Gifford, Sanford Robinson - Venetian Sails: A Study (1873)
Gifford trapped real light inside thin layers of varnish to turn a polluted Venetian lagoon into a glowing mirror. He hid his sweat beneath a glassy surface. It was a...
The FInd Center Collection
Mandala Painting from artist Adam Pacio
The Acrylic Block
Half inch thick acrylic prints come with insalled French Cleat hanging mounts on back. Shine up your space today!
Find Your Center
The Mandala Collection by Adam Pacio
The world is loud, and it doesn't let up. I make mandalas to find my own center inside it.
The form is old.
Temple painters in Tibet, barn painters in Pennsylvania and the glaziers of cathedral rose windows all drew the same circle to hold a whole universe in one place.
For a stretch of his life, Carl Jung drew one every morning to chart where his mind stood that day.
Each of my pieces is a cosmography, one map of how the world can be ordered.
Put one where you'll see it every day.
It becomes a standing invitation to come back to yourself, and the first stone of a sanctuary you build on your own terms.
Which Mandala Helps You Find Center?
Solar Disc Mandala
Pacio, Adam - Solar Disc Mandala - 2022
Artist Statement, links to Studio Notes, and what it means if this fiery design calls to your heart.
Lion Summer Mandala
Pacio, Adam - Lion Summer Mandala - 2023
Artist Statement, links to Studio Notes, and what it means if this regal design commands your attention.
Memento Mori Mandala
Pacio, Adam - Memento Mori Mandala - 2023
Artist Statement, links to Studio Notes, and what it means if this Victorian Reminder resonates at this time in your life.
Melek Taus Mandala
Pacio, Adam - Melek Taus Mandala - 2023
Artist statement, link to Studio Notes, and the reason that the splendor of this display glamoured your heart today.
Liberty Mandala
Pacio, Adam - Liberty Mandala - 2023
Artist Statement, link to Studio Notes, and what Liberty's torch beaconing you on might mean in a life of freedom.
Monarch Butterfly Mandala
Pacio, Adam - Monarch Butterfly Mandala, 2024
Artist Statement, link to Studio Notes, and what the effect of this butterfly flapping into your focus might be.
Emerald Arrows Mandala
Pacio, Adam - Emerald Arrows Mandala - 2004
Artist Statement, link to Studio Notes, and the reason why this earthy token's stability is signalling you to ground.
Mystic Jewel Mandala
Pacio, Adam - Mystic Jewel Mandala - 2025
Artist Statement, link to Studio Notes, and why this jewel might be grabbing your attention. Hint - I painted this to re-learn how to use my dominant left hand after a stroke from corporate burnout.
Obsidian Grandmothers Mandala
Pacio, Adam - Obsidian Grandmothers Mandala - 2025
Artist Statement, link to Studio Notes, and why these ancestral women might be atracting your attention.
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Art History Blog Posts
Gifford, Sanford Robinson - Sunset on the Pallisades of the Hudson (1879)
Sanford Robinson Gifford was running out of time. A brutal fever was closing in. He dragged thick layers of varnish over oil to trap the light. He built a blinding...
Gifford, Sanford Robinson - Sunday Morning in Camp (1861)
Sanford Robinson Gifford traded grand mountain peaks for flat muddy military tents in 1861. He was serving in the Union militia when the country tore itself apart. He kept his...
Gifford, Sanford Robinson - Siout, Egypt (1874)
Gifford sat in his New York studio and painted a beautiful lie. He used thin glazes to trap real light and sell a sterile fantasy of Egypt to wealthy Gilded...
Gifford, Sanford Robinson - Ruins of the Parthenon (1880)
Sanford Robinson Gifford was dying of malaria in 1880 while painting the ruins of the Parthenon. He was becoming a ruin himself. This massive canvas glows with a heavy golden...
Gifford, Sanford Robinson - On the Nile (1872)
Rich Gilded Age tycoons got bored with upstate trees. They wanted heat and exotic danger. Sanford Robinson Gifford gave them exactly that. He floated down the Nile to catch a...
The Find Center Collection
Mandalas in a variety of subject and energy moods, meant to help you Find Center in the middle of the chaos and the noise of modern life.
Restore the pathways to center amid the visual meditations that speak to your heart today. Available in Wall Art, Apparel, and Decor & Accessories collections for each painting by artist Adam Pacio.
