Mandala Artist - Houston, TX
Oil on canvas, 24" x 24" What started as a study of sacred geometry unfolded into a representation of the sea. The intention was for the finished product to be loosely reminiscent of a giant seashell, which is perhaps one of the most concrete examples we have of sacred geometry on earth. The painting is intended to create a sense of astral awareness and divine mystery. Perhaps the sea is simply a reflection of the universe. To learn more, or to order a custom made ready-to-hang print, please …
Oil on Canvas, 24” x 24” Inspired by the Art Deco movement of the 1920’s, this piece is intended to shift the viewer’s perspective of time. There are clouds moving endlessly around the woman at the center of the painting, whose hand seems to reaching towards the Infinite. The Roman numerals on the outer ring of the mandala also denote a feeling of eternality. And the geometrical shapes and lines in and around the painting give it energy and are in keeping with the Art Deco experience. For …
Oil on canvas, 24” x 24” Designed to impart the idea of coziness, this mandala was painted during a pandemic when we were home and tucked away. The English cottage at the center of the painting exemplifies this theme. But burgeoning forth from the home is new growth and springtime, displayed in the strawberry blossoms, strawberries, rain showers, and robins’ eggs in nests. We see that in all things at rest is also renewal. To learn more, or to order a ready-to-hang custom print, please …
Oil on canvas, 24” x 24” Conveying a sense of serenity and stillness, this mandala is based upon the mythology of Buddha sitting under the Bodhi Tree. The story is that Buddha sat under the tree for 49 days and nights until he achieved eternal enlightenment and wisdom. The colors of the mandala are meant to impart a sense of calm and harmony, and the Bodhi Tree is imposed upon the front of the image, showing its supreme expansiveness. To learn more, or to order a ready-to-hang print, please …
Oil on canvas, 24” x 24” Intended to lighten and uplift the energy of the viewer. Based on the artist’s experiences in Central America and the Caribbean, this painting encourages the feeling of freedom and looseness that one would experience on a tropical vacation. The peace and surrender of an orange sunset juxtaposed with the energy and joy of hummingbirds coveys the calm and bliss of the tropics. The lush nest of the large and expansive banana leaves suggests coolness, shade and comfort. …
Oil on canvas, 24”x24” Intended to bring harmony and groundedness to the viewer. This piece is based on the artist’s childhood in Ojai, California, where nature and oak trees are plentiful and sacred. The owl, long considered a symbol of wisdom, sits front and center in this mandala, drawing the viewer into his perch of calm knowingness. The movement of the coyotes, horses and butterflies around him display that he is the all-knowing stillness within the activity of the world around him. Upon …
My anemone essence blossoms like the lotus flower, clarinet falsettos weeping in the afternoon. This ebbing home, my seashell heart, a prayered and lovely secret mollusk, curved and tender, pure. Bowls of sparkling seaweed brine, Shakti's mighty ocean, pool and curl my wetland home, my flowing algae shore. To you, although, I am a rock's stubborned old barnacle lone, spitting your deafened eye with watersalt. So have then my shell -- my hollow, brittle …
Clear was your touch as twilight breathed into day's exhale, and velvet moonlight sighed. We returned to each other in these grassy lavender spaces, where the voids of our secret middles gasped, then met in silence. Our silhouetted mountains protected us, transformed us -- we were small and diminutive compared to their size. We saw only whispers of colors; we heard only whooshing once more. And though our riverbed dreams flashed uncertain, and though our souls cleave us …
Oil on canvas, 24"x24" Meant to convey energy and strength, this work gathers many of its images from Indian mythology. The tiger is a symbol of eternal power, the serpents of original mysticism. The Brahma bulls resonate peace and patience, and the lilies, purity and femininity. Together, the images create a balance of the feminine and masculine, the infinite and the earthly -- stabilizing and replenishing the person looking at it. For more information, or to order a ready-to-hang canvas …
Oil on canvas, 18" x 18" Intended to calm the viewer and open the mind. The phases of the moon and the ocean waves remind us that there is a constant ebb and flow, and and a cyclical rhythm to the universe. The stars and clouds create an expansiveness in the psyche, cooling us and evoking the idea that the universe is Eternal. We are, at this moment, but a pinpoint in the great galaxy we live in. For more information, or to order at ready-to-hang canvas print, please contact Sarah directly …
