Oil & Cold Wax Portrait

She Found Freedom

You might think life begins with birth and ends with death, yet there is so much more. The past is not dead and gone. It lives in our DNA like seeds germinating and sprouting in their own perfect season.

This is a portrait of Minnie May, my great-grandmother. Like most Americans, she didn’t know her own history. She didn’t know she came from a long line of freedom fighters and seekers. As Huguenots and early followers of Martin Luther, they fled France, settled in England and later in the American colonies. The believed as did revolutionary, Thomas Paine: “You have it within your power to begin the world over again.”

Minnie May was a follower of Mary Baker Eddy, a free thinker if there ever was one. Eddy believed that thoughts created matter and right thinking brings about the healing of mind, body and spirit.

Minnie May had freedom in her bones. She must have felt it! She carried the DNA of centuries of freedom seekers. Now, their DNA lives in me. I have been imprinted for freedom by the medieval Chevalier, the knights, lords and ladies, pastors and pioneers.

I speak their names out loud—William Morin de Landon, Lord William Landon, Deacon Langton, Thomas Kilbourn who landed in Plymouth in 1635…

I carry them further than they could have imagined into a new world where the only limit is our own mind.

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 ©Claudia Rose, Ph.D.

The Client Painting

The Client's Reflection

When I speak with a client, I share how I see them, not how they see themselves in the mirror. This is what I say:

I see you as a newborn sliding into your father’s arms. I see you on your deathbed with one tear of gratitude sliding down your cheek. I see you as spirit, a brilliant light joining the Light of God like a drop of water returning to the sea.

Whole. Perfect. Complete.

When you speak of challenges, lack or longing, I hear your words as a refrain fading into the distance. I hold the vision of your perfection. All I see is love. All I feel is love, for love is all you are in every moment of your existence, in every stage of your life.

You are light.

You are love.

You are a complete and perfect expression of Source.

Here. Now. Always.

This is what my clients get when they speak with me—a mirror reflecting their brilliance so they may see themselves in the garden of God’s love.

#istandforlove

mixed media on 24" x 18" gallery wrapped canvas; acrylic, India ink, original linocut monoprints

©Claudia Rose, Ph.D.

Human Landscape Sketch

Human Landscape

I love the human face, a landscape revealing thoughts, beliefs, and intention. The planes of the face connect, lift and fall according to thoughts held steady. A child’s face is like a landscape after a flood or heavy rain—all fresh and smooth with paths washed clean, all ready for discovery.

The face of a beauty is like a mirror reflecting the desires and wishes of the viewer. The planes, dips, and curves made harmonious with light, makeup and practice.

The greatest beauty is a landscape of contrasting, defined planes and textures showing the love of adventure, travel and paths well-worn.

The face, which I love, is a landscape revealing life’s imprint. This is the most beautiful of all.

#innerbeauty

©Claudia Rose, Ph.D.

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Whisper in the Garden Painting

A Whisper in the Garden

Oh, let us speak of love, for that is the very heart of you. To serve the world is to be the world’s lover. It is to see the light of Christ, the divine in every face.

You know the feelings your have for your mate, children, friends and pets? You can feel that way about every being on the planet.

I call you to be lover of the world, to be patient when it would be easier to rush ahead, to be kind when it would be easier to judge, to give of yourself with no regard for outcome. When you love me, you love the world. As I am the heart-center of every being, you can love everyone as you love me.

Love is your path. Love is your redemption. I will be with you always, here, in this garden of our love.

Mixed media painting on 24” x 24” gallery-wrapped canvas; acrylic, original linocut monoprints, India ink & pastel.

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