Surrealist artist Samie creates dreamlike compositions that blend imagination, science, and lived emotion. Her paintings explore love, beauty and resilience – universal themes expressed through the lens of deeply personal experiences.
If you’ve lived through challenge, pain, and love — you may recognize the secret messages.
If not, simply enjoy the joyful art and vibrant world she invites you into.
Her signature style features:
- Kintsugi – art of mending with gold
- Soft, surreal palettes of pink, purple, and blue shimmer
- Rich accents of pure gold pigments and 24 KT gold leaf
Her work draws inspiration from Salvador Dali’s surrealism and Gustav Klimt’s ornamental symbolism, merging both into a visual language that is as poetic as it is profound.
Samie bridges two worlds – the analytical and the emotional, the scientific and the poetic.
Holding an MSc, MBA and Ph.D focusing in data analytics, neuroscience and technology, her work explores the intersection of cognition, emotion, and transformation. Her research in human behavior informs her art, revealing how intellect and intuition coexist in shaping meaning.
She authored Quiet: Building Influence Without Noise, a trilogy reimagining success through balance and depth. Beyond writing and painting, Samie studies the violin alongside her children, Emi and Dean – a practice that reflects her lifelong pursuit of harmony, legacy and presence.
Through both scholarship and art, she seeks one truth: to make complexity human, and emotion understood.
Art Installations began long ago.
My first installation at Marianopolis College.
1000 Cranes.
In collaboration with AIDS Foundation.
We collected donations and brought the community together.
What Guides My Work
4 Principles Behind Everything I Build
1. Learning should lead to transformation
Change is inevitable. Growth is a choice. I build systems that help people change with intention by giving them space to act, reflect, and improve.
2. Collaboration reveals new intelligence
We don’t learn alone. When people think together, they build insight that no single individual could reach. I design environments that make that possible.
3. Meaning is the shortcut to mastery
When something makes sense, it sticks. Whether I’m designing a challenge, a keynote, or a process it has to feel real. Otherwise, it won’t last.
4. Growth doesn’t end with the session
A good experience leaves room for what’s next. I create tools and ideas people can keep growing with, long after the challenge or conversation is over.