Oil on canvas, 18" x 18" Meant to simultaneously uplift and calm the viewer, this lighthearted painting explores the artist's California roots. The interplay between the dynamic images of waves and anemone versus the more static images of seashells and starfish create a playful, jubilant response. For more information, or to order at ready-to-hang canvas print, please contact Sarah directly at sdeutser@att.net. …
Oil on canvas, 18"x18" An exploration of ancient and modern-day symbology in which the symbols carry the viewer through time and space, creating a strong sense of recognition and personal experience. The center of the painting exhibits two doves in mirror images of one another, each seeing only love in its own reflection. Next, the Jain hand (a version of the Hamsa) is a symbol of nonviolence in the gesture of the abhaya, or "no fear" mudra. Beyond, the Star of David and the Cross of …
Oil on canvas, 24" x 24" Intended to create health and balance, this piece is based on the Greek story of the phoenix rising from the ashes. Associated with the sun, the phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor. A similar, but lesser, effect is intended for the viewer of this piece, allowing one to regenerate and renew. The deep violet color is harmonizing, while the feather, bird and sky imagery is uplifting, allowing the viewer access to their highest …
Oil on canvas, 18"x18" An exploration of ancient and modern-day symbology in which the symbols carry the viewer through time and space, creating a strong sense of recognition and personal experience. The center of the painting exhibits two doves in mirror images of one another, each seeing only love in its own reflection. Next, the Jain hand (a version of the Hamsa) is a symbol of nonviolence in the gesture of the abhaya, or "no fear" mudra. Beyond, the Star of David and the Cross of …
Oil on canvas, 18" x 18" Intended to ground and balance the viewer. Loosely based on a favorite Russian picture book of the artist's, the deep greens and browns in the piece create a sense of warmth and comfort. Within the winter scene dwell woodland creatures and pine and birch trees, evoking an earthiness that touches the senses. The center of the painting salutes Gaia, calling for the unification of all things living and the need to take care of the planet we live on. For more …
Oil on canvas, 18" x 18" Designed to evoke energy and enthusiasm, this painting collaborates vibrant colors with dynamic shapes. Natural images, such as flowers, intersect with trajectories in all directions, invigorating the viewer and assisting with focus. Within the order of this mandala lies a subtle chaos that filters out any stagnation in the psyche. For more information, or to order at ready-to-hang canvas print, please contact Sarah directly at sdeutser@att.net. …
Complacent, at best, though I thought I was full, and a rip through my artfully, hopeless spun life changed me forever, for better. Sunshine and dreams and a throat woven gold -- you peeled off yourself for a moment of real, and then there was us, two pleading palm fronds in front of each other, just then, but for always, swaying in breezes, almost (but not) touching the tips of our leaves. Our suns melted down, liquid and burned, but imbued with a hope …
Oil on canvas, 18" x 18" Meant to evoke a sense of newness and rejuvenation in the psyche. Based upon the idea of springtime, the green calls to mind rebirth, while the yellow evokes the joy of sunshine. Here, we can feel the easy liberation that exists in the vibrant colors of nature. For more information, or to order at ready-to-hang canvas print, please contact Sarah directly at sdeutser@att.net. …
I was an orange grove goddess growing up, at 16, on Carne Rd. I would dance to made-up harmonica melodies as I meandered through orchards, sugary dirt between barefoot pedicured toes. I kissed real and imaginary boys among the unchartered waxy leaves; we would weave in and out of the cool sweet shadows, and the whitewashed trunks bejeweled with snails. These summertime games of hide and seek and unabashed innocence would disappear one day as I left my childhood …
Nebulous minds, dimly beget, fuzzy with worship and tourniquets, missing rings, and empty nests; darkening mists in spidery webs. Clouds grow weary and settle down our heads. Rain-soaked eyes and splattered brows, furrowed in thought of thunderous blows. Lightening bolts have come and gone; blindness weeps from corners still, flooding dark our shut tight windowsills. Sunshiny lips parted and cracked, exposing our motives with calico breath. Forces asunder parcel our …