Sicily - 24" x 24" Acrylic on Canvas - 2025

Sicily is an island where sunlight feels eternal—spilling across golden wheat fields, warming centuries-old piazzas, and dancing on the turquoise waters of the Mediterranean. In summer, the air carries the scent of citrus groves and wild herbs, mingling with the salt of the sea. This mandala captures that warmth in layers of soft gold and honeyed yellow, each petal glowing like sunlit stone streets in Palermo or the golden domes of Catania at dusk. Blush peach tones and gentle lavenders weave through the design like the blooms of bougainvillea spilling from balconies, or the evening sky melting into twilight. The fine dotted details sparkle like light glinting off hand-painted Sicilian ceramics, while the ornate floral motifs echo the elaborate patterns of the island’s Moorish and Baroque heritage. Every curve and flourish tells of a place shaped by many cultures yet undeniably its own—complex, resilient, and beautiful in its contrasts. Sicily lingers in the heart much like the island itself: a meeting place of land and sea, sun and shadow, history and the present. It invites the viewer to step into its warmth, to feel the rhythm of waves against the shore, and to carry a piece of that golden light long after the moment has passed.