The Art of Infinity

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

Last week I went to Las Vegas to visit one of my long time patrons, who has become a friend over the 4 years or so he's been collecting my art. It was awesome to finally meet him, and to see some of my personal favorite paintings that he owns again! Here's the link to part 1 if you missed it After visiting the wetland area called "The Wash", the next day we drove out to the Valley of Fire State Park. It's a huge 46 000 acre park, so we only saw a small part of it. There were

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

I finished the second coat and the outline on this big Mandala painting! Now it's time to add some extra details. Some dots and lines and other shapes. In this first picture I've done the outline of the middle part. And here it is with the outline all done. Do you see the difference? It tightens up the pattern and adds some contrast. The details will add a little more contrast too. Then I have to finish up the canvas by painting the sides black, and adding my signature and th

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