Pulse of the Paradox: Mindfulness Art Prints
Mindfulness through art
Prints from charcoal, ink and oil, made for a quieter room.
The Crystalline Paradox · 30 × 30 cm print · See it on Etsy →
Living inside a paradox
To be human is to live inside a paradox. We are boundless awareness, held in a physical body that ages. We crave stillness in a universe that never stops moving.
Our instinct is to fight the contradiction: out-think it, control it or numb it. Zen points the other way. Freedom isn't found by escaping the pressure, but by meeting it fully.
Finding the Pulse
The pulse is your felt, physical reality: the heartbeat, the breath, the raw sensation of the inner body. When the thinking mind is overwhelmed, the pulse brings you back to the present. It's the doorway to the Being Layer, the quiet presence beneath anxious thought.
A quiet anchor for your room
Your space can reflect your character and your philosophy, not the noise of modern life. These prints are a daily reminder to drop the mental chatter, take a breath and be here. They set the tone for the whole room, and give guests a natural way into a meaningful conversation.
To see the original paintings for sale, visit Original Oils
Paradox of the Edge: framed charcoal mindfulness prints
"Close your eyes and try to find the boundary of your skin. You will not find a hard line, only a fading field of sensation."
Soft charcoal figures, each crossed by strips of masking tape: the body without edges, and the thinking mind trying to draw them back in. Choose a set of three for the room you have in mind, or a single print.
Presence: set of three
For a meditation room or yoga studio · £145
Sitting, standing, folding down: the body waking up. Three A4 framed prints made to hang in a row. Saves £29 on three singles.
Rest: set of three
For a bedroom, above the bed · £145
Lying, sitting, folding down: the body slowly letting go. Three A4 framed prints made to hang in a row. Saves £29 on three singles.
The Surrender of Boundaries
A4 print · framed · £58
A figure resting in bed, letting its edges blur.
The Formless Anchor
A4 print · framed · £58
A seated figure, still and inward, finding steadiness without shape.
The Veil of Perception
A4 print · framed · £58
A standing figure seen as if through a veil, the way we see everything.
The Weight of Form
A4 print · framed · £58
A figure folded forward, giving its weight to the earth.
Want all four? The complete set of four, £185: four framed prints as one gallery wall, saving £47 on four singles.
Mindful Christmas cards
Gentle Zen humour for the people who would rather have your presence than another present. £4.50 each.
My Presence Is Your Present
Christmas card · £4.50
Carbon-neutral. Zero sellotape. No receipt needed.
We Are All One
Christmas card · £4.50
I was going to buy you a present. Then I remembered we are all one. So I bought myself a jumper.
Merry Metta
Christmas card · £4.50
This year, my gift to you is pure loving-kindness.
Featured mindfulness art prints
You don't need a gallery budget to own mindfulness art prints with real depth. Every piece begins by hand, in heavy charcoal, washed ink or layered oil, drawn with the fine-line precision of a tattoo artist. Charcoal and ink pieces keep their smudges and the mark of the hand. Oil paintings are redrawn in line and ink for print, because a flat print can't carry thick paint.
Fire Inside Water
Square print · 30 × 30 cm · framed or unframed
For anyone who likes their wall art quiet on the surface and deep underneath. A glass jug of dark water, glowing from within.
Integrity of the Now
Square print · 30 × 30 cm · framed or unframed
The universe is fluid and not quite logical, yet the mind keeps trying to square it up. Integrity comes from the Latin integer: whole and undivided. A reminder for the overthinker to stop sorting the moment and rest in it.
Rest in Motion
Square print · 30 × 30 cm · framed or unframed
Even on the sofa, you're moving round the Sun at 107,000 km an hour. We spend our lives trying to hold a moving world still. This piece is a reminder that real rest isn't out there. It's found by turning inward.
Ink etchings: more mindfulness art prints
Several of these began as oil paintings in the gallery: the same ideas, distilled into ink. A4 and 30 × 30 cm, framed or unframed.
Nonduality
A4 print · framed or unframed
For anyone who has sat quietly and wondered who is doing the watching. A woman seated before a tall mirror, with a single Enso circle drawn through her and her reflection.
Hands Holding the Void
A4 print · framed or unframed
For anyone who needs rest from a noisy mind. Two hands reach into empty space, trying to hold the very thing that is holding us.
The Self as a Mirror and as a Sunflower
A4 print · framed or unframed
For anyone worn out by a fast, fragmented world. A figure posing as a mirror, crowned with sunflower petals: a universal self-portrait.
The Cosmic Child
A4 print · framed or unframed
For the curious mind that looks at the night sky and wonders where we all come from. A newborn arriving in space, eyes closed, still tied by its cord.
Colossus of the Ego
A4 print · framed or unframed
For the overthinker who lives mostly in their head. A massive dark figure whose head is a small blue disc of thought: the busy mind sitting on top of the body like a tiny control room, convinced it is in charge.
Love and Let Go
Square mixed-media print · 30 × 30 cm · framed or unframed
For anyone whose heart has broken more than once, and is still beating. An anatomical heart in crimson, brown and gold, beside a line from the poet Wang Wei.
From the book: Inner Body: A Somatic Sketchbook
54-page square book · 210 × 210 mm · £15.99
The Paradox of the Edge drawings come from this sketchbook: 24 charcoal drawings and five short somatic pauses to bring you back into the body.
Non-duality cards: Zen with a wink
For people who take the path seriously, and themselves a little less. £4.50 each, with free UK delivery.
Another Year Older
A birthday card for a formless, eternal consciousness.
I Love You
Which is convenient, since we are technically the same awareness.
I Cannot Express My Gratitude
Because language is a dualistic construct. Also, thanks.
Chop Wood, Carry Water
Realise there is no one chopping.
Three choices
You can leave your walls bare. You can hang a factory-made print with nothing behind it. Or you can choose a piece made by hand, with a story worth telling. If you want a flawless, glossy, machine-made image, this collection isn't for you. If you want depth, texture and a little philosophy, you're in the right place.
