"Shadows"

"Shadows"

I had tried some new techniques while creating "Shadows".

I wanted a slight concave surface to the piece so I weighted the back as I applied my material and let it set up so I had a less than straight surface. I then stood upon the piece so I could create some stress fractures within the art.

"Shadows is the third piece created in these hues and style.

"Life's Run

"Life's Run was created over the past three weeks.

There were times when I thought it looked much different than what i had envisioned. This past Sunday I honestly thought it was a complete disaster. It looked like a mud puddle. The colors were flat and I was just dreading the thought I had lost it. There are many elements and techniques that I had used within this piece and for it not to come out was awful. Well all my concerns are now gone this is one of my better works, there is so much depth and interest within the piece. "It is true eye candy"

This was an amazing color! How I arrive at this is by some chance. It was on a colder day that I had stained this set (Lung-Ta) and the stain reacted really well. There is actually two colors used, a base of weathered bronze then padre brown, have not used this combination before.

"Mantra" The block I use on these sets are for printing prayer books.

If you have ever watched the movie "Seven years in Tibet" the young Dali Lama is using one of these. Could it have been this block that printed a book the Dali Lama had used?

These are from the Lung-Ta block (Windhorse). This block was carved in Tibet 250 years ago. If you look closely you can see the Windhorse, carrying the 3 jewels of the Buddha. The Buddha, Buddha teachings and Buddhist community. This was used to print prayer flags. I shall post various colors of each.

This set was created by using the Lotus block and recycled glass.

These are some of the antique wooden blocks I use on my spiritual art. I have collected these since 1976. Some from Nepal some from India.

It is amazing that there is no wear on them over the past 10 years of my use.