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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
Veil of the Dreamlands
Veil of the Dreamlands unfolds from a deep passage of midnight blue and violet into an expansive field of pearl, lavender, blush, pale aqua and muted cream. The darker colours gather along the upper edge like the threshold of another realm, while beneath them, colour gradually loses its boundaries and dissolves into luminous stillness.
There is no single source of light. Instead, luminosity seems to exist within the veils themselves, appearing softly through overlapping layers of colour. Subtle traces of blue, pink and gold emerge and disappear across the quiet surface, creating a sense of something glimpsed but never completely revealed.
The restrained palette and weathered textures give the painting a gentle wabi-sabi quality. Areas of greater movement are balanced by large passages of openness, allowing the eye—and perhaps the mind—to become still.
The title refers to that mysterious threshold between waking and dreaming, when familiar forms begin to dissolve and another kind of perception becomes possible. Nothing has fully taken form, yet something is already present.
Veil of the Dreamlands is a meditation on this delicate space—the moment when we release our need to understand and allow ourselves simply to enter the mystery.
Oil and cold wax on canvas
Original painting by Jhadten Jewall 12″x16″ $165 unframed
When the Silence Answered
When the Silence Answered explores the threshold between movement and stillness, between what can be seen and what can only be felt. Layers of deep indigo and violet rise into luminous turquoise, soft aqua, lavender, pearl and warm earth tones, creating a landscape that seems to hover between the physical and the imagined.
The darker depths give the painting a sense of memory and mystery, while translucent passages of colour gradually open toward a quiet, almost weightless centre. Rather than arriving as a dramatic revelation, light emerges gently—as though something long held in silence has finally found a way to respond.
Painted in oil and cold wax, the work uses veils, broken edges and textured passages to allow forms to appear and dissolve. Suggestions of water, horizon and distant land remain deliberately unresolved, inviting the viewer to move beyond literal landscape into an interior space of contemplation.
When the Silence Answered is ultimately a painting about listening: the moment when striving subsides, the inner world becomes quiet, and what has always been present can finally be heard.
Original Oil and Cold Wax painting by Jhadten Jewall 9″x12″ on canvas paper unframed $125
Where the Heavens Kiss the Earth
Where the Heavens Kiss the Earth evokes a luminous threshold between the earthly and the unseen—a place where boundaries soften and two worlds seem briefly to meet.
Deep indigo and midnight blue anchor the painting in the physical world, while layers of pearl, pale blue, lavender and warm gold expand upward into an atmosphere filled with light. At the horizon, earth and sky almost dissolve into one another, creating a radiant passage that feels less like a destination than a moment of recognition.
Painted in oil and cold wax, the work moves between texture and translucency, allowing traces of previous layers to remain visible beneath the surface. Darker passages provide weight and stillness, while the delicate golds and luminous whites suggest an energy emerging from beyond what can be seen.
Although reminiscent of water, distant land and an immense sky, the painting is not intended as a literal landscape. It is an inner landscape—a meditation on those rare moments when the ordinary world suddenly becomes transparent to something greater.
Where the Heavens Kiss the Earth speaks of connection: between matter and spirit, darkness and illumination, the human and the divine. It invites us to consider that heaven may not be somewhere beyond the world at all, but something that reveals itself when we become still enough to recognize the sacred within what is already here.
Oil and Cold Wax painting by Jhadten Jewall 8″x10″ on canvas paper unframed $110
The Color of Remembering
The Color of Remembering unfolds like a landscape recalled by the soul rather than seen by the eyes. Luminous passages of aqua, turquoise and jade move through fields of warm cream and muted gold, while delicate traces of lavender and rose emerge like fragments of something once known and almost forgotten.
Layers are revealed, obscured and revealed again. Fine golden lines travel across the surface like threads of memory, connecting areas of quiet transparency with deeper passages of teal and shadow. The painting seems to exist somewhere between solidity and dissolution—as though form itself is remembering how to become light.
There is a tenderness within its complexity. The softer colours offer spaciousness and repose, while the darker depths suggest that remembering is not simply a return to the past, but a descent into those hidden places where experience has been absorbed and transformed.
