Personalized Mandalas*

Mandalas have been used as tools for meditation, healing, centering and spiritual awakening for centuries. The concentric circular form itself is significant, drawing the viewer deeper and deeper into the center. This process is an experiential metaphor for the journey inward to rediscover and awaken one's spiritual center, the Divine within. The colors and symbols in your mandala emit an energetic, stimulating and healing quality much as a crystal does. The Personalized Mandalas shown here have been created with a specific viewer in mind and have been imbued with the vibrational essence of this spiritual seeker, needing to be visible at the time the painting was created. From the feedback of viewers years later, it has become apparent that the paintings continue to be a viable force for healing and awakening for many years after their creation.

Through my own spiritual journey of meditation, art exploration, 30 years of developing my skills and studying spirituality and art; I was guided to Mandalas. At a low point in my life, discouraged and ready to let the art go, a friend introduced me to some Tibetan Tankas brought back from her recent journey to Nepal. My life as as artist began anew as I was compelled to study and create Mandalas, and soon felt guided to offer myself and my skills to create Personal Mandalas, assisting others on their spiritual journey. Having completed close to 50 of these Personalized Mandalas between 1988 and 1991 when my son was born, I took a 13 year break to spend time with him. I have begun again to enter this sacred space, co-creating these beautifully illumined, meditative paintings, while continuing to parent my maturing son.

Should you be drawn to co-creating and utilizing such a powerfully personal tool for your own healing and awakening, the process is simply one of my getting to know you. Once you have made contact with me through e-mail, I will take the time to call, e-mail and when possible, visit with you in person ( while pleasant, this is not necessary), once I feel familiar with you at a heart level and have discovered colors and visual symbols significant to you, I will return to my yurt studio to allow the creative spark of our connection to move through me, manifesting your Personalized Mandala.

The Mandalas are airbrushed and hand brushed acrylic and are available on paper (framed or unframed), canvas, or on round wood panels; all choices being archival, museum quality to last a lifetime or more when treated with care. For prices and ordering information go to the "Purchase" page. Please contact me with any questions; all inquiries are welcome.

Clare Goodman's Mandala Page - A directory of Mandala Artists.

Awakening of the Spirit - Internet resource for the spiritual community of Oregon.