What will you do today to fan that ember?  As a wide-eyed 10-year-old fresh from Brazil, the idea of knocking on strangers’ doors, whispering magic words, and walking away with candy felt like stepping into a fairy tale.
Halloween remains one of my favorite North American rituals—handing out treats, marveling at tiny superheroes and ghosts, and slipping into costumes that let another side of me breathe. Immensely grateful for visionaries like Jean Paul Gaultier whose creations ignite new facets of identity. Shoutout to make up artist Rocket Girl for bringing my vision to life! “New Moon: Veil of Possibilities” Mixed media on canvas, 24” × 18” A nocturnal shroud where mystery and mischief meet.  "Your Art will follow a series of archetypes. You will begin dry descending symbolically into the underworld and give voice and shape to the demons and fear frequencies that live there. As you allow your frequency to rise further, your demons will gradually reveal their hidden nature. The light will emerge from inside them and frogs will become princes. All true art is alchemical. Artistic process that does not release the inner light is simply the art of the shadow consciousness finding its way into imagination. As long as you are courageous and honest, your expression will continue to evolve naturally to the higher frequencies. Eventually, we will all end up painting angels!" The Gene Keys, Richard Rudd
Breath of Angels, mixed media on canvas, 16" x 12" |