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ABOUT ME

After nine years in the law, I found myself searching for something more meaningful in my life. I took a leave of absence from my firm and began a year long trip around the world.

The experience was unbelievable.

In addition to the amazing external journey I took, the trip allowed me to go deep within myself, conquer fears, and regain the sense of purpose I had lost overtime in my legal practice. I felt amazing, but that still didn't answer the question, of "what next?" I had assumed I would have a new job and a new direction as soon as I returned to the U.S.  But is anything ever that easy?  

Thanks to a persistent friend, I found myself in an Artist's Way class. Through activities aimed at awakening the creativity within, I felt my inner artist dying to break out. I began creating art like I had never done before. I mean, I was a lawyer after all, and my analytical mind had been in the driver seat for years. The class gave me the opportunity to design a creative project to work on and present over the course of nine weeks. I had no idea what to choose and spent many of my precious nine weeks trying and rejecting ideas.

But then it hit me: Mandalas.  

I loved mandalas and had seen many throughout my travels. I had used them to meditate and found them completely inspiring. I especially loved the way Tibetan monks craft mandalas out of grains of colored sand. These mandalas are so intricate and fragile, and indeed, are swept away after they are finished; an act meant to represent the impermanence of life.  

Grains of sand was a bit too intimidating for me to work with, but flower petals were not.  Still impermanent, still delicate, but perhaps slightly easier to master for a novice.  

I did not anticipate how much I would enjoy this project, or how much it would change my life. I went from being a lawyer who dabbled in art to an artist who dabbled in law. With every design I saw my skills growing and my heart swelling with joy.  People cheered on my work, and I was encouraged to open this gallery. I am humbled by such support and grateful beyond words to everyone who has walked beside me on this creative journey. 

SACRED GEOMETRY

There is a geometry that makes up the design of all life. 

Certain mathematical and geometric constants are woven into the very fabric of nature. From snowflakes to honeycomb, from the spiraling shape of a galaxy to the tiny spiral of a nautilus shell, the sacred geometry underlying these shapes ties all life together.  

And nothing provides more beautiful examples of sacred geometry than flowers. Flowers bloom in perfect symmetry following the mathematical principles of the Fibonacci sequence.

The Fibonacci sequence (found by adding a number ot the one before it to find the next in the sequence), governs such things as the placement of leaves spiraling along a stem, ensuring that each leaf has maximum access to sunlight and rain. This same principle also organizes the patterns of seeds in a bloom. Take the sunflower, for example. The seeds line up in crisscrossing spirals radiating from the center, and if you count the number of spirals turning in each direction, they will always be Fibonacci numbers.        

I try to capture these geometric elements in the design of my mandalas, using the geometry of the component flowers themselves to inspire a mandala shape. I am also inspired by the unique structures of snowflakes, the spiral of fern blossoms, and the symmetry of pine cones, to name a few. 

Examples of nature's geometric perfection knows no bounds. I only hope my mandalas are able to do justice to these sacred patterns.