About Mandalas of Hope
I painted my first mandalas in 2009.
I offered them as gifts to friends and family, and was moved to hear back stories about what the mandalas meant to them, and to receive requests for personalized mandalas. I learned from these stories and became more intentional about the energy channeled through the mandalas. I've come to believe that people call forth the mandalas with the energy that they need, and my job is just to listen carefully to what wants to emerge and do my best to pain that.
The mandalas come through in different ways:
~ someone asks for a mandala for themselves or for a loved one
~ I feel the impulse to paint a mandala for a specific person, though they haven't asked me for one
Friendship mandala (not available)
Acrylic on canvas board, 4x5 inch
~ I get the image of a mandala and don't know who it is for while I paint it. I've learned that someone always comes along to claim it; sometimes that can take years, and other times I barely finish painting when the person comes along.
~ a mandala comes out of an intense personal experience. Some of these mandalas then go on to other people, and others remain with me.
Healing Circle mandala (not available)
Acrylic on canvas board, 10x10 inch
About mandalas"The Sanskrit word mandala is loosely translated to mean circle. It represents wholeness or the Universe, and can be seen as a model for the organizational structure of life itself - a cosmic diagram that reminds us of our relation to the infinite, the world that extends both beyond and within our bodies and minds." - from The Mandala Project.
I describe my paintings as mandalas because I always start with the circle. The circle provides protection, unity, balance, and connection. The circle leaves nothing and no one out and it has no hierarchy; in it, everything is connected and held with the same love. The circle is also a prayer and blessing portal - Earth and Sun and Moon and Spirit send through their blessings, and I send my prayers. May they reach you and heal you.
Mask mandala (not available)
Acrylic on canvas board, 4x5 inch
