Healing Mandalas

Healing mandalas are designed as special gifts for people. Whether given to a loved one, a close friend or even as a gift for yourself, the healing mandala aims to arouse and inspire positive associations and emotional wellbeing in the person for whom it is being created.
I start the process of designing the healing mandala by meditating and reflecting on the person for whom it is being designed. I like to meet the person beforehand but this is not always necessary. Over the years I have developed 55 symbols or archetypes that represent all of human experience. Through guided meditation I draw a sequence of these symbols to compose a manuscript and narrative for the person. By then reading the symbols and their arrangement, I interpret and identify social, emotional and spiritual factors influencing the person at this time. This is the narrative of the painting and suggests the emotional state that requires expression or completion in the person for whom the healing mandala is being designed. From this basis, I compose a painting which is directly influenced by the arrangement of the symbols and their associated colours. At the centre of the healing mandala, is the symbol of the emotional domain for which well being is being directed.