Lily Marfisi is a visionary artist and shamanic practitioner whose work brings spirit animals to life.

After a decade of leading deeply transformative shamanic retreats guided by their teachings, she now shares their wisdom through painting and immersive art retreats in France and abroad.

Lily Marfisi

Born to a Chinese-Vietnamese mother and a French-Venezuelan father with Native American heritage, Lily spent her childhood moving across continents, shifting languages and cultures with every new place. Amid this constant change, the animal world became a spiritual refuge that offered grounding, strength, and a sense of home wherever she went.


She later studied at IESEG School of Management in France and Japan, earning a Master’s degree in International Business. Drawn to inner exploration, she developed a deep passion for shamanism and trained in a variety of holistic and energetic practices around the world. The medicine of spirit animals became central to her work, shaping the transformative retreats she led for a decade in southwestern France with the support of a dedicated team.

As her path evolved, Lily felt a clear calling: the spirit animals wanted to speak through painting, allowing their energy to reach people in a new and powerful way. Art naturally became a bridge between the visible and the invisible.


With no previous art background, she joined the Milan Art Institute — an American online art school — in 2022 to study oil painting. She later discovered watercolor on her own and developed a distinctive, unconventional approach that often surprises viewers with its depth and texture, at times resembling oil or acrylic. She also incorporates shimmering pigments that bring a touche of magic to her work.


Her spiritual paintings invite a soul-to-soul connection with the animal and serve as tools for personal transformation. They encourage us to shift our beliefs, to let magic return to our everyday lives, and to remember that anything is possible. Each painting is paired with a channeled message that reflects the energy of the animal portrayed.

Today, Lily continues her soul mission through her art, her shamanic painting retreats, and curated art journeys that offer intimate encounters with wildlife in their natural environments.

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