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Sun Salutations, © 2007 Sun Valley Health Center, Sun Valley, CA Byzantine glass, hand-painted ceramic tile, and photo-transferred porcelain tile Interior mosaic 50" x 50" Fabricators: Mosaika Art and Design, Canada There are two large mosaics, 50" x 50" and 50" x 60" on the two larger curved walls of the waiting room, and a smaller mosaic, 18" x 18" in the middle of the soffit trim that surrounds the reception area. The two large mosaics combine images of contemporary people, within art historical landscapes, where the sun is the central element. In the smaller of the two large mosaics, an image of a little boy is shown hanging from a sun, excerpted from a landscape by Vincent Van Gogh. In the larger, an image of two women and two children is depicted walking toward the sun (healing) through an altered 17th Century engraving by Matthus Merian. In the smallest mosaic, above the reception area, a boy and girl are depicted playing inside the cosmic gateway to Eternity taken from a painting, strongly influenced by the South American Mayan culture, by Thaedra MabraKhan.