Elizabeth Malunowicz

SACRED CIRCLES

 

I began to draw and paint the eight interlaced circles after I saw them on books in a church. I was attracted to the design and the organizing pattern. I draw them as thin lines or paint the circles' centers. Omitting parts of the circles opens up even more possibilities. 

 

My first impulse was to focus on the colors of nature: flora, land, sea and sky. As I paint them I think of the environment, the people who work the land, and those trying to save it. I become aware of how much could be lost as I reflect on the beauty in front of me. Recently I started to keep a prayerful intention as I paint – for a person, a country, or a disturbance of any kind.

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Drawing and painting the circles calms me and brings me to a meditative place. They free me to paint without regard to representation – only the pattern and color matter. Whatever unrest I’m feeling the circles have become another form of contemplation for me. I have discovered – as people throughout the centuries have – that the divine design of sacred geometry has been, and will continue to be a center of silence for people amid the chaos and uncertainty of the times. My hope is to extend a moment of peace to the viewer as they contemplate the colors and the calming balance of the circles.