About
Artist
Justina Vail Evans, MCC CHt
Justina is an English artist, author, personal development coach and hypnotherapist living in the US.
Having believed as a child that she would be a career artist, a 16-year old Justina left school to attend Canterbury College of Art. After just one year there a friend pushed her to start modeling in London. Justina was very reluctant but, low on cash, thought it might be a way to pay for her art supplies. She left college and moved to London and life, as described below (text below photo), repeatedly took her away from painting.
Fast-forward to the fall of 2020, and the Covid-19 lockdown; Justina decided it was time to return to her first love, art. She has since been focusing on creating a body of work, without any attempt to sell or market yet.
The Artist's Inspiration
As a self-taught artist, Justina relies heavily on instinct and vision for her painting. Her work is largely inspired by a love of archaeology, architecture, mythology, metaphysics, psychology, and her own lifelong spiritual journey. She has a deep interest in depicting those who come into the world with a purpose to bring light to darkness and to elevate humanity into this new era. The artist’s current series is named Bringers of the Dawn.
In late 2023 Justina’s painting, Ninmah, was a finalist in the prestigious Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize and her pieces She Held Us (unfinished) and The Seer were published in their magazine. Five of Justina’s most recent pieces are also featured in the 2024 book ‘Women Artists on the Rise’. See ‘Media‘ page.
A Multi-Faceted Life
Justina has had a number of careers. From 1980 to 2002 she was a model and actor, appearing in numerous magazines and commercials and starring in dozens of feature films and television series, including Seinfeld, The X-Files, Highlander, and Jerry Maguire. In 2001 Justina won a Saturn Award for her leading role in the Paramount Pictures television series ‘Seven Days’.
In 2002 Justina took a different path and became a transpersonal hypnotherapist (CHt) and grief specialist. She also earned the prestigious MCC designation (ICF Master Certified Coach), and has helped hundreds of clients in her practice.
Justina is also a writer and in 2012 she won the Hollywood Book Festival Award for her first book “How to Be a Happy Actor in a Challenging Business” which is based on extensive secondary research in human happiness as well as her work coaching film actors.
Justina is also co-owner and Director of Education for an International Coaching Federation (ICF) accredited coach training program. She has trained hundreds of coaching professionals and supported their journey toward ICF coach certification.
