Mandalas
Mandala is a space where I connect with my heart and engage with process. Color, nature, healing, and connection are all aspects woven into this work. Many of the mediums I utilize are ink, watercolor, graphite, acrylic, and acryla-gouache.
I look to expand my mandala practice to include textile mediums such as embroidery and quilts. I also seek to create healing garden mandalas people can plant together and reap the benefits intentional, therapeutic plant spaces provide.
Burial for the Dead 24″x24″
This mandala is hand painted with acrylic and acryla-gouache and is embellished with gemstone accents. It was completed at the beginning of 2025. Its creation was a process of grieving the personal and collective losses of the past half-decade. I felt deeply that there was so much rushing during the COVID-19 Pandemic to get back to “business as usual” without fully honoring the people that died, the land that was lost, the violence that affected so many. I wanted to honor and bury the dead. I wanted the dead and others to know that I haven’t forgotten them.
This piece is still in my possession. I haven’t quite found it’s place yet.
The Medallion 12″
I created this mandala in 2024 to channel wealth and opportunities. It is hand painted in acrylic and acryla-gouache. A lotus in the middle symbolizes growth and prosperity, while the gold, red, and blue details give an essence of honor and wealth. In letting go, I gave it to a friend, searching for their own version of wealth, who embodied the qualities of this piece.
Harvest Corn Mandala 16″
I started this mandala in the winter of 2023 after a full season of farming and cultivating community. I completed it in the spring of 2024. It is hand painted in acrylic and acryla-gouache, and was a devotion to a year of harvest and abundance. The corn in the image was corn I shared and harvested with others (Strawberry Popcorn and Chihuahua Blue Corn). Woven patterns in the piece show give the feeling of a basket and being held. While I did not destroy the piece, as is traditional, I gave it freely to my farm manager after our season together to complete the mandala cycle.
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