My artistic style flows directly from my writing. When I write, images rise naturally to illustrate my stories. The text below is the inspiration behind this piece.
 
 One of my favorite trees is the rainbow eucalyptus because of its healing qualities and its immense multicolored beauty. As the tree grows, its outer bark delicately peels to reveal the inner bark, which starts out in pastel green and deepens into orange, red, pastel blue, and sunset pink hues. 
 Imagine a heart in its trunk, emanating and absorbing multicolored streaks as it beats, sending them back and forth from roots to branches, from branches to roots as life’s seasons pass; imagine these roots and branches braiding a rainbow mandala of humility.
 
From my book Walking on Earth with Thich Nhat Hanh (P. 71)