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Created through dozens of translucent veils of oil and cold wax, this painting invites the viewer into a quiet space where colour slowly emerges from stillness. Rather than depicting a place, it offers an atmosphere of presence, allowing light to unfold gently from within the painting itself. 12″x12″ inspired by some wilted hydrangeas in our son’s garden and reminded me of Rilke’s poem “Hortensie” (https://lyricstranslate.com/…/blaue-hortensie-blue…) C$150 framed + shipping.
Created through layered passages of oil and cold wax, this painting explores the quiet threshold where light, memory and stillness become one. The deep blue field suggests not a reflection, but an inner mirror in which the unseen slowly reveals itself. It invites the viewer to pause long enough for silence to become visible. 10″x10″ on birch cradle board $110 + shipping.
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The Luminous Current of Renewal
Original oil and cold wax on panel
There are moments in life when change does not arrive with force, but with quiet illumination. The Luminous Current of Renewal evokes that moment—when the old gently dissolves and a deeper vitality begins to emerge.
Soft veils of luminous ivory and warm gold flow through the heart of the composition, surrounded by atmospheric blues, smoky violets, and rich crimson passages. Rather than depicting a landscape, the painting suggests an inner one: a place where light gradually overcomes shadow and stillness gives birth to transformation. The layered textures, created with oil and cold wax, invite the viewer to linger, revealing subtle details and hidden depths that continue to emerge with time.
Every collector experiences this work differently. Some see the first light of dawn, others a celestial current, a waterfall of light, or the unfolding of the soul itself. Its strength lies in this openness—it does not dictate meaning but creates a space for personal reflection and renewal.
The restrained yet luminous colour harmony allows the painting to bring both warmth and serenity to contemporary interiors, making it equally compelling as a contemplative focal point in a living space, office, or gallery setting.
The Luminous Current of Renewal is an invitation to pause, to breathe, and to remember that beneath every period of uncertainty flows an inexhaustible current of light, hope, and quiet transformation. (9″x12″ on canvas paper $98 + shipping)
Earth’s Silent Awakening
Created through successive translucent layers of oil and cold wax, Earth’s Silent Awakening explores the quiet moment when the hidden life within the earth begins to reveal itself. Rich mineral hues of crimson, rose, cobalt and umber emerge through luminous veils of light, suggesting a landscape not of geography, but of consciousness.
Rather than depicting a specific place, the painting invites the viewer into an atmosphere of stillness and renewal. Layers are applied, partially removed, and rediscovered, allowing the surface to breathe with depth and quiet luminosity. The interplay of textured passages and soft veils encourages the eye to wander slowly, discovering new relationships of colour and light with every viewing.
This is a painting about emergence—the gentle awakening of beauty that has always been present, waiting to be seen.
9″x12″ oil and cold wax on canvas paper $125 + shipping.
Created through successive translucent layers of oil and cold wax, Beneath the Hidden Meadow explores the quiet world that lies just beyond ordinary perception. Soft veils of luminous blue, celadon, pearl white and gentle earth tones emerge and recede through the surface, suggesting not a physical landscape, but an inner field of stillness where light, memory and nature become one.
Each layer has been applied, partially removed and rediscovered, allowing the painting to develop a quiet luminosity that changes with both light and distance. Textured passages dissolve into translucent veils, inviting the eye to wander slowly through the composition and uncover new relationships of colour, depth and atmosphere.
Rather than describing a place, Beneath the Hidden Meadow evokes a moment of profound stillness—a hidden sanctuary where the unseen rhythms of life continue to unfold beneath the surface of the visible world. It is an invitation to pause, to breathe, and to discover the quiet beauty that reveals itself only through patient contemplation. 8″x10″ on cradle board.
Consecration
Created through successive translucent layers of oil and cold wax, Consecration explores the quiet threshold where the ordinary gives way to the sacred. Luminous passages of ivory, warm earth and deep charcoal emerge through delicate veils of colour, creating a surface in which light appears to rise gently from within rather than descend from above.
The painting is not concerned with depicting a place, but with evoking an inner experience. The dialogue between light and shadow suggests the timeless moment in which one consciously offers the heart to a deeper purpose. Rich textures, weathered earth tones and translucent veils unfold slowly, inviting contemplation and revealing new relationships of colour and depth with every encounter.
