Abstract Colors Pattern Reflection Pillows
Description: I started this mini-series back in 2016 and, honestly, didn't know what the end result would be. At the time, I was just cranking them because they were fun, and I completed one within a few hours. The majority of the Skulls and Buddhas series are either 4x6 or 5x7 inches. It always seemed to me that the symbolism of skulls and the Buddha (in a meditative pose) is similar. In the practice of sitting meditation, we confront the inescapable reality of impermanence, and the skull often symbolizes mortality. The simple fact that we will have to face our own last breath.
Description: I started this mini-series back in 2016 and, honestly, didn't know what the end result would be. At the time, I was just cranking them because they were fun, and I completed one within a few hours. The majority of the Skulls and Buddhas series are either 4x6 or 5x7 inches. It always seemed to me that the symbolism of skulls and the Buddha (in a meditative pose) is similar. In the practice of sitting meditation, we confront the inescapable reality of impermanence, and the skull often symbolizes mortality. The simple fact that we will have to face our own last breath.
Description: I started this mini-series back in 2016 and, honestly, didn't know what the end result would be. At the time, I was just cranking them because they were fun to do, and I completed one within a few hours. The majority of the Skulls and Buddhas series are either 4x6 or 5x7 inches. It always seemed to me that the symbolism of skulls and the Buddha (in a meditative pose) is similar. In the practice of sitting meditation, we confront the inescapable reality of impermanence, and the skull often symbolizes mortality. The simple fact that we will have to face our own last breath.
Description: This artwork is an atmospheric watercolor painting that captures a specific moment in time—the arrival of a heavy tropical rainstorm. The scene is set in rural Khok Kloi, Phang Nga, Thailand. The painting features a detailed rendering of a two-building school complex (identified as potentially a technical or vocational school by the emblem). The buildings are light grey with many multi-paned windows and are set against a dense backdrop of tropical vegetation and dark, dense trees. A long clothesline laden with laundry stretches from the school towards the far right, suggesting everyday life. In the extreme foreground, a path cuts through a sun-parched yellow-brown field. The most striking element is the heavy, multi-layered grey-blue and ch
