Inner Peace

Inner Peace reflects on the search for calm in a world that rarely slows down. The painting translates the act of meditation into a meeting between chaos and focus. Against a backdrop of expressive, fragmented marks and gestures, a head emerges at the center, with a single glowing point between the eyes. This small, lit spot becomes the quiet heart of the composition, a moment of awareness that holds steady even when everything around it is in motion.

The work suggests that stillness is not passive. To pause, to breathe, to stay present in a culture that prizes doing over being, is its own quiet act of resistance. Inner Peace asks whether tranquility is something we can simply find, or whether it has become something we need to actively choose.

Abstract expressive painting showing a head with a glowing point between the eyes, surrounded by dynamic, chaotic brushstrokes, symbolizing the search for stillness and awareness within constant external noise. Acrylic on canvas.
Abstract expressive painting showing a head with a glowing point between the eyes, surrounded by dynamic, chaotic brushstrokes, symbolizing the search for stillness and awareness within constant external noise. Acrylic on canvas.
Abstract expressive painting showing a head with a glowing point between the eyes, surrounded by dynamic, chaotic brushstrokes, symbolizing the search for stillness and awareness within constant external noise. Acrylic on canvas.
Petra Holländer ©2026
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