"Happy" by Stacy Wills, 2014
(acrylic on watercolor paper + sacred altering)
At the beginning of 2014, I decided to take part in 12 Mandalas in 12 Days - a creative project put together by California artist, Judy Shintani. Judy invited us to make one mandala a day for 12 days using any media we chose, and then post that mandala on a designated Facebook page along with a word connected with our mandala. Our own 12 mandalas would then represent the twelve months of 2014. "Happy" was my first mandala of the set. The project attracted enthusiastic mandala makers from all over the United States, and beyond. After the initial 12 mandalas were created, many of us didn't want the experience to end. Judy graciously and wisely extended the project, inviting us to go deeper with the process by creating 4 more mandalas each month using the original one for that month as inspiration. The four mandalas below were inspired by "Happy" either directly, using it as a source image, or in spirit, using the bright color palette as my starting point. Of the four, do you have a favorite? I do...can you guess which one it is?
"Light from Light" by Stacy Wills, 2014
(digital mandala using "Happy" as a source image)
"Lighthouse" by Stacy Wills, 2014
(digital mandala using "Light from Light" as a source image)
"In Touch" by Stacy Wills, 2014
(3-D mixed media on canvas)
"Inversion" by Stacy Wills, 2014
(digital inversion using "In Touch" as a source image)
