Globos #1 Painting

Bold circles of color washes in oil paint serve to uplift the viewer and inspire an internal and reflective response of joy, passion, playfulness and delight. This series is my "Globos" series, where the theme of the circle comes to play in many forms in many areas of life, serving many functions. The shape of the circle is present everywhere in life. In Zen Buddhism, the circle is called an Enzo, and represents the beginning and the end, as well as no beginning and no end, also that moment when the mind is free to let the body create. Usually a person draws the ensō in one fluid, expressive stroke. As my own form of Enso, I create each circle with several, swift circular strokes, as a practice in mindfulness and honoring the wabi sabi (perfectly imperfect) way of life. The circles in "Globos" are grouped together, and one can see them as desires, balloons or seeds germinating and reaching for the sky in search of something, perhaps freedom itself. This piece holds a sense of joy, freedom and empowerment, of reaching for the sky, for space, for light. Of setting our dreams and our desires free. And lastly, it holds a sense of hope in the eternal reaching.