Receptive Giving

Giving is receiving.

Katy Gennaro | Visual Artist & Yoga Teacher

Through art and the practice of yoga, I explore the relationship between the human experience and the divine, finding meaning in the mysteries of life, transformation, and the act of creating.

Katy Gennaro with her original artwork

About

Art, embodiment, and the divine.

I’m Katy Gennaro, a visual artist and yoga teacher based in Warwick, New York.

My artistic practice explores the relationship between the human experience and the divine, drawing from themes of grief, transformation, faith, embodiment, and the feminine.

Working across painting, drawing, and graphic illustration, I use figurative imagery, symbolic composition, and recurring visual motifs to give form to the intangible and explore the mysteries of our inner lives.

My work has evolved through different mediums and visual languages, but its foundation remains the same. I am drawn to the questions that connect us to ourselves, to one another, and to the esoteric and unexplainable aspects of our existence.

Yoga is an inseparable part of this exploration. Through movement, stillness, and conscious attention, I continue to investigate many of the same themes that inform my art.

Receptive Giving is the home of these pursuits, a space for creative expression, contemplation, and the ongoing practice of becoming.

Portfolio

Selected Works

An evolving collection of paintings, drawings, and symbolic illustrations exploring the intersections of body, spirit, and human experience.

Painting by Katy Gennaro of a seated figure with crossed arms and long hair turned inward beneath a gold halo, with gold and rust marks flowing beside her

Finding Ground

2017–2018

Painting by Katy Gennaro of a gold sun pouring into a turquoise river, framed by mosaic mountains and figures raising cups

Returning

2017–2018

Illustration by Katy Gennaro of a kneeling figure holding the hands of a dark shadow figure beneath an orange sun, titled Shadow Work

Shadow Work

2021

Illustration by Katy Gennaro of a figure resting at the wheel of a car on a winding road at night, titled And This Too

And This Too

2025

Current practice | 2026 to present

A new body of work is taking shape.

I am currently developing a cycle of five large-scale paintings exploring grief, spiritual transformation, and the parallel narratives of Eve and Jesus.

Building on my earlier figurative paintings and more recent symbolic illustrations, this new work represents a return to painting and a deeper exploration of themes that have informed my practice for over a decade.

I look forward to sharing the series as it develops over the coming years.

Yoga

A practice of presence.

Yoga is woven into the way I live and create. Its lessons in attention, patience, and embodiment continue to shape the questions I bring into my artistic practice.

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Let’s connect.

Whether you’re interested in an art print, a custom piece, exploring a collaboration, joining me on the mat, or simply reaching out, I’d love to hear from you.