At last – the glue has dried, the hardware installed, and now it’s time to share what has been an exciting and scary piece to create!

“Shrine to Heart’s Ease”

This piece is an expression of the love I have for a particular flower – the Pansy. Also known and a violet and Heart’s Ease, this lovely flower has many connotations of gentleness, joy, and healing. This piece also is an homage to the beautiful prayer shrines I had seen as a young girl in the Carnegie Museum. I loved that they were portable, beautifully painted scenes one which one could focus their consciousness on the divine. It has been a life long ambition of mine to create such a piece. This is only the first one – I have plans in place for a second one! The poem on the doors was one I wrote myself – as a mantra to remember what makes the pansy so special to me – the image evokes the loveliness and gentleness the flower represents.

I just HAD to light the interior! It is hard to capture just how beautiful it is when it is lit in a dark room.

I really cannot wait to start on the next one!