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Painting titled The Holy of Holies – The Veil of Shame (Hei Hei Hei). A deep violet void occupies the centre of the composition, surrounded by sweeping concentric layers of cobalt blue, ultramarine and luminous turquoise. Broad gestural brushstrokes circle the darkness, while heavy drips descend from the centre, suggesting the slow dissolution of what has long been hidden. The painting is a meditation on meeting the veil of shame with compassion, revealing the light that has always been present.

Name 41: The Holy of Holies  

Hei Hei Hei – The Veil of Shame

Acrylic on canvas, 100cm x 150cm (40" x 60")

Painting titled The Holy of Holies – Crossing into Wholeness (Hei Hei Hei). A radiant field of soft white unfolds from a luminous centre, surrounded by delicate layers of pale blue, blush pink, lavender and mint green. Broad circular brushstrokes create a gentle sense of movement, while subtle traces of colour emerge and disappear within the light. The painting is a meditation on crossing beyond the veil into the quiet spaciousness of wholeness.

Name 41: The Holy of Holies  

Hei Hei Hei – Crossing into Wholeness

Acrylic on canvas, 100cm x 150cm (40" x 60")

Hei

The soul remembers its wholeness.

Hei

The heart remains open.

Hei

The veil parts.

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“This painting brought me humbly to my knees."

​– Susan Smith

Once each year, on the Day of Atonement, the High Priest entered the Holy of Holies—a place no other person could enter—crossing the veil into the Divine Presence.

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He entered only after rigorous preparation. A rope was tied to his ankle, for if he was not ready for the encounter, he would not return.​

Held across two canvases, this painting reveals two states of being:​ The purple: the weight of separation, the shame of believing we are too broken, too unworthy to enter.​  The white: our wholeness—already present, waiting beyond the veil.

The veil was never simply a curtain. It was a threshold.

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