I could have named this piece "The day I was...", this is how I relax.
Each piece of art is me putting my brain unwinding down onto paper… or canvas… or wood… really, whatever I have around me.
Things go round and round in my head, and drawing is a great way to get them out. When it all feels like too much, I know I can draw one line, which leads to another. It’s very much a one-foot-in-front-of-the-other experience.
Some days I keep backing up to see the piece as a whole. Other days, I’m focused on just that one line because that’s the only way to quiet the “brain squirrels.”
Some of these pieces were created when I was upset, sad, nervous, bored, or calm. They’re all different, but they have one common thread: the process helps me unwind and relax.
I can take whatever is going on in my head and channel it into the design on the surface in front of me. I can work through my day by drawing out the knots, the spirals, the growth… whatever needs to come out.
I’ve created more than 100 mandalas at this point, and it’s still fascinating to me that no two are the same.
So maybe this piece could be called The Day I Was Frustrated.
Or was that one The Day I Was Content?
Honestly, I can’t remember.
In the end, it doesn’t really matter. I don’t have to remember exactly what was going on in my head when I started a piece. I just know that somewhere along the way, the lines helped me get out of my own way.
....and that’s what I mean when I say I hope my art brings you a moment of peace.
That’s what these pieces do for me while I’m creating them. They give me a place to slow down, quiet the noise, and just follow the next line to see where it leads.
I hope my art can give you a little of that too.
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