"Butterfly Minuet"

I am obsessed with creating these wall pieces.  In a good way. :)  I think this is my favorite, so far.  I was able to come across some hand written sheet music with the word "Minuet by Beethoven" created for the mandolin.... delicately written on the top. I believe that this paper holds the high vibration, not only of the music but of the intention of the composer.  When writing, composing, dwelling in the place of creating music, as with art, I believe one has to be in a place of inspiration and I believe that inspiration is contained and held in this piece of music....I placed this sheet music, along with my French journal pages onto the wood board, and placed images of butterflies over that.  The Reiki blessing symbols were added and then hidden under the tempered glass.  The shell is a 1/2 Nauitilus shell and the butterfly on it is created with pieces of glass that I found in my treasure stash.  The round circles are abalone disks.

"Butterfly Minuet"  Available for purchase: $1200.

"Portal Within"  I love this one too.  I love how her face beckons one to enter a secret realm.  I painted a face on canvas and then mounted it on the wooden background.  Onto the face I laid a beautiful thick glass disk and around that I placed antique gold metallic lace.  The Reiki Blessing is secure under her image and the wood has been painted in beautiful colors of greens and blues and reds and golds and collaged with my handwritten French letters from 1880...all muted with an antique crackle glaze. Abalone shard points surround the face highlighted with Swarovski rhinestones.  Available for purchase: $800.

"Portal Within"

Blue Madonna.......

New Reiki wall pieces are ready to ship to Santa Fe.
This first one is called "Blue Madonna"

This is called "Grasshopper Guidance"


And this one is called "Buddah Blessings"

The passion and possession of inspiration....

Sometimes I can feel utterly possessed by the energy of inspiration.
It's my favorite state of mind. "I" disappear and there is only the intense focus of creation.

I can't stop making these "Blessing Art" pieces. They are calling to be created!
I run across to my studio in the morning and I'm there all day with so much energy flowing through me that today I had to put the Dalai Lama's healing mantra just to ground me.

I love that I get to share the treasures that I have collected over the years....and saved...like rusted keys, Buddha heads, glass bubbles, and bones. And it is important to me that these pieces contain Reiki healing symbols and that these symbols are mysteriously...and respectively... hidden, although the energy remains.

Here are a couple new pieces.
I have to figure out how to photograph them better......
Since they are selling so well in Santa Fe, I now want to find a gallery in Sedona and perhaps one more....somewhere else.
Any recommendations or suggestions would be much appreciated!










These next photos are of pieces that will have grout added to them tomorrow.
The grout will tone down the colors and add a look of age.
It offers a real transformation. And of course, in the process, I could ruin them....

For this image, I took a photo of a piece I had created years ago and did color xerox of it...
and then placed it under glass.
The result was kind of haunting, I think.

This is another piece, in blues, that will change quite a bit when grouted.
This one has bubbles of glass, a metal grasshopper, an antique mirror alter thing and a rusted antique key. I have no idea, right now, what this piece is about, but when it is done and I place it before me, a story or meaning usually presents itself.

Back in the studio.....

Laundry is done. Chaos has disappeared. Replaced by order.
The rhythmic and consistent sounds of the waves fill the space that just a day or so ago vibrated with giggles and laughter . I am back in the studio.

Reiki wall pieces are calling out to be created.
I am thrilled that these have been selling as soon as they arrive at The Chalk Farm Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico! I'm setting my prices low because nothing feels as good as a piece of one's artwork selling and being placed in someone's home. I love making these pieces!
Each piece has a hidden Reiki symbol under a tempered glass mosaic. My intention is that these pieces bring healing energy into the space where they are hung.

The first piece is created on a palm frond with a bone that I found on the beach and old rusted pieces, highlighted with rhinestones.




The next piece is done on an old Chinese board. I used a skull that I had found, embellished with rare red coral and rhinestones.


I include a write up with each piece that explains the power of the piece.

"Having studied the several thousand year old energy healing system known as Reiki and having become a Reiki Master teacher, I have experienced the power of the Reiki symbols. By creating artwork that contains these symbols, respectively hidden but energetically present, my intention is that their inherent power become available through these art pieces.

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation which also promotes healing. It is based on the idea that "life force energy" flows through us. If one's "life force energy" is low then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.

The word "Reiki" is made of two Japanese words - Rei which means "God's Wisdom or the Higher Power" and Ki which is "life force energy".
Thus Reiki is actually "spiritually guided life force energy". Reiki Healing Energy provides a means to balance the human energy fields and energy centers to create conditions needed for the bodies healing system to function.

There are several different Reiki symbols that focus and empower different energies.
The symbols that I use are:

Cho Ku Ray: "The Power Symbol". It's meaning is "I have the key".
The primary use of this Symbol is to increase Reiki power. This symbol is nicknamed "the light switch" as it connects us to the flowing of energy, like a light switch being turned on. It opens us as channels for Reiki energy. It cleans out negative energies. It is used for Spiritual protection and to aid manifestation. It is used to empower.

Sei Hei Ki: The Mental/Emotional Symbol. Meaning: "Key to the Universe".
It is used primary for mental/emotional healing and calming the mind. It is known as the harmony symbol and is used to heal mental and emotional energies that no longer work for us, and to heal emotional and mental distress. It offers psychic protection. Cleansing. It is used to balance the right and left brain and as an aid for removing addictions. It is used for healing past trauma and clearing emotional blockages. Removes negative energies and bad vibrations. Restores emotional balance and harmony.

Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen: The Distance Symbol. Meaning: "The God ( The Buddha, the Christ,..) in Me Greets the God in You to Promote Enlightenment and Peace". This is used to send Reiki over distance and time (past,present, future), to anyone and anything. "Correct Thought (/Correct Mindfulness) is the essence of being". True consciousness is attained when our little universe (our mind) unites with the great universe. Grounds and balances energy. Helps to unblock the energy chakra centres allowing the energy to flow. Helps to remove karma and trauma. Makes contact with the essence of every substance and situation.

Dai Ko Myo: The Master Symbol. This is the most powerful symbol in the Reiki group.
This symbol is used to heal the soul. The "Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion" lists a definition for this symbol as "Treasure house of the great beaming light" and states that it is a Zen expression for one's own true nature or Buddha-nature, of which one becomes cognizant in the experience of enlightenment. The meaning literally translates to "Great Being of the Universe, shine on me." It helps to provide enlightenment and peace. This symbol brings profound life changes.
It is used to Light the Awakened Heart

Tempered glass mosaic .....

This piece is called "Enter the Gateway"
The grout is all dry and it's time to add the finishing touches to these wall pieces.
The metallic powders added to a sealer will add another layer of color and also seal the grout.


























This next piece is called
"Celestial Starfish"
I have hidden a Reiki Blessing Symbol within both of these pieces.
My intention with these pieces is that they are infused with healing energy.