Kaia Thomas - A path with ART

It has been a very long time since I have posted on my blog - too long. Everything has changed on here and I am having to relearn stuff... The reason it has been so long is blamed on two facebook pages, twitter, blogger, linkedin, etsy, flickr, behance and of course my personal website. I pretty much drove myself crazy and quit everything! The good part about it was is it gave me time to be creative and actually paint some paintings- imagine that! One of the paintings that came from this is " Utpala Spring " a 20" x 24" colorful and vibrant mandala with a few new added techniques. I haven't been able to get a photo to do it justice yet. However, as you can see from the above photo,  it's "kitty approved" so there ya go:)) lol... I named it "Utpala" because of the blue lotus flowers that emerged in this piece. Utpala is the Sanskrit word for lotus or blue lotus, it has several other beautiful meanings as well, so it seemed t...

So I finally completed them! These are entirely hand crafted - made from gessoed hardboard, painted with acrylics.  Sprayed with FOUR coats of polyurethane, and a cork bottom.    They are currently for sale in my Etsy Shop

 The word "Mandala" comes from the Sanskrit language meaning (roughly) "circle"...the way I often define it is "sacred circle".   "Direction" 12" x 12" acrylic on board   Painting a Mandala is like an exercise in taking one to their "sacred" space, both the one painting it and the observer... "Joy" 20" x 20" acrylic on canvas framed purchase here  When we see what is happening in science, the deeper we go, the more these kind of incredible patterns emerge.  Take fractal geometry for example... "Spectacle" 12" x 16" acrylic on board available as matted print purchase here I am so happy to have found Mandalas - I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoyed painting them:) "The Flower of Life" 8" x 8" acrylic on board You can find these paintings in my Etsy shop !