A mandala, which is Sanskrit for “circle” or “discoid object,” is a geometric design that holds a great deal of symbolism in Hindu and Buddhist cultures. In their most basic form, mandalas are circles contained within a square and arranged into sections that are all organized around a single, central point.
The mandala series consists of one-of-a-kind botanical designs that use repeated motifs found in nature to create a meditative visual arrangement. Artist, Ann-Marie Gillett, crafts each numbered mandala using a unique technique she has developed and used for several years. Artist tape is painted with acrylics in various patterns and graduated colors to create a palette from which she painstakingly cuts and adheres each symmetrical design to gessoed, painted board.The arrangements grow organically and are not first drawn, but develop over time; each leaf or flower a response to what is applied before it. Several coats of acrylic varnish protect each mandala. This is an ongoing series that uses the variations of New England seasons to inform the direction of each work.No two are ever repeated, echoing the endless variation in natural forms that surround all of us.
The mandala series consists of one-of-a-kind botanical designs that use repeated motifs found in nature to create a meditative visual arrangement. Artist, Ann-Marie Gillett, crafts each numbered mandala using a unique technique she has developed and used for several years. Artist tape is painted with acrylics in various patterns and graduated colors to create a palette from which she painstakingly cuts and adheres each symmetrical design to gessoed, painted board.The arrangements grow organically and are not first drawn, but develop over time; each leaf or flower a response to what is applied before it. Several coats of acrylic varnish protect each mandala. This is an ongoing series that uses the variations of New England seasons to inform the direction of each work.No two are ever repeated, echoing the endless variation in natural forms that surround all of us.