In March of this year, during a period of deep personal crisis and recovery from a mental health breakdown, I found myself unable to return to the vibrant, Pop Art-inspired women with red hair who had long inhabited my canvases. Their bold energy no longer reflected the silence I was seeking within.
Instead, I turned inward — and outward — toward the natural world, toward meditation, and toward quiet spiritual figures that seemed to emerge from the landscapes of my imagination. Working with oil pastels, I allowed softness, spontaneity, and simplicity to guide me.
“Sacred Light in Pastel” is the result of that turning point. These works are not only about the divine in nature, but about the journey back to peace — about listening to the stillness, finding beauty in slowness, and reconnecting with the soul.
Each piece is an invitation to pause, breathe, and feel the sacred light that lives both within and around us.
“Tempest at Dusk”
“Echoes of the Earth by Laura Bernardeschi Nelson”
“Whispers Beneath the Golden Sky by Laura Bernardeschi Nelson”