At its heart, Consecration is a meditation on quiet transformation. It reminds us that the most profound moments of awakening seldom arrive with spectacle, but in the silent willingness to become fully present to the light that has always awaited us. 12.5″x10.5″ framed $225 + shipping
When the Earth Breathes Upwards
Created through successive translucent layers of oil and cold wax, When the Earth Breathes Upwards explores the quiet mystery of life rising from within the earth itself. Soft veils of pearl white, weathered stone, pale blue and muted earth tones emerge and dissolve through luminous layers, creating a surface that seems to breathe with its own gentle rhythm.
Rather than depicting a recognizable landscape, the painting evokes an inner experience of awakening. Light does not descend from above, but appears to emerge slowly through the surface, as though the earth itself were exhaling its hidden radiance. Delicate textures and translucent passages invite the eye to wander unhurriedly, revealing new relationships of colour, depth and atmosphere with every encounter.
At its heart, When the Earth Breathes Upwards is a meditation on renewal. It reminds us that the deepest transformations often begin quietly, beneath the visible world, long before they are recognized by the eye. In its stillness lies the promise that all authentic growth begins from within. 11″x14″ framed $195 + shipping
The Quiet Cartography of Being
Created through successive translucent layers of oil and cold wax, The Quiet Cartography of Being traces an unseen landscape—one that belongs not to geography, but to the inner life. Veils of pearl white, soft ivory, mist-blue and weathered slate emerge gradually through luminous layers, creating a surface that breathes with quiet depth and gentle movement.
Rather than describing a recognizable place, the painting offers an invitation to enter a contemplative space where presence becomes the only destination. Broad passages of light and softened shadow flow across the surface like currents of awareness, while delicate textures reveal themselves slowly, rewarding prolonged observation with ever-changing relationships of colour, atmosphere and form.
In this work, the idea of cartography is transformed into something inward. The painting suggests that our deepest journeys are not measured in distance, but in awareness—that the most meaningful landscapes are discovered through stillness, patience and quiet attention. Each translucent layer becomes a record of that unfolding, revealing that the true map of being is drawn not upon the earth, but within the human spirit. 8″x10″ unframed $150 + shipping or framed $210 + shipping
Whispers over Quiet Waters
Created through successive translucent layers of oil and cold wax, Whispers over Quiet Waters explores the quiet dialogue between light, atmosphere and stillness. Soft veils of pearl white, mist blue, pale sage and weathered ivory drift gently across the surface, revealing luminous passages that seem to emerge from within rather than rest upon it.
Rather than depicting a literal landscape, the painting evokes the fleeting sensation of standing before perfectly still water at the threshold between memory and presence. Layers are carefully applied, softened and partially removed, allowing subtle textures and delicate transitions to breathe through one another. As light changes throughout the day, the painting reveals new relationships of colour and depth, inviting slow and contemplative viewing.
The generous open spaces become an essential part of the composition, offering moments of silence between the gentle movement of colour. In this balance of light and restraint, Whispers over Quiet Waters becomes less a representation of nature than a meditation on tranquility itself—a place where the mind grows quiet and the spirit is invited simply to rest. 8″x10″ on canvas board unframed $110
When Green Learns to Sing
Created through successive layers of oil and cold wax, When Green Learns to Sing celebrates the quiet moment when nature seems to awaken into joyful expression. Veils of luminous emerald, moss green and soft jade are interwoven with vibrant passages of violet and warm golden light, creating an atmosphere that feels both grounded and radiant.
Rather than depicting a specific garden or meadow, the painting explores the living energy that animates the natural world. Layers are applied, softened and partially revealed, allowing colour to emerge gradually through translucent veils. Vertical movements rise gently across the surface, suggesting growth, breath and the silent music of life unfolding.
The composition balances richness with openness, inviting the eye to wander through shifting relationships of colour and light. Each viewing reveals new harmonies hidden beneath the surface, making the painting an experience that continues to unfold over time.
At its heart, When Green Learns to Sing is a meditation on vitality—on the mysterious moment when stillness becomes movement and colour becomes music. It reminds us that beauty is not only something we see, but something we can quietly feel. 8″x10″ on canvas unframed $90 + shipping
Veil of the Hidden Blossoms
Created through successive translucent layers of oil and cold wax, Veil of the Hidden Blossoms explores the quiet beauty that exists beneath ordinary perception. Soft veils of luminous aqua, pearl white, lavender, blush pink and gentle sage green merge and dissolve into one another, suggesting blossoms that are sensed rather than seen—emerging briefly before returning to the silence from which they came.