The Color of Remembering speaks of a recognition that comes without words: the sudden feeling that something is familiar even though we cannot say why. Perhaps what we remember most deeply is not an event or a place, but a quality of being—a beauty, a stillness, a sense of belonging that has always lived quietly within us.
Original oil and cold wax painting by Jhadten Jewall 8″x10″ on canvas board $150 unframed
Whispers of Distant Light
Whispers of Distant Light emerges from the meeting of shadow and illumination. Deep passages of midnight blue gather along the lower reaches of the painting, while an expansive field of soft ivory, misted blue and luminous white seems to open above them. Touches of muted gold appear at the edges, like fragments of warmth remembered from somewhere beyond the visible.
Woven into the surface is pearlescent pigment, giving the lighter passages a subtle, shifting luminosity. As the painting is viewed from different angles and under changing light, these areas gently catch and release the light, creating an ethereal quality that cannot be fully captured in a photograph.
There is a sense of movement here, but also profound stillness—as though darkness is not being conquered by light, but quietly opening to receive it. The small passages of warmth within the deeper blues suggest something distant yet approaching: a presence sensed before it can be clearly seen.
Whispers of Distant Light speaks of those moments when we cannot yet see the way ahead, but something within us recognizes that light is already there. Not demanding our attention, not announcing itself—simply whispering across the distance, reminding us to continue.
Original oil and cold wax painting with pearlescent pigment by Jhadten Jewall 9″x12″ on canvas paper $125 unframed
What Remains
What Remains was inspired by hydrangeas, but rather than portraying the flowers themselves, the painting holds something of their memory—the softness of their clustered forms, their fading colour, and the quiet beauty that remains as a bloom begins to disappear.
Passages of dusty rose, hydrangea pink and muted violet emerge from fields of creamy white and pale blush, while deep blue and near-black provide moments of unexpected depth. The flowers seem to hover between presence and absence, sometimes gathering into recognizable suggestions of petals, then dissolving again into colour, texture and light.
There is a sense of impermanence throughout the painting. Layers have been built, disturbed, partially covered and allowed to reappear, as though the surface itself were remembering what had once been there. The hydrangeas become less a subject than a meditation on what remains after beauty has changed its form.
And perhaps that is what remains in us as well—not the precise shape of an experience, a place, or even a moment we once loved, but its essence. A trace of colour. A feeling. Something tender that has entered us so completely that it no longer needs its original form to survive.
What Remains is about that quiet residue of beauty—the part that does not disappear.
Original oil and cold wax painting by Jhadten Jewall 8″x10″ on canvas board $125 unframed
The Blue Between Thoughts
The Blue Between Thoughts inhabits that quiet interval where one thought has fallen away and the next has not yet arrived—a spacious place of stillness, openness, and possibility.
Soft fields of ivory, pearl white, and the palest blue create an atmosphere that feels almost weightless. Against this luminous expanse, deeper passages of blue emerge and recede: sometimes transparent and delicate, sometimes gathering into rich pools of indigo and turquoise. The marks never fully define themselves. They appear briefly, then seem to dissolve back into silence.
The textured surface gives the painting a sense of history, as though layers of experience have been gently covered but never entirely erased. Scraped passages, softened edges, and glimpses of what lies beneath invite the eye to wander without needing to arrive anywhere.
There is no single place where the painting asks us to remain. Instead, it creates room to breathe.
The Blue Between Thoughts is a meditation on the spaciousness that exists beneath the movement of the mind—the fleeting moment when we stop reaching for the next thought and discover that something quieter has been present all along.
Original oil and cold wax painting by Jhadten Jewall 12″x16″ on canvas paper $175 unframed
Where Silence Remembers
Where Silence Remembers evokes a place suspended between landscape and memory—a quiet inner terrain where nothing is entirely defined, yet something feels deeply familiar.
Soft pearl, misted grey and luminous ivory hover above passages of turquoise, muted aqua, weathered blue-green and quiet earth tones. Across the surface, layers appear and disappear: scraped marks, fragments of colour and partially concealed textures suggesting traces of something once known but no longer needing to be named.
