Mandala
Featured Work
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Beaded Mandala by janepriser
This was created from a photo of my handmade beadwork with gemstones. I used The Gimp.
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Pink Forest by stephaniek
This started as a photo of a pink flower in front of a Redwood tree.
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Mandala : Fertile by danita clark
Art pens, Metallic pens, glitter on Gilles paper Fertile / egg shaped / symbolising / creative energy / opening. There is light / expanding / from darkness. Thank you for the feature in Mandala sept 09
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The Law Of Attraction - LOVE - Mandala by fullcirclemandalas
The Law Of Attraction – Love Mandala I painted a mandala months ago… it has hung in my room ever since, not photographed, unfinished. There was something missing and I didn’t know what. I had painted it with the law of attraction in mind – I was missing love in my life and I wanted to bring it back in and I had thought that this mandala, with all its personal symbology and colour, would assist in allowing that flow of love, in the form of a loving relationship with a man, to come back into my life. The mandala symbology represents the elements of love in relationships that are essential to me – Kookaburras for Laughter and Joy / Kangaroo for Family and Abundance / Sea Eagle for Great Spirit / Cockatoo representing Self Esteem and Friendship (and falling in my sign, Libra) / Wolf as Teacher / Raven for Magick And thus, after painting it, I sat back to wait for LOVE to arrive in my life, LOL! I should’ve known better! When you ask the Universe for something, it will come to you, but if you have not asked clearly and specifically, what you get is something completely unexpected – and thus it was with this request. Love arrived in my life in the form of lessons. The first lesson was to teach me that despite the fact that there are horrible people out there in the real world who will use you up, hurt you, spit you out and discard you without thought for your emotions or feelings, they are NOT YOU. They cannot take away your power or your capacity to love – only you can do that. Only you have the power to love. Only you have the power to change the way you think and feel and believe. Only you. I learned not to shut down my heart ever again, for anyone. It’s my heart and my love and I will let it pour forth into the world with joy and abundance… The second lesson was much harder. I was given an opportunity to learn about myself through the behaviour of another. In the losing of myself in another’s life, I became aware of the pain in my heart that my behaviour was causing. I realised that in order for me to be happy, I had to satisfy my needs first. Not in a selfish way, but in a way that meant that for the first time in my life, I came first. My needs came first. This is a difficult lesson for me and one which will take time absorbing and actualizing. When you subjugate your basic needs to another, you give away your power. By saying you will put up with things that hurt or upset you, you give away your power. By ignoring the unhappiness and stress in your mind, you give away your power. My needs were simple. Like all of us, I just wanted to be happy and to be loved, appreciated and respected. I deserve to be treated with love, respect and appreciation because that is the way I treat others. And in this lesson, I realised that I was not being treated this way. I then had to choose to stay with that lesson, or learn it and move on. I chose to move on. I chose to reclaim my power. The third lesson was that all the money in the world CANNOT buy happiness – it comes from within… I realised that I am the only person who can make me happy. I am responsible for my own happiness, my own respect, my own appreciation. I became aware that I am the only person in my life I truly have to please and that if I meet my needs – If I learn to LOVE and APPRECIATE and RESPECT MYSELF then all else will follow. And thus I took the mandala off the wall and in the inner circles I wrote all the things that were necessary for me to have wonderful relationships. All the things that were essential in my life for me to be happy. All the morals and ethics that were important to me on my very first level of need. Friendship, Joy, Happiness, Respect, Self Respect, Monogamy, Abundance, Faith, Trust, Belief, Support, Love, Sharing, Caring, Compassion, Family, Communication, Magic, Trust, Partnership, Fidelity, Commitment and many more… And the mandala was complete. / It was for me all along. / It was the Law Of Attraction – In order for me to be loved, I first have to love myself. Enjoy… Marg Thomson / copyright 2009 ORIGINAL FOR SALE: $675 AUD plus postage and handling
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Cross To Bear... by allisonberryart
Brushes / Photoshop CS3 “I would rather have a big burden and a strong back, than a weak back and a caddy to carry life’s luggage”—Elbert Hubbard
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Constant mandala by Marilyn Baldey
White Livingstone Daisies petals contrast with the red centres that make up this mandala.
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Wedding Card/2 by Kseniya Beliaeva
original+photoshop this work is featured in Mandala it is the original: / this work is featured in Art in math
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Reflections... by valzart
...am just reflecting today and pondering the idiosyncrasies of life.. thinking of this quote by James Dean… “Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” mirror of my mind .....