Rather than depicting a garden, the painting evokes the subtle unfolding of inner beauty and the quiet rhythms of renewal. Layers are built, partially removed, and rediscovered, creating a richly atmospheric surface where light appears to emanate from within the painting itself. Delicate palette knife passages, soft veils and luminous textures invite the eye to wander, revealing new harmonies and hidden forms with every viewing.
Both serene and quietly radiant, Veil of the Hidden Blossoms offers a contemplative space where colour becomes memory and light becomes presence. It is an invitation to slow down, to linger, and to discover the gentle beauty that often reveals itself only in stillness. 11″x14″ on canvas paper $125 unframed $160 framed
Whispers of a Timeless Grove
Created through expressive layers of oil and cold wax, Whispers of a Timeless Grove evokes the quiet mystery of a hidden sanctuary where light, water, and memory seem to merge. Rich passages of sapphire, ultramarine, violet, and turquoise are illuminated by delicate veils of rose, gold, and luminous white, suggesting a place that exists not within the landscape, but within the imagination.
Rather than depicting a literal scene, the painting explores the experience of entering a space of deep stillness, where every reflection becomes an invitation to look beyond the visible. Successive layers are applied, partially revealed, and softened through translucent veils, creating a surface of remarkable depth and quiet luminosity. Textured palette knife passages contrast with soft atmospheric transitions, allowing colour and light to emerge gradually with each viewing.
Both vibrant and contemplative, Whispers of a Timeless Grove celebrates the timeless dialogue between light and shadow, movement and stillness. It invites the viewer to pause, to wander inward, and to rediscover that enduring place where beauty is not observed, but quietly experienced. This painting is 8″x10″ on canvas board $120 unframed $150 framed.
When the Violet Field Awakens
Created through expressive layers of oil and cold wax, When the Violet Field Awakens is a meditation on the moment when light quietly stirs the hidden life within the landscape. Luminous veils of soft lemon, pearl white and pale celadon descend into rich passages of violet, indigo and midnight blue, suggesting a field awakening not through form, but through presence.
Rather than portraying a literal meadow, the painting evokes the invisible energy that seems to rise from the earth as dawn touches the horizon. Layers of colour are applied, softened, partially removed and rediscovered, allowing each passage to breathe with depth, translucency and quiet luminosity. Bold palette knife textures are balanced by delicate veils and luminous reflections, creating a surface that reveals new harmonies with every viewing.
The interplay of radiant light and deep violet tones conveys both stillness and transformation, inviting the viewer to pause within a place where colour becomes emotion and atmosphere becomes memory. Neither landscape nor abstraction alone, When the Violet Field Awakens inhabits the space between the visible and the felt, where beauty is experienced as an unfolding presence rather than a destination.
This is a painting of quiet emergence—a celebration of the first gentle stirring of light within the hidden fields of the soul. This painting is 8″x10″ inspired by a bumblebee on violet flowers $100 unframed.
Memory of a Quiet Place
Created through delicate layers of oil and cold wax, Memory of a Quiet Place is an invitation into the gentle stillness that remains long after a landscape has faded from view. Soft veils of warm ivory, muted sage, blue-grey, umber and weathered earth tones merge into one another, evoking the feeling of a place remembered more by the heart than by the eye.
Rather than depicting a specific location, the painting explores the emotional landscape of memory—those tranquil spaces that continue to live within us, softened by time and illuminated by quiet reflection. Successive translucent layers are applied, partially removed, and rediscovered, allowing subtle textures and hidden colours to emerge with quiet depth. Broad passages of light are balanced by gentle, earthy forms that appear and dissolve like distant recollections.
The restrained palette and spacious composition create a sense of calm, inviting the viewer to slow down and enter a contemplative dialogue with the work. With every viewing, new relationships of colour, texture and atmosphere reveal themselves, much like memories that quietly unfold over time.
Memory of a Quiet Place is a meditation on stillness, belonging, and the enduring beauty of places that continue to shape us long after we have left them behind. It reminds us that some landscapes are not found on maps, but are carried within the soul. 8″x10″ on canvas board $110 unframed $150 framed.
