This mural by Megan Kelly incorporates her signature mandala circles made up of smaller colorful circles that create playful and mesmerizing compositions. The mandalas create contrast with the unpainted red brick.

A mandala is a geometric configuration of circles, typically used as an aid to meditation or other spiritual practice. Different faith traditions utilize mandalas for varying purposes, often to focus attention, visualize a spiritual path, or conceptualize paradise, the realm of deities, or a celestial order.

Megan Kelly is an artist based in Asheville, North Carolina. Megan’s current work focuses on systematic, ornate, and repetitive circular shapes that emphasize color and combine varying patterns. These basic elements become intricate and important for her when reproduced. They are intended to be universally beautiful and easy on the viewer’s eyes.