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Mandala on the beach by Gudrun Eckleben
Fun shot, captured in Ulverston, UK, May 2009. / I walked past and saw it on the beach. I love the simplicity of this beautiful meaningful playful piece of art. © Gudrun Eckleben, www.geeart.com • Featured in Mandala August 2009
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Untitled by Anthony R. Plastino III
Ink and Acrylic medium on stretched canvas – 16” x 20” Featured in Mandala Featured in A Kaleidoscope Kraze
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Ramalon, Sumatran Tiger, 100cm x 100cm, Acrylic on canvas by mariejean
Ramalon is from the Melbourne Zoo and is so mesmerizing that that’s what I painted, using a Mandala I to convey how amazing her eyes are…
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Native Spirit by JuliaWright
Best Viewed Large All Rights Reserved / @ Julia Wright / Featured in Mandala group / Featured in Creative Spirits of Queensland / Featured in Creative Cards I’ve seen many moons through these wrinkled eyes / The years have made me old but they’ve made me wise / Now the white man lives where our rivers run For now better days have passed / We walk the streets of broken glass / Our people vanished as snow before the summer sun / Like dogs we were driven from this place / Such injustice, time will not erase / All these changes cannot be undone When you feel the anger inside of you / Hold your head high – let your aim be true / Though your heart beats like a drum / My native son Once there was a time my little one / Before the wagons – before the soldiers’ guns / When this land was ours as far as the eagle flies No white flag – no broken truce / With few words one can speak the truth – I don’t hear it / Time won’t heal it now With each new day that comes to pass / Will the great spirit free us all at last? / He said we were the chosen ones For all we had there’s nothin’ left / We won’t forgive – we can’t forget / You know that your day will come / My native son With each new day that comes to pass / Will the great spirit free us all at last? / What has happened can never be undone When I was young – not yet a man / The sun rose and set upon our land / We were the chosen ones / My native son Lyric’s by Bryan Adams
Recent Work
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Winter Mandala by drawing4art
A Mandala created in coloured pencil/pen and paint,using lots of little dots to create texture and mixed colours,size 8×8 square on blue pastel paper…also available in my zazzle store on multiple products.
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Kubota Spiral by hugh023
Taking a small section of . . . / I turned it into this . . . /
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Dreamtime Companions by joeyg007
Escourts thru the Gates of Shamballa captured in Incendia Dreamtime. Importing Mesh conversions thru MeshLab into Incendia 1.3
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Tuesday's Card by MelDavies
Compilation of hand drawn and experimental digital work using Ink on Paper for original and PSE and Photostudio.
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Ice Maiden by JenLand
‘The Ice Maiden, a Norse myth, tells the story of Gerda, a frost goddess whose beauty enchanted Freyr, god of sunshine and rain. But Gerda refused to meet the god until Freyr’s servant threatened to put an unbreakable spell on her. Freyr, however, was able to thaw her heart. The music is brought full circle to reflect Gerda’s serenity when she comes to love her new husband.’ from Michele de Wilton A kaliedoscope made from a photograph of ice and snow crystals on a blue spruce next to my deck. View large to see the sparkles! :o) Listen
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Golden Brown by Martilena
Kaleidoscope based on an Incendia fractal / November 20, 2009
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Blue Weave Kaleidoscope by Kim McClain
Blue Weave Kaleidoscope / This Kaleidoscope was made from Sparkly Waters / / First the photo was weaved and then kaleidoscope created in PaintshopPro, I did with without enhancing the blues like the photo. / / / Image also available in / / 107 views 11-9-09
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Circle Cross by hugh023
Photoshop playtime . . . /
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White by hugh023
The companion to /
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B&W Squares by hugh023
A PS made Kaleidoscopic image
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Blue Shadow by hugh023
Photoshop at play . . . /
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Black by hugh023
Some more play with AMP rendered images and Photoshop . . . The companion piece . . . /
About This Group
Artwork / photography with a mandala theme…
The meaning of mandala comes from Sanskrit meaning magic circle. Even though it may be dominated by squares or triangles, a mandala has a concentric structure. Mandalas offer balancing visual elements, symbolizing unity and harmony. The meanings of individual mandalas is usually different and unique to each mandala. For some, the goal of the mandala is to serve as a tool on one’s spiritual journey as it symbolizes cosmic and psychic order. For others, the mandala is used as a counter-balancing mechanism of one’s own psyche, a way for us to focus or meditate our way into becoming a whole person.
Guidelines:
- please only 1 entry per week allowed
- must describe what media was used for artwork / photography
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