has worked as a jeweler in various capacities:teaching,repairing,and selling. Her work appears in "Made in Illinois,an Artist Gallery," and her interests range from fine jewelry to art made from found objects. She grew up on the Illinois prairie, and despite loving those open fields and wooded river banks, she currently divides her time between Illinois and Maine where she is discovering another kind of beauty in the mountains and sea. A good life, all in all.
This is one of my recent mandalas. I've been hunkered down at my bench a lot lately and I needed to give myself a break. This is inspired by my morning meditation and my on-going interest in Buddhism and mantras.
