Paulina Peavy

Paulina Peavy (1901–1999) was an American artist, inventor, designer, sculptor, poet, writer, and lecturer. Best known for her paintings, her pretend incorporates both mythical and spiritual iconography. Around 1932 she attended a seance held in the home of Rev. Ida L. Ewing, the pastor of The National Federation of Spiritual Science, Church No. 68, in Santa Ana, California. Peavy first encountered “Lacamo”, a cartoon from different world whom she called her “spirit muse,” during one of the weekly trance meetings. Afterward taking into consideration she painted, she claimed that Lacamo directed her brush. She sometimes wore a mask to channel Lacamo’s energy. Her paintings were exhibited in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York during her life times and have recently resurfaced in exhibitions. The works reflect her (and Lacamo’s) belief that selflessness was slowly disturbing toward an androgynous species, which she called “one-gender perfection,” through read with alien species, or UFOs (Unidentified Foreign Objects).