Today Will Not Come Again
acrylic on canvas
22" x 30"
To Be Idle is a Short Road to Death and to Be Diligent is the Way of Life
acrylic
on canvas
53" x 72"
Meditation on Horizon
acrylic
on canvas
26" x 54"
Seeing the Truth
acrylic on canvas
28" x 36"
Meditation in Red
acrylic on canvas
30" x
40"
Meditation in Green
acrylic on canvas
30" x 40"
Meditation in Yellow
acrylic on canvas
30" x 40"
All Actions are Sacred
acrylic with embroidery on stitched canvas
32" x 32"
Meditation on the emptiness
acrylic
on canvas
38" x 38"
Whole World is always Burning
acrylic on canvas
24" x 24"
The World is….
acrylic on canvas
38" x 50"
Kwannongyo or Samantamukha Privarta
acrylic on canvas
32" x 56"
Om Mani Padme Hum (Hail the Jewel in the Lotus)
acrylic on canvas
32"x 56"
Waves on the Blue Mountain Lake
acrylic on canvas
32" x 56"
Ajikan: Meditation on the beginning of the Universe
acrylic on canvas
20" x 48"
Don't You Want to Kiss Me
Every thing is changeable
acrylic
on canvas
14"
x 46"
Lotus Standing Tall
acrylic on canvas
12" x 46"
The Emptiness Arises a Lotus
acrylic on canvas
18" x 30"
Tranquility
acrylic on artist made panel
14" x 22"
Interconnection of the Universe
acrylic on canvas
56" x 72" ( 143cm x 183cm )
Be a Master of Your Mind
acrylic on canvas
51" x 66" ( 130cm x 168cm )
To achieve the Enlightenment, one must purify thoughts
acrylic on canvas
57" x 60" ( 145cm x 152cm)
All phenomena came from the mind
acrylic on canvas
20" x 48"
The mind is everthing
acrylic on canvas
12" x 12"
One must know Life and Death
acrylic on canvas
12" x 12"
Beginning
crylic on canvas
12" x 12"
Pursuit of Happiness
acrylic on canvas
12" x 12"
The chemical structure is Dopamine, the pleasure neurotransmitter.
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Spring Garden
acrylic on canvas
2 of 18" x 30"
Infinite Light
acrylic on wood panel
4 of 6" x 9" / 24" w x 9" h
Mandala Installations made from indigenous materials, to be used by the audience for walking meditation practice.
Wish Mandala with Wish Flags, 1 of 5
Wish Mandala with Wish flags was created at the Annmarie Sculpture Garden, Dowell, MD. I asked visitors to create flags with their wishes. 830 people participated over 6 weeks. I used their flags as elements of the installation to create a stage like atmosphere within the forest grove.
Wish Mandala with Wish Flags, 2 of 5
Annmarie Sculpture Garden, Dowell, MD
Mandala is about 20' diameter
Wish Mandala with Wish Flags, 3 of 5
Egg
is about 20"
Found natural objects reflect the locality.
Wish Mandal with Wish Flags, 4 of 5
Pine cones and Sweetgum tree (Liquidambar styraciflua) seed balls were everywhere on this Chesapeake Bay peninsula.
Wish Mandala with Wish Flags, 5 of 5
View from the south gate.
830 people enjoyed making their flags.
Wetland Mandala, 1 of 5
Wetland Mandala aims to gain transcendence through walking meditation. Mandalas give the participant a focal point to sense the interconnection of the universe and feel alive from within.
Wetland Mandala, 2 of 5
Wetland Mandala was created at Espy Foundation, Oysterville, Washington
Woodland Mandala, 3 of 5
The guests practicing walking meditation. The Mandala gives the participants a focal point to have a connection to the land, therefore to the universe.
Wetland Mandala, 4 of 5
Found object materials were chosen to represent the locality. In the case of the Wetland Mandala, oyster shells, lichens, symplocarpus foetidus (Skunk cabbage or skunk flower),and birch trees were abundant.
Wetland Mandala, 5 of 5
Another image of a participant practicing walking meditation on the piece.
Woodland Mandala, 1 of 5
I-park, East Haddam, Connecticut
Woodland Mandala, 2 of 5
People practicing walking meditation
Woodland Mandala 3 of 5
All materials were collected on site to reflect the location.
Woodland Mandala 4 of 5
various wood, rocks, sand, lichen
20' x 20'
Woodland Mandala 5 of 5
Overview
Bird's Nest Mandala, 1 of 5
Cornucopia Art Center
Lanesboro, Minesota
Bird's Nest Mandala, 2 of 5
Various wood, leaves, rocks, pebbles,
15' x 15'
Bird's nest Mandala, 3 of 5
Cardinal red twig dogwood bush, (Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’)
was abundance in this southern Minnesota location. Rocks were collected from a river bed that goes through the site.
Bird's Nest Mandala, 4 of 5
The mandala was assembled from indigenous plants and stones.