Whispers of Morning Light
Created through layered applications of oil and cold wax, Whispers of Morning Light evokes the quiet beauty of a garden just before the world fully awakens. Soft veils of luminous colour emerge from a rich, atmospheric ground, where delicate forms seem to appear and dissolve in the gentle light of dawn.
Rather than portraying a specific bouquet or landscape, the painting captures the fleeting sensation of first light touching the earth. Cool turquoise and deep greens are balanced by luminous whites, lavender, soft coral and warm golden accents, creating a harmony that feels both tranquil and quietly radiant. The textured surface invites close observation, revealing subtle variations of colour and gesture that continue to unfold over time.
This work is an invitation to pause—to enter a moment of stillness where beauty is experienced not through detail, but through atmosphere, memory, and light. Like the first whispers of morning, it reminds us that the day’s deepest transformations often begin in silence. It is 8″x10″ on canvas board $115 unframed +shipping.
Emerald Breath
Created through luminous layers of oil and cold wax, Emerald Breath evokes the quiet meeting of sky, water, and light—not as a landscape to be observed, but as a living atmosphere to be experienced. Broad passages of emerald turquoise, softened by translucent veils of ivory and pale aqua, create a sense of openness where colour seems to breathe across the surface.
Rather than describing a particular place, the painting invites the viewer into a spacious realm of stillness and renewal. Successive layers are applied, softened, and partially revealed, allowing subtle textures and hidden colours to emerge with quiet luminosity. Gentle transitions between rich blue-greens and delicate creams suggest the rhythmic movement of breath itself, while the expansive composition encourages the eye to drift without destination.
Emerald Breath is a meditation on presence—on those rare moments when the boundaries between earth, water, and sky dissolve into a single field of calm awareness. It offers a quiet sanctuary, inviting reflection, balance, and the restorative beauty found in simplicity. It is 8″x10″ on canvas board $120 unframed plus shipping
Softly Unfolding
Created through successive layers of oil and cold wax, Softly Unfolding explores the quiet emergence of beauty from within. Luminous veils of rose, crimson, blush, and deep violet gently dissolve into one another, creating an atmosphere that feels both intimate and expansive. Rather than depicting a flower or a landscape, the painting suggests the unfolding of an inner presence—a moment when what has long been hidden begins to reveal itself.
The surface has been built through repeated applications, subtle removals, and translucent layers, allowing colour to glow from within rather than merely rest upon the canvas. Rich passages of deep plum and burgundy embrace a radiant centre, while delicate textures and softened edges encourage the eye to wander, discovering new harmonies with every viewing.
Softly Unfolding is a meditation on transformation through gentleness. It speaks of the quiet blossoming of the heart, reminding us that life’s most profound changes rarely arrive with force, but with patience, grace, and light. The painting offers a contemplative space where strength and tenderness exist together, inviting the viewer into an experience of serenity, renewal, and quiet wonder.
It is 11″x14″ on canvas paper $135 unframed plus shipping
The Breath Between Worlds
Created through luminous layers of oil and cold wax, The Breath Between Worlds explores the delicate threshold where the visible and the unseen gently meet. Soft veils of pearl white, luminous aqua, lavender, blush pink, and warm apricot drift across the canvas, creating an atmosphere that feels weightless, serene, and quietly radiant.
Rather than depicting a physical landscape, the painting invites the viewer into a space of pure presence—a realm where colour becomes light and form dissolves into feeling. Layers have been carefully applied, softened, and partially revealed, allowing the surface to shimmer with subtle depth and quiet luminosity. Each translucent passage suggests a moment suspended between memory and possibility, where the boundaries between inner and outer experience begin to disappear.
The Breath Between Worlds is a meditation on transition, stillness, and the silent beauty that exists between one breath and the next. It offers a contemplative refuge where the soul is invited to rest, to listen, and to rediscover the quiet harmony that connects all things. With every viewing, new relationships of colour, light, and atmosphere emerge, making the painting an ever-changing companion for reflection and wonder. It is 14″x11″ on canvas paper $150 unframed plus shipping
The Crystalline Geometry of Grace
Created through successive translucent layers of oil and cold wax, The Crystalline Geometry of Grace explores the hidden order that lies beneath the visible world. Inspired by the quiet perfection of crystalline structures, the painting does not depict a mineral or landscape directly; instead, it evokes the subtle geometry through which light, matter, and consciousness appear to meet.
