“Only from the heart can you touch the sky.” – Rumi

PLEASE NOTE: The last painting on the bottom of the page, also the featured photo of this page, was completed in Summer 2018. Several paintings will be added to this gallery series soon, in addition to other painting projects completed in the past three years.

Please return for updates in the next few months (End of Summer 2024)!

Purple skies are a symbol of hope and healing for the Warrior KQueen.

As I noted in this post, I began painting again, a passion from my younger years. I aspired to paint like Bob Ross.

Although I started this as a beginner in December 2016, I share the work on this page as it progresses in this space.

This page is dedicated to my series called “Purple Skies.”

Please note they are not high-quality paintings, but I share them to show my process and journey. I see it as a form of self-discovery. I have integrated painting as an important part of my coping mechanisms for my illness and the healing process.

And the benefits have been transparent and indescribable.

This can also symbolize the quest for growth, with practice, as part of the evolutionary process for our journey to always strive to improve and become the best versions of ourselves. It is part and parcel to what the theme of purple skies has come to signify for me: recovery, healing, rehabilitation, and growth. Ultimately, it is fundamental to rewriting the story and changing our stars!

I will continue to add paintings to this collection of “purple skies” over time, and in the order that I complete them.

At the end of 2022, I started the Painting Heals, Painting Auction, for flood relief to charities in Pakistan. I extended the auction to other charities, but it is not functioning at the moment. I aim to continue that art project ad hoc, by the end of this year, to include other countries, like Palestine, Afghanistan, and Sudan. I will add a new landing page for that here in the future. Here is the Painting Heals Pakistan gallery page: https://paintingheals.elsatkhwaja.com/gallery-of-paintings/

Thank you for visiting this page!

Note: This page will be updated soon with several new paintings. Please do return for updates!