Art With Heart 3/2/2026
We Wish For Peace 14”x11” painting inspired by the recent Buddhist monks’ Walk For Peace
Hello friend!
I created this little painting as an exercise for a color course I took online last month. The subject is a group of 19 Buddhist monks (and their dog Aloka) who initiated the Walk For Peace, a 2,300 mile trek across the US earlier this winter. Their aim was to promote inner peace, nonviolence and mindfulness in a polarized society. This weekend seemed like the right time to finish the painting and send it out into the world, after learning that we have engaged in a war with Iran. Although the monks' journey is over, I think I'll keep exploring this subject in paintings.
I'd like to share how this recent painting started, with my own outrage at ICE and what has happened to the fine folks in Minnesota this winter. You can see how I turned something ugly into something beautiful. Just my way of making sense of things beyond my control.
Here is the final version. Only I know what is behind it all....and now you do too.
Horse 23 36”x36” acrylic mixed media
process photo showing the negative space
Here is how it started
Wishing peace for you today,
Andrea
Nineteen Buddhist monks and their trusty dog Aloka, trekking across America for peace