Christyn M Hall, Leucentine, The Halcyon Birds

Mixed-media painting on canvas, 8 x 8". Christyn M. Hall begins with multiple digitally painted collages printed to canvas, then builds the surface through successive layers of acrylic paint, graphite, and rose gold to create depth and texture. A recurrent motif is the rose with pearl, drawn from the Tibetan mantra Om mani padme hum—“Oh my living God inside of me, you are the jewel that dwells at the center of the lotus of my heart!”—while the birds appear as reminders of freedom. The Halcyon Birds embodies the felt experience of encountering Spirit: silence, inner light, and the heart’s own truths. Christyn: “May your heart realize its own truths in front of these paintings! May you feel the hope and the peace that is already yours.”