Soft veils of pearl white, icy blue, warm stone grey, and luminous cream unfold across the surface, while bold crystalline forms emerge and dissolve within the mist-like atmosphere. Built through repeated layering, scraping, and revealing, the textured surface allows light to penetrate the painting, creating a quiet luminosity that changes with shifting viewpoints and natural light.
The intersecting crystalline forms suggest an invisible architecture—one that speaks not of rigid symmetry but of grace, balance, and inner harmony. Rather than presenting a fixed image, the painting invites slow contemplation, encouraging the viewer to discover new relationships of light, texture, and space over time.
The Crystalline Geometry of Grace is a meditation on the sacred patterns that quietly shape existence, revealing beauty not through certainty, but through stillness, transparency, and the gentle unfolding of light. Inspired by crystals this little gem is 8″x8″ framed $95 plus shipping
The Energies of 2027
Original Oil and Cold Wax Painting by Jhadten Jewall
The Energies of 2027 is my intuitive perception of the subtle energetic qualities beginning to emerge as we move into 2027.
Rather than depicting a physical landscape, the painting expresses an inner landscape of frequency, movement and awakening. Luminous fields of pearl, pale rose, soft green and ethereal turquoise descend into deeper passages of blue and violet, suggesting a movement from the subtle realms of possibility toward embodiment and expression.
Across the centre, delicate gestures of rose and lavender seem to arise almost spontaneously from the surrounding veils. They are not intended as flowers in a literal sense, but as energies coming into form—new possibilities awakening within consciousness while still retaining something of their mystery.
The deeper blues and violets at the base give the painting its grounding. They suggest that the energies of 2027 are not simply about reaching upward or transcending the physical, but about allowing higher qualities of consciousness to become present, lived and embodied within the world.
What I perceive in 2027 is an energy that is both powerful and extraordinarily gentle: an invitation toward greater sensitivity, beauty, openness and inner coherence. There is less a sense of striving and more a sense of allowing—of something already present quietly revealing itself as we become receptive to it.
The painting therefore holds a feeling of emergence rather than arrival. Something new is becoming visible, but it has not yet completely taken form.
It is the threshold between what we have known
and what is quietly beginning to become.
Oil and cold wax on canvas.11″x16″ on canvas paper unframed $200
When Gold Dreams in the Dark
When Gold Dreams in the Dark explores the mysterious place where illumination first begins to emerge from shadow. Deep, contemplative passages create a sense of stillness and interior depth, while touches of gold seem to rise from within the darkness rather than simply resting upon its surface.
The painting speaks of light that has not yet fully revealed itself—the quiet radiance that remains present even in moments when we cannot see the way forward. Gold becomes more than colour; it suggests an inner luminosity, something precious and enduring waiting beneath the visible layers of experience.
There is both intimacy and expansiveness here: darkness is not portrayed as something to overcome, but as a fertile space in which transformation can take place. The luminous passages appear almost like memories of light, emerging, dissolving and appearing again.
When Gold Dreams in the Dark invites the viewer into that threshold—to become still enough to recognize that even within the deepest shadow, light is already dreaming itself into being. 9″x12″ on canvas paper $125 unframed
Whispers Beyond the Edge
Whispers Beyond the Edge inhabits the mysterious threshold between what is known and what is only beginning to reveal itself.
Deep indigo and violet gather along the edge of the composition, giving way to veils of luminous blue, pearl, lavender and quiet ivory. Darkness is not presented as something to overcome, but as a fertile presence from which light gradually emerges. The boundaries between the two soften and dissolve, suggesting that transformation often begins before we can clearly see where it is leading us.
There is a sense of listening within the painting—a subtle invitation to move beyond certainty and become receptive to the quieter currents of intuition. Its light does not announce itself dramatically. It appears gently, almost imperceptibly, like an inner knowing rising through layers of consciousness.
Whispers Beyond the Edge speaks to those moments when we find ourselves standing at the boundary of the familiar, sensing something greater just beyond our understanding. It is a meditation on trust, surrender, and the courage to follow what can initially be heard only as a whisper.