There is an almost distant horizon, but the painting resists becoming a literal landscape. Instead, it seems to exist somewhere between the outer world and an interior one. The eye is drawn into the pale, fragmented centre, where forms dissolve into one another as though memory itself were being slowly released from the surface.
The silence here is not empty. It carries something.
Perhaps there are experiences that remain within us long after their stories have faded—places, encounters and moments whose details we can no longer recall, yet whose essence has become part of who we are.
Where Silence Remembers speaks to that deeper kind of remembering: not the memory of the mind, but the quiet recognition of the soul.
Original oil and cold wax painting by Jhadten Jewall 9″x12″ on canvas paper $125 unframed
Where the Infinite Softens
Where the Infinite Softens unfolds through delicate layers of pale aqua, muted turquoise, soft teal, mineral blue and weathered ivory. Across this quiet field, deeper passages of green and blue emerge at the edges, while subtle traces of rose, ochre and earth appear almost unexpectedly—as though remnants of another history were still present beneath the surface.
The painting is held together not by a single source of light or a dominant form, but by a gentle movement between openness and density. Scraped passages, broken edges and partially concealed layers give the surface its wabi-sabi character. Some areas seem to recede into silence while others briefly come forward, only to dissolve again.
Small interruptions of stronger colour provide moments of intimacy within the larger stillness. The deep turquoise and blue passages offer depth and gravity, while the unexpected rose near the centre brings a quiet tenderness to the composition. Nothing becomes entirely defined. Each colour seems to surrender its boundary to the next.
The title, Where the Infinite Softens, speaks to that place where vastness no longer feels distant or immeasurable, but becomes gentle enough to be felt—where separation begins to dissolve and what seemed boundless becomes strangely intimate.
Perhaps the infinite does not always reveal itself through grandeur.
Perhaps sometimes it simply becomes quiet enough for us to enter.
Oil and cold wax on plywood board
Original painting by Jhadten Jewall 14″x18″ $250 unframed
What the Waters Remember
What the Waters Remember moves through layered passages of deep teal, mineral green, translucent aqua, weathered blue and quiet earth tones. Beneath the darker surface, lighter colours seem to rise and recede, creating the sensation of looking not simply at water, but into it—toward something held beneath what can immediately be seen.
The painting carries the weathered beauty of wabi-sabi. Scraped surfaces, broken edges and partially revealed layers suggest that what has passed is never entirely lost. Traces remain. Colour settles into colour. What appears to have disappeared continues quietly beneath the surface.
There is no single source of light and no fixed destination for the eye. Instead, pale aqua and turquoise passages emerge gently from deeper greens and blues, while touches of ochre and earth provide a sense of age and grounding. The painting seems simultaneously fluid and ancient—as though water and stone have been in conversation for a very long time.
The title, What the Waters Remember, speaks to the mystery of places that seem to hold something of all that has passed through them: movement, touch, prayer, silence, perhaps even memory itself.
We may never know what the waters remember.
But sometimes, in their presence, we remember something too.
Oil and cold wax on canvas
Original painting by Jhadten Jewall 8″x10″ on canvas board $125 unframed
Between Heaven and Earth
Between Heaven and Earth inhabits the quiet threshold where the tangible begins to dissolve into the unseen. Layers of weathered earth tones—umber, ochre, muted rust and stone—meet luminous passages of ivory, misted blue and softened white, creating a sense of vastness held within an intimate surface.
A dark, broken gesture moves through the composition like a remembered boundary, separating and at the same time joining two realms. Around it, colour appears, disappears and resurfaces through translucent veils and traces of what came before. Nothing is fully defined. Forms hover at the edge of recognition and then recede again.
The painting speaks of that mysterious place between grounding and expansion, matter and spirit, the human and the infinite. Its beauty lies not in resolution but in the space between—the place where opposites no longer need to be reconciled because they are experienced as parts of a single whole.
Between Heaven and Earth invites us to rest for a moment at that threshold and discover that perhaps heaven and earth were never truly separate. Original Oil and Cold Wax painting by Jhadten Jewall 8″x10″ on canvas board $125 unframed
The Beauty of Letting Go
The Beauty of Letting Go explores the quiet transformation that occurs when we stop holding on to what has already completed its purpose.
