Purple Mandala

24 in x 24 in

7/2026

I got inspired to do a purple painting and chose a square canvas to lay down a grid based on circles and straight lines. My intention was to have ordered symmetry, and to populate the grid with various hues of purples and violets. I also incorporated different textures and brush techniques into the piece. To me, the result is a painting that reads as a controlled burst of energy, with order and turbulence held in equilibrium. A mandala-like structure anchors the eye at the center, but the surrounding shards, arcs, and wedges give an impression of restless motion. Shading is built almost entirely from violets, indigos, and deep purples, with cool whites and pale, crackled textures acting as luminous counterpoints. Structurally, the work mixes radial and grid patterning. A central starburst radiates outward to produce a sense of rotation and centrifugal force. The interplay between circle and square motifs lends the piece a quiet tension: the forms want to spin, but they are continuously checked and measured, as if by an unseen geometry. Crackled textures and subtly differentiated surfaces evoke microscopic fields, and small circular dots add a conceptual layer. The work feels less like a decorative mandala and more like a visual study of pattern recognition. At a distance, the painting projects a unified, radiating purple field, but up close, the viewer can appreciate a densely orchestrated landscape of shape and color.