Into the Hands of Peace – #5 in the Peace Collection

This new painting — #5 in my ongoing Peace Collection — continues a body of work that has been quietly unfolding in response to what is happening in our world.

Not from alarm or agitation, but from a clear inner sense of direction.

At times, creating this collection has felt less like initiating something new and more like answering a call — a conscious choice to focus on peace and to contribute to that energy through beauty, prayer, and intention.

The title, Into the Hands of Peace, was inspired by the affirmation used during Shavasana, the deep relaxation pose between yoga and meditation in my regular practice of Ananda Yoga:

“Bones, muscles, movement I surrender now; anxiety, elation and depression, churning thoughts — all these I give into the hands of peace.”

What has always drawn me to the Ananda style of yoga is that every posture is paired with an affirmation. The physical movement becomes a doorway into awareness. Rather than exercising the body alone, the practice gently invites the mind and heart to move in the same direction.

Over time, this integration creates a quiet inner re-patterning — a way of meeting life with greater steadiness, trust, and openness.

Artistically, this painting also marks a return.

Unlike the first four works in the Peace Collection, this painting reintroduces the arched stained-glass window structure that shaped my Reconnection Collection in 2018/19.

The window has always felt symbolic to me: a threshold between inner and outer worlds, between the human effort to lift and the grace that receives.

In this painting, the narrow vertical frame naturally draws the eye upward. The central figure lifts the Earth — and with it, the weight of human worry and uncertainty — in a gesture of offering. The angelic presence above forms a protective halo, suggesting shared guardianship and the quiet act of entrusting what feels too heavy to carry alone.

It is almost as if the woman is saying: “Here — you take care of the world now. I place its troubles into higher hands.”

In times of collective uncertainty, it can be tempting to believe that our only meaningful responses are external or reactive.

Yet spiritual traditions across cultures remind us that peace is not passive.
Peace is participation.

To cultivate inner stillness.
To pray.
To release fear rather than feed it.
To hold a vision of harmony even when it is not yet visible.

Because where attention goes, energy flows.

This painting is yet another offering into that shared field.

If you are feeling burdened by the weight of fear or anxiety — about what is happening in the world or in your own life — take a quiet moment to surrender it to the Divine.
You don’t have to carry the weight alone.

May this image be a reminder that surrender is not weakness.
It is a conscious placing of our lives, our worries, and even our world into wiser hands.

And that choosing peace — again and again — may be one of the most beautiful contributions we can make.

Prints of  Into the Hands of Peace are available here, in your choice of size and medium.
There are 4 other original works from the Peace Collection in my online shop here. Each was created as a contemplative spaces — quiet invitations to return, again and again, to stillness, trust, and inner alignment.

Also, a reminder that the remaining 8 pieces from my Universal Law Mandala collection are now available, with the intention of placing them before I return to Newfoundland in mid-May.

They are currently offered at $2,500 CAD ($1,000 off), with payment plans available. You can explore all 8  by clicking here.

Or step into the energy of two of the pieces in these short videos on YouTube:

• Law of Divine Oneness
• the Law of Correspondence

Living with art that carries intention can become a daily reminder of the energy we choose to cultivate within ourselves and in the world around us.

Thank you for supporting visionary art and the spreading of love, peace & transformation through energy-infused beauty.