Sacred Gift – honouring the sensitive soul
There is a quiet sanctuary within this piece—a sacred grove held inside a stained-glass window of light and presence.
At its heart, an angel gently embraces a deer.
The deer represents a nature I know intimately—highly sensitive, deeply attuned, gentle, open. A way of being that feels everything and reads the subtle. Not fragile, but responsive. Not weak, but quietly strong.
This painting was created to honour that nature… and to remember it—
to remember how it is cared for.
In stillness. In solitude. In moments of deep listening.
In the quiet practices that restore and reconnect us.
The angel surrounding the deer becomes a presence of protection and love. A reminder that this sensitivity is not something to guard against, but something to be supported and respected.
The Sun of Source and Inner Light
Above them, the sun anchors the piece.
Calm and radiant, it reflects Source—a greater presence within which all things exist. Within that sun rests a ginkgo leaf, and within the leaf… another sun rises.
The larger sun speaks to Source.
The smaller sun reflects that same light within us.
We live within it… and it lives within us. We are not separate from it.
Ginko – A Living Memory of Time
Ginkgo has followed me this past year.
Since moving to Ottawa, I’ve noticed them on my walks with Papa—each time, something in me lights up. When I got my own apartment, I discovered a row of young ginkgos right below my window. That’s when I knew I would paint its energy one day.
I first fell in love with them when I lived in South Korea, where they are often planted at temple sites—symbols of peace, endurance, and sacred continuity.
Ginkgo is often called a “living fossil.” It has existed for over 200 million years, unchanged in form—dating all the way back to the time of the dinosaurs.
It endures.
And there is a quieter, deeply human story held within it as well.
After the Hiroshima atomic bombing, when so much life around was destroyed, several ginkgo trees survived and were among the first to begin growing again the following spring. In the midst of devastation, they returned—patient, rooted, alive. Some of those trees are still living today.
A reflection of resilience that does not force itself, but simply continues.
Each leaf holds a gentle duality—two lobes, one form.
A reminder that what appears separate is already whole.
The Living Border of the World
All around, the border is alive with movement—rich, detailed, full. It echoes the busyness of the world, the layers of stimulation, the constant motion that can overwhelm a sensitive system.
And yet, within it, there is rhythm. There is pattern. There is beauty.
This is part of the invitation: not to escape the world, but to find peace within it.
To remain soft within intensity.
To stay connected within movement.
To remember the quiet centre, even as everything else swirls.
Energy Made Visible
Throughout the piece, thousands of hand-placed dots move as energy—radiating, connecting, softening the boundaries between all elements.
They become a living current through the work—subtle, continuous, alive.
A Gentle Remembering
A gentle reminder—
that this way of being is not a flaw, but a sacred gift.
To my fellow highly sensitive brothers and sisters, your sensitivity is not something to overcome, but something to honour, protect, and trust.
May this painting be a place you can return to when you forget.
A quiet remembering. A soft place to land.
A visual prayer for those who feel everything.
And may you feel held here—just as the deer is held—within something vast, loving, enduring, and always present.
To Bring this Painting Home
This original painting measures 15″ x 30″ and is available for $1727 CAD. Payment plans available.
If you feel drawn to it, I invite you to explore more images in the shop. If this one feels like yours, it is waiting there quietly. Reach out if you have any questions.