Deep crimson, coral and softened rose rise through passages of ivory, charcoal and muted earth, their edges dissolving as though something once solid is gradually surrendering its form. Layers are revealed and concealed; marks emerge, disappear and leave traces behind. Nothing is entirely lost. What has been released becomes part of what remains.
There is both strength and tenderness in this movement. The painting does not portray letting go as an act of loss, but as an opening—a willingness to loosen our grasp and allow life to reorganize itself in ways we cannot yet see.
Beneath the intensity of colour lies an unexpected spaciousness. The darker passages provide grounding, while luminous areas seem to breathe through the surface, suggesting that surrender does not leave us empty. It creates room.
The Beauty of Letting Go invites us to consider that perhaps release itself can be an act of love—and that sometimes the moment we stop trying to preserve what was, we become available to the beauty of what is waiting to emerge.
Original Oil and Cold Wax painting by Jhadten Jewall 11″x14″ on canvas board $150 unframed
When Earth Dreams in Gold
When Earth Dreams in Gold evokes a landscape remembered rather than seen—a place where earth, water and light dissolve into one another and the familiar world begins to dream.
Soft passages of ivory, pearl and warm cream create an expansive stillness at the heart of the painting. Around them, fragments of turquoise, jade, coral, ochre and deep mineral tones gather and recede, suggesting traces of something ancient rising through the surface. Golden warmth appears almost unexpectedly, illuminating the composition from within rather than resting upon it.
There is a sense of the earth breathing beneath these layers. Some passages feel weathered and elemental; others are translucent and delicate, as though light has entered matter and begun to transform it. Marks are allowed to remain incomplete, inviting the imagination to enter the spaces between them.
The painting speaks of the beauty concealed within the ordinary—the possibility that beneath everything solid and familiar lies another world, luminous and alive, waiting to be perceived.
When Earth Dreams in Gold invites us into that quieter way of seeing: a place where matter becomes mystery, stillness becomes presence, and even the earth remembers how to dream.
Original Oil and Cold wax painting by Jhadten Jewall 8″x10″ on canvas board $125 unframed.
Quiet Presence
Quiet Presence inhabits that subtle place where stillness becomes something we can almost touch.
Veils of pearl white, misted blue and quiet grey seem to emerge and recede across the surface, while traces of earth, rust and muted warmth remain at the edges like memories of something once more clearly defined. Nothing is entirely revealed. Nothing needs to be.
There is a sense of a horizon, yet it refuses to become a landscape. Instead, the painting hovers between earth and atmosphere, form and dissolution, inviting the eye to rest rather than search for meaning.
The more quietly we meet the painting, the more it seems to offer. Beneath its apparent simplicity are layers of texture, interruption and translucency—the imperfect traces of what has been added, obscured and allowed to remain. These become part of its wabi-sabi character, where beauty arises not from perfection but from presence.
At its heart, Quiet Presence is about the gentle power of simply being. It asks nothing of us. It does not need to announce itself. Like the deeper presence within us, it is already here, waiting beneath the movement of thought.
Perhaps stillness is not something we have to create.
Perhaps it is what remains when we stop disturbing it.
Original oil and cold Wax painting by Jhadten Jewall 11″x14″ on canvas board $200 unframed
Where the Depths Become Light
Oil and cold wax
Where the Depths Become Light moves through layers of turquoise, cerulean, deep blue and translucent aqua, gradually opening into passages of pearl, pale green and quiet gold. The surface carries the traces of its making—veiled, scraped and revealed again—as though something hidden beneath the visible world were slowly coming into consciousness.
The darker passages do not feel separate from the light. They seem to give birth to it. Depth becomes luminosity; density becomes transparency; what was concealed begins gently to reveal itself.
The painting speaks to those periods in life when we are drawn beneath the familiar surface of things—not to escape into darkness, but to discover what can only be found there. There is movement throughout the work, yet no fixed destination: only the sense that life is continually dissolving, reforming and carrying us toward a greater spaciousness.
Original oil and cold wax painting by Jhadten Jewall 11″x14″ on canvas board $200 unframed