A few days ago I thought I would have it in me to create a mandala. While looking for paper and supplies I found a black and white copy of a design I had previously colored. I decided coloring was a better place to start. Berry Cheesecake Bliss is actually Mandala 06-30-14 recolored. It was so easy and natural to pick up where I left off over two months ago. I can't say I'm crazy about it, but it's a baby step back into my former life of mandalas, mandalas, mandalas everyday, all day non-stop. Color is coming into my world again. Jerry would want me to keep making mandalas. He loved all of them. Always encouraged me to color them all...even though I didn't like half of them. He always encouraged me to to be at peace with my art, because he thought it was beautiful. This one's for you Jerry Berry! Love you always. xox
Jody Cooke © 2014 All Rights Reserved It's been two months and six days since my husband passed. After hearing the news, my world went dark, there was no color, no design for days on end as I picked up the pieces of a broken heart, a broken life and dreams that will never come true.
A few days ago I thought I would have it in me to create a mandala. While looking for paper and supplies I found a black and white copy of a design I had previously colored. I decided coloring was a better place to start. Berry Cheesecake Bliss is actually Mandala 06-30-14 recolored. It was so easy and natural to pick up where I left off over two months ago. I can't say I'm crazy about it, but it's a baby step back into my former life of mandalas, mandalas, mandalas everyday, all day non-stop. Color is coming into my world again. Jerry would want me to keep making mandalas. He loved all of them. Always encouraged me to color them all...even though I didn't like half of them. He always encouraged me to to be at peace with my art, because he thought it was beautiful. This one's for you Jerry Berry! Love you always. xox
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AuthorHello, and welcome to my website. My name is Jody Cooke and I am a designer living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. I have been an artist in some form or another for over thirty years. My new passion is mandalas! Since I learned about them in January 2013, I have created over 1,500 (black and white) of these circular patterns and over 160 full color. Some are very small and sketchy, most are 8 inches in diameter, currently I am creating on 24" x 18" paper (transitioning into a Lotus Mandala series as of summer 2017) and one is a 24 inch square acrylic mandala painting on canvas. Definitely not my preferred medium..but I gave it a try! CategoriesArchive
August 2017
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