Mandala of the Week #30: Council of Twelve #1 I wanted to create a mandala using the Egyptian Ankh symbol. I found that putting them side by side around a circle made them look like a group of 12 people holding hands. Message: Whenever two or |
Mandala of the Week #29: Stars N Stripes Stars N Stripes started with a single spiral, that grew into a double spiral, divided into striped sections. When looking at the area outside the spiral, the idea of stars popped into my head. In the |
Mandala of the Week #28: Pathway The Pathway mandala is one of a series of 21 asymmetry mandalas created over a three-week period in autumn 2007. I went into the creation of this mandala with the intent of drawing a spiral, and then |
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Mandala of the Week #27: Shine On The overall look of this mandala reminds me of a star portal that is fully open, allowing us a view of a world with two suns. The square tube feels like a place to jump into that once you're in... |
Mandala of the Week #26: Cosmic Sunflower The "Cosmic Sunflower" mandala displays a simplified pattern (an oval with 8 protruding rays) repeated in fractal form in the upper and lower left sides of each 'sunflower', as it goes off the page in |
Mandala of the Week #25: True Heart This was a commissioned mandala for a young couple getting married. They wanted to make a special framed piece that would include their marriage license, the signatures of those in attendance at their |
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Mandala of the Week #24: Flare While meditating and thinking about my brother, Bob, this mandala design came to mind. Initially, I named this "Bad Bob"; his music name. It was while I was finalizing the design the name "Flare" came |
Mandala of the Week #23: Celtic The Celtic mandala is one of a series of 21 asymmetry mandalas created over a 3-week period in autumn 2007. I went into the creation of this mandala with the intent of drawing an abstract celtic knot. |
Mandala of the Week #22: Wiggle Room The Wiggle Room mandala is one of a series of 21 asymmetry mandalas created over a 3-week period in autumn 2007. It consists of seven vertical wavy lines and twelve horizontal straight lines. My asymm |
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Mandala of the Week #21: Ahna #3 In June 2002, I had a reading done by a spirit medium who told me about my spirit guide of creativity. Her name is Ahna (Ahna is really androgynous; however I like to think of her as female). I felt c |
Mandala of the Week #21: Ahna #2 In June 2002, I had a reading done by a spirit medium who told me about my spirit guide of creativity. Her name is Ahna (Ahna is really androgynous; however I like to think of her as female). I felt c |
Mandala of the Week #21: Ahna #1 In June 2002, I had a reading done by a spirit medium who told me about my spirit guide of creativity. Her name is Ahna (Ahna is really androgynous; however I like to think of her as female). I felt c |
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Mandala of the Week #20: Fish The Fish mandala is one of a series of 21 asymmetry mandalas created over a 3-week period in autumn 2007. It consists of nine vertical straight lines and five diagonal wavy lines. My asymmetry mandala |
Mandala of the Week #19: Tut #2 This mandala was inspired from the lid of a large alabaster box belonging to King Tut. I loved the multiple rows of detailed patterns which all lent itself well to the circular mandala form. |
Mandala of the Week #19: Tut #1 This mandala was inspired from the lid of a large alabaster box belonging to King Tut. I loved the multiple rows of detailed patterns which all lent itself well to the circular mandala form. |
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Mandala of the Week #18: Essence of Being #2 This design started out as a doodle and built upon itself. As I draw designs like this one, I start in the middle and draw out a simple idea; then I look at it and it just looks like something else ne |
Mandala of the Week #18: Essence of Being #1 This design started out as a doodle and built upon itself. As I draw designs like this one, I start in the middle and draw out a simple idea; then I look at it and it just looks like something else ne |
Mandala of the Week #17: Bowling for Sunshine While taking a color pencil class, where each of us works on our own projects with guidance and tutelage from the instructor and fellow class mates, I decided to play with watercolor pencils. This man |
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Mandala of the Week #15: Oh Tannenbaum This is the first of my annual winter holiday mandalas. My initial idea was to place 12 trees around the circle with their tops touching a multi-faceted star in the center and each sharing ornaments |
Mandala of the Week #14: Butterfly Having trouble seeing the butterflies? Find the spiral antennae along the outer edge, it leads to the body...voila! This mandala's message: Like the gentleness of the butterfly, so can I be to me. |
Mandala of the Week #13: Fiesta The Fiesta mandala is one of a series of 21 asymmetry mandalas created over a 3 week period in autumn 2007. It consists of two curvy lines...one of which started as a spiral. My asymmetry mandalas com |
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Mandala of the Week #12: Portal While doing a personalized mandala, this design came to me with the intention that this be a gift for everyone. It is designed to be used as a meditation tool in order to access deep within ourselves. |
Mandala of the Week #11: Hidden in Plain View On occasion I participate in EBSQ's monthly online art shows (of which I'm a juried member). The theme for the February 2009 show was: "One Word Concept: Hidden". The idea "hidden in plain view" came |
Mandala of the Week #10: Crystalite I created this design as part of a 'Call To Artist' event for the 2004 da Vinci Days poster contest. The design started as an abstract image of a tree (or as others have described it: the Star Trek co |
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Mandala of the Week #9: Dreamcatcher I've always been fascinated by dreamcatchers...it may have something to do with the fact that they contain a circle. A friend gave me a red-tailed hawk feather. I used it as my model for this dreamcat |
Mandala of the Week #8 Inner Tubes The Inner Tubes mandala is one of a series of 21 asymmetry mandalas created over a 3 week period in autumn of 2007. It consists of only 3 lines overlapping each other with a spiral in the middle. Many |
Mandala of the Week #7 Garden Delight This hyperbolic tessellation mandala features turquoise flowers and orange butterflies, with purple bodies and blue orbs on their wings; all of which help to make a garden delightful...hence the name |
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Mandala of the Week #5 Sacred Geometry After several years of creating mandalas, I learned of the mathematical phenomenon of the golden mean or golden ratio (phi) which can be found everywhere, especially in nature. I developed a golden ra |
Mandala of the Week #4 Vivian In 1999, while at the shore in Jensen Beach, Florida, I was thinking of my friend, Vivian, and the image of this mandala came to mind. I drew the outline right there on the beach. |
Mandala of the Week #3: Sacred I created the "Sacred" mandala for the "2004 How I See the Sacred" art show Corvallis, Oregon at the First United Methodist Church. |
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Mandala of the Week #2: Music Hall The Music Hall Mandala came about from a doodle meditation session. When I looked down at the paper, I saw the center piece in my mind's eye and just started drawing what I saw. Then the rest just evo |
Mandala of the Week #1: Re This is one of the first mandala designs I created; it's pronounced 'rah'. It was inspired by the hieroglyphs I saw on the ceiling of Hathor's Temple in Dendara, Egypt. |