Soulcircle by Lynda Howitt

Lynda Howitt ‘Tiger & The Hare’ Original

Oil on Canvas, sea salt

122cm x 122cm

Unframed

This is a work from my new Seashell Soulcircle series, oil on canvas abstract paintings, with seasalt and some adorned with seashells that I have foraged off the beach in front of my studio, Geraldton, Western Australia. I love the idea that there's a sense of literally embodying the sea in my art with their inclusion. The seashells offer a healing essence and remind us that every passing life leaves something beautiful behind. Created within transcendent circles, a sacred symbol of life and soul, my ‘Soulcircles’ offer a path inwards. Each work evolves from an intuitive free flow, I’m deeply inspired by the sea and believe in its ability to soothe our soul and transform our lives. I don't plan my painting, it's all about just going with the flow. Sometimes, though, it's amazing what symbols, colours and shapes appear within the soul circle all by themselves and offer some fascinating insights.

For this one, a tiger appear very quickly, as if on a mission, powerful and brave yet what was it wanting, I wondered. I asked it to tell me so I could understand but it wasn’t until nearing the ending of the painting that I suddenly understood, as right before my eyes yet I hadn’t even noticed, a hare. The Tiger and the Hare are here together to symbolise the powerful new beginning or rebirth of our life, to have courage and be brave in this new life-shift opportunity.

Original

• Signed on the front

• Shipped from Geraldton, Western Australia