Original oil and cold wax painting by Jhadten Jewall on A4 canvas paper unframed $200
The Way That Finds Us
The Way That Finds Us explores the mysterious moment when direction begins to emerge before we understand where it is leading.
Deep passages of indigo and blue-black hold the edges of the painting while veils of pearl, soft gold, lavender and translucent blue move through its centre. The luminous forms seem neither fixed nor deliberate; they appear to gather, dissolve and re-form, suggesting a pathway that reveals itself only as we enter it.
There is both movement and stillness here. Darkness does not oppose the light—it gives the light somewhere to become visible. What initially appears uncertain gradually takes on the feeling of invitation, as though something just beyond conscious knowing is quietly drawing us forward.
The Way That Finds Us speaks to those periods in life when searching gives way to listening. We may believe we are trying to discover our path, only to realize that something deeper has been guiding us all along.
Perhaps the way is not always something we find.
Sometimes, the way finds us.
Original oil and cold wax painting by Jhadten Jewall 9″x12″ on canvas paper $125 unframed
Where Light Curves Through the Veil
Where Light Curves Through the Veil unfolds through translucent layers of warm ochre, muted rose, mineral aqua, ivory and deep blue. Light seems to move through the painting not in a straight path, but by curving around darker passages, disappearing beneath veils of colour and quietly re-emerging elsewhere.
Scraped surfaces, softened edges and traces of earlier layers give the work a distinctly wabi-sabi sensibility. Nothing is entirely revealed or concealed. Forms hover at the threshold of recognition and then dissolve again, inviting the eye to move slowly through the painting rather than settle upon a single image.
The deeper blues and earth tones create a sense of grounding, while the pale, luminous passages seem almost weightless. Between them lies the veil of the title—a shifting boundary between what can be seen and what can only be sensed.
The painting reflects the idea that light does not always overcome darkness by removing it. Sometimes it finds another way through.
Oil and cold wax on canvas
Original painting by Jhadten Jewall 12″x16″ on canvas paper $135 unframed
Twilight’s Embrace
Twilight’s Embrace explores the quiet threshold where light and darkness meet without opposing one another. Deep passages of violet, midnight blue and earthen umber gather around a luminous interior of pearl, muted blush and silvery blue, creating the sensation of light being gently held rather than simply revealed.
The painting’s layered, weathered surface allows colour to emerge and disappear through veils of texture. Scraped passages, softened edges and traces of underlying pigment give the work a wabi-sabi quality, suggesting that beauty can reside as much in what is obscured and imperfect as in what is clearly seen.
There is a sense of movement through the composition, yet no fixed destination. The pale interior seems to expand into the surrounding darkness while the darker colours simultaneously reach inward, creating an intimate meeting place between the two.
Twilight’s Embrace is ultimately a meditation on surrender and transition—the moment when light does not resist the approaching darkness, but allows itself to be held within it.
Oil and cold wax on canvas
Original painting by Jhadten Jewall on A4 canvas paper $125 unframed
The Rare Bloom That Speaks in Silence
The Rare Bloom That Speaks in Silence unfolds through sumptuous layers of violet, plum, burnished gold, earthen brown and luminous pearl. Colour seems to emerge from beneath colour, revealing glimpses of an inner world that is never completely disclosed.
Although the painting carries the energy of something flowering, there is no literal bloom. Instead, violet and golden passages appear, disappear and re-emerge through darker fields, suggesting an unfolding that takes place quietly from within. Scraped surfaces, broken edges and traces of earlier layers give the work its wabi-sabi character—a beauty made richer by imperfection, history and what has been partially concealed.
The darker passages provide a deep, protective ground, while flashes of gold and radiant violet bring an unexpected sense of vitality. Pale areas of pearl and silvery lavender offer moments of stillness between them, allowing the painting to breathe.
The title speaks to a kind of beauty that does not need to announce itself. The rare bloom is that which has become fully itself without asking to be seen. Its presence is its language. Its silence is enough.
The Rare Bloom That Speaks in Silence is ultimately a meditation on the quiet flowering of the soul—the moment when something long held within finally emerges, not with noise or effort, but simply because its time has come to bloom.
Oil and cold wax on canvas
Original painting by Jhadten Jewall 8″x10″ on canvas board $125 unframed