Bird's Nest Mandala, 5 of 5
Various wood, leaves, leaves, rocks, and pebbles.
Mandala Room, 1 of 5
Bemis Creative Art Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Mandala Room, 2 of 5
The Mandala is surrounded by large scale paintings that create a consecrated atmosphere in the space.
Mandala Room, 3 of 5
There are folded pieces of paper containing the words of Buddha under small glass blocks. The glass blocks were found in the warehouse space of the Bemis Art Center, one of the more unusual "indigenous materials".
Mandala Room, 4 of 5
The audience practices walking meditation inside of the mandala and drop flower petals on the mandala. The participants retrieve a message from where their flower petal lands.
Mandala Room, 5 of 5
Back side view facing towards the entrance area
Soul Reflector, 1 of 5
Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA
Sould Reflector, 2 of 5
This interactive Mandala installation encourages audiences to reflect on and refresh their soul.
Soul Reflector, 3 of 5
Participants perform walking meditation first, and then practice a self purification ceremony.
Sould Reflector, 4 of 5
various
woods
18' x 18'
Soul Reflector, 5 of 5
Self purification ceremony; Sprinkling drops of honey and milk, the symbol of body and soul, to four directions by flicking the feather of an eagle.
Mandala PRAY-formance
At the Bali Sprit Festival, Bali, Indonesia
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Pray-formance Version 2
At the Social Engaged Buddhist Conference, Montague, MA
I took the role of a monk and performed a mind transformation ritual.
Pray - Formance version 2 set
Temporary mandala installation for Pray-fomance 2
paper ,silk flowers
10' x 10'
Frozen Creek Mandala 1 of 5 (Day)
@ Jentel residency in Wyoming. This piece was made with the most minimalist approach. I carefully scouted the location, and chose the material with a focus on impermanence. At the end it was just ice accented with candles. The effect on the viewers reflected the quiet and austere way in which I fashioned the work, mainly by simply sweeping the surface of the frozen creek.
Frozen Creek Mandala 2 of 5 (Day)
@ Jentel Residency Wyoming
This piece was made (unlike the Wish Mandala), with the most minimalist approach. I carefully scouted the location, and chose the material with a focus on impermanence. At the end it was just ice accented with candles. The effect on the viewers reflected the quiet and austere way in which I fashioned the work, mainly by simply sweeping the surface of the frozen creek.
Frozen Creek Mandala 3 of 5 (Day)
@ Jentel Residency Wyoming
This piece was made (unlike the Wish Mandala), with the most minimalist approach. I carefully scouted the location, and chose the material with a focus on impermanence. At the end it was just ice accented with candles. The effect on the viewers reflected the quiet and austere way in which I fashioned the work, mainly by simply sweeping the surface of the frozen creek.
Frozen Creek Mandala 4 of 5 (at dusk)
@ Jentel Residency Wyoming
This piece was made (unlike the Wish Mandala), with the most minimalist approach. I carefully scouted the location, and chose the material with a focus on impermanence. At the end it was just ice accented with candles. The effect on the viewers reflected the quiet and austere way in which I fashioned the work, mainly by simply sweeping the surface of the frozen creek.
Frozen Creek Mandala 5 of 5 (Night)
@ Jentel Residency Wyoming
This piece was made (unlike the Wish Mandala), with the most minimalist approach. I carefully scouted the location, and chose the material with a focus on impermanence. At the end it was just ice accented with candles. The effect on the viewers reflected the quiet and austere way in which I fashioned the work, mainly by simply sweeping the surface of the frozen creek.
Colored pencil on paper featuring fantastical scenes.
A Khoi-fish Comes to Smell a Lotus
A Rabbit Sniffing Spring
color pencil on paper
7.5" x 9.5"
A Boy with a Bag and His Guardian Elephant
color pencil on paper
7.5" x 9.5"
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A Birdman Interrupts the Romance of Cranes
color pencil on paper
7.5" x 9.5"
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What's the News?
color pencil on paper
7.5" x 9.5"
A Calf Goes on to a Night Expedition Without Telling His Mother
color pencil on paper
7.5" x 9.5"
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Flourishing
color pencil on paper
4.5" x 5.5"
Hunting the Moon
color pencil on paper
4.5" x 5.5"
Wonderling
color pencil on paper
4.5" x 5.5"
Contemplating
color pencil on paper
4.5" x 5.5"
Meditationg
color pencil on paper
4.5" x 5.5"
Wanderling
color pencil on paper
4.5" x 5.5"
Searching
color pencil on paper
4.5" x 5.5"
A Snow Lion Shouts on the Top
color pencil on paper
7.5" x 9.5"
( Indiegogo Sanctuary Marker reward )
A Monk Sublimate in Sunyata by Letter A
Ink and pencil on paper
7.5" x 9.5"
( Indiegogo Sanctuary Marker reward )
Otsukimi or Moon viewing
Ink on paper
4.5" x 5.5"
