Light of Holiness by Jimmy Mathew
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Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 120 x 90 cm
Year: 2026
Price: $3300.00 USD
Status: available
This painting celebrates inner peace, spirituality, and the sacred harmony between humanity and nature. The veiled Arab woman stands as a timeless symbol of wisdom, grace, and serenity, gently holding two white doves that represent peace, hope, and compassion. Surrounded by delicate white blossoms and lush greenery, she exists within a tranquil world of renewal and balance. Above her, the luminous golden sky swirls with celestial light, evoking the infinite beauty of the universe, divine presence, and the quiet journey of the soul toward hope and enlightenment. Original art that transforms spaces and soul.
Why collect this work?
A rigidly frontal figure anchors a field of curling light, balancing stillness against celestial motion and making composure the painting’s central formal and spiritual proposition.
- Mathew states that his practice connects colour, spirituality and emotion. Here, concentrated golds and dark greens give that intention a clear visual structure without fixing a single religious meaning.
- In the photograph, the woman’s direct gaze, joined hands and symmetrical doves establish a stable centre. Uneven constellations, flowering branches and the sweeping golden current loosen that symmetry around her.
- The documented acrylic-on-canvas medium supports sharply separated areas of white, green and gold alongside repeated, directional marks. These contrasts make the birds, blossoms and lights read as linked accents across the surface.
- The work is especially useful for considering how contemporary figurative painting combines culturally specific dress with broadly legible emblems of peace, while leaving the woman’s identity and setting unresolved.
About the Artist
Jimmy Mathew
Jimmy Mathew is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: painting. Based in Dubai, AE.
Nationality: Indian
My artistic practice explores the connection between colour, spirituality, human emotions, and culture.
