Painting Glass Mandalas
Heart & soul~stirring painting glass Mandalas made by the incredible participants in the Painting Glass Mandalas class series sponsored by the Peter Alfond Prevention and Healthy Living Center at the Alfond Center for Health in Augusta, Maine on Saturday, February 18th & Saturday, February 25th 2023.
poised
in marbled water
she makes a crescent
PhotoHaiku by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright 2023
Angelic seagull
balances
the photographer
PhotoHaiku by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright 2023
The Glass Jewelry Making class as part of the Expressive Arts Program offered at MaineGeneral Health in the Peter Alfond Prevention & Healthy Living Center was offered Saturday, November 12th & 19th. The enormously creative and inventive participants were true to their own inspirations in making fusing glass art, jewelry and tree ornaments for the holidays. The following photos show the luminous & magical glass art before attachments were added. The intention of the class was for participants to experience an added dimension of the jewels within their beings.
A Bach moment
of burnt orange
earth and air
PhotoHaiku by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2022
spiral force
tickled
by sun petals
PhotoHaiku by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2022
white hyacinth heart
Monteverdi's Magnificat
snowy egret flies
photohaiku by akiba & maryam mermey copyright © 2022
An exceptionally creative Mother & Daughter at a private class at Morning Glory Arts designed these amazing pieces of fusing glass artwork!!! It was truly inspiring to witness these artists at work!!! Thank you for bringing this beauty into the world 🤩
smiling eyes
fuzzy young
sun~reflecting turtle
chance meeting
PhotoHaiku by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright 2022
The Prevention and Healthy Living program at Maine/General Hospital in Augusta, Maine sponsored a Healing Glass Mandalas class on April 23rd, 2022. The participants created sacred,breath~giving images as reflections of transformation, love & hope. It was an intergenerational gathering of truly amazing people who created meditations in glass!!!
Bowing to light
in cardinal’s eye
wounds heal
PhotoHaiku by Akiba & Maryam Mermey 2022
The Creative Painting class with the AMAZINGLY INNOVATIVE Maine Dartmouth Family Medicine Residents expressed the miracles of color & joyous camaraderie!!!! The small group paintings were created on 48"x60" canvases inspired by Jackson Pollock's splatter or drip painting techniques. Jackson Pollock was an Amercan painter who lived from 1912-1956 and made a significant contribution to the abstract expressionist movement with his drip technique.
The theme of the first group painting was flow. The second group painting has a celestial/spiritual theme. In the third group painting the residents allowed a theme to organically emerge, which has a springy, whimsical feel. The theme of the fourth group painting was light emerging from dark. I was truly moved and deeply honored to witness the unfoldment of their great spirits in color!!!!
The glorious individual, mixed media paintings follow on various surfaces including oval canvases, practice panels and specialized paper for alcohol paints, which were most kindly donated by Dr. Megan Barker. What a marvelous festival of color and creativity!!!
