The Art of Infinity

I'm super excited to share my first ever collaboration piece! I did this one with my good friend and fellow artist GermDee (follow him on Instagram @germdee). His specialty is taking popular cultural icons and tweaking them into images that comment on things like corporatism, media, religion, politics etc.. For this piece we decided to build a sort of Tibetan style Mandala around a blind Mickey Mouse. GermDee did the Mickey in the middle, and then it was my turn to create th

This year I've been making lots of bigger art. With the holiday season coming up, I think I'm going to spend some time working on some smaller pieces that will be more budget friendly for most people. I already finished this 6 x 6 inch one, here's the process shots of how it came together! Like most of my Mandalas I start with the outline. This one came together pretty quickly, it felt good to get into that flow state! Then the next step is coloring it in. I've been using a b

Lately I'd been feeling kinda down. Summer is usually a slower season for my art career, but this summer has been especially slow, and I've been feeling pretty stressed. I know these slow times are normal when you're a small business entrepreneur, and that they'll pass. Still, in the middle of them, having to use borrowed money and worrying about making ends meet - doubts can start to creep in. I'm human. So, I decided to focus on creating this Rainbow Passion Mandala with th

After I do a custom painting, I often like to do a small quick one with my own design inspirations. When I do custom work it usually takes me a bit longer. First I have to have a chat about what to create, and often I have to do some sketches first. Then the whole way through I'm thinking about what the person I'm creating for would want. When I create art without having to meet someone's expectations, I can get into a state where I don't think as much and just go with the fl

I got this little ceramic mushroom 2-3 years ago with the intention of painting it, and I finally got around to making it into art! Painting on something 3D like this is a bit of a challenge. So was getting good pictures of the whole thing! lol This is the top view As I was working on it, I had to be careful as I went around it that I didn't touch the wet paint, or roll it on my table. It took a bit longer than I expected because a few times I did touch the wet paint and rol

I'm super excited that for the second time, my Mandala art is featured in CoSM's (http://www.cosm.org) Journal of Visionary Culture! It's such an honor to see my art displayed with so many other super talented and respected artists. If you're unfamiliar with CoSM, it stands for Chapel of Sacred Mirrors. It's an artist & spiritual retreat in New York's Hudson Valley, created by world famous artists Alex and Allyson Grey. They put out this publication to spread the vibes and sh

I painted this one in 2015, it's 18 x 18 inches, acrylic paint on canvas. I love the way "fire colors" - oranges ,reds, yellows - and watery blues play off each other, I find each one makes the other pop more. I decided to do a painting with just oranges, yellows,reds and blues. Once it was done I thought it looked almost like flames mixed with flowing water, so that's where I got the idea for the name. This painting is sold already, however you can see all the original paint

"A New Beginning" was the first Mandala I painted in 2013. It's 33 x 33 inches, acrylic paint on canvas. I painted it right after I got back from a trip to Mexico. The colors and designs were inspired by the many colorful tiles and murals I saw all over the area. It seemed to me like there was art everywhere I went in Mexico. When I told people I was an artist, they asked me all about what I did and wanted to see my work. It was nice to be in an area where people are so inte

I started this huge Mandala painting in the middle of May, and I finally got it finished! I'm excited to share it with you all. The first part of painting one of my Mandalas is to create the pattern. I don't make any sketches or drawings first, I just start right on the canvas with a light color of paint. First I make a dot in the middle, then it slowly grows. I add a part to the pattern, then repeat it 4 times. The way I get the symmetry right is a lot like how musicians rem

Have you ever heard of the idea that it takes 10 000 hours to "master" something? I keep track of how long each painting I do takes me, partly because it helps me set the price fairly - but also because I want to reach 10 000 hours painting Mandalas and become a Master Mandala Painter! So far I'm at about 7800 hours. Back in 2016 when I was almost at 5000 hours, I decided to do a big painting with the most detail I'd ever done - plus a little something special! I was thinking

Over the weekend I had my booth set up at the Southshore Montreal Ribfest & Family Day Weekend. I had an amazing time, and met so many people who were into my art! Tons of people grabbed my stickers and bookmarks and prints and t-shirts, and I sold this little original painting to an art collector. He's building a collection of art by local artists, and I'm honored that he chose to invest in one of my 5 x 7 inch paintings, "Vimana" I still have these 2 tone 5 x 7 Mandala pain

I'm getting excited with how this new 4 x 4 foot painting is coming together! Coloring the pattern in is the longest part. For this one I went with light greens and grays. I'm basically thinking of a rock garden in early spring. Little shoots of new growth, and light green buds starting to appear on bushes and trees. Although it's colored in already, I still need to do a second coat. In some places the paint is a little thinner, but you can only really tell exactly where once