Love and Compassion
Love and Compassion
20” x 20” x 1.5”
Original acrylic mixed media painting on canvas
Love and Compassion is a mixed media painting in a series of “Text-tures.” I chose to feature Om Mani Padme Hum, a Tibetan mantra, in Sanskrit and the English transliteration. Although the mantra is rich with meaning, I have chosen to highlight its reference to love and compassion, which we could always use more of in our world.
Each of the 15 painted pieces of canvas cloth are sewn onto the background canvas along the top. Much of the text can be found on the thin strips of cloth woven in and out of those hanging squares. And the final element is the small “prayer pocket,” a folded and painted piece of, canvas.
The gallery wrapped canvas is painted on the sides as in the front. The painting is signed and dated on the side.
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12” x 12” x ¾”
Original mixed media painting on canvas
Om Sarvesham Swastir Bhavatu was inspired by a YouTube video I came across of Tina Turner chanting this Peace Mantra with a group of children. Their interpretation was so beautiful I immediately decided to create a painting featuring the mantra.
The attached book is sewn in place above three canvas cloth panels hanging from a twig. The following words are repeated on two of the hanging strips of canvas cloth (on the right and the left). They represent the mantra's meaning.
"May there be happiness in all
May there be peace in all
May there be completeness in all
May there be success in all"
The center panel displays the text in Sanskrit. Both the Sanskrit and the English transliteration can be found on the open book. The background canvas is textured and painted. The sides are painted to match the rest of the canvas and the signature and date can be found on the side.
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12" x 12" x 1-1/2”
Original mixed media painting with acrylic, papers, strings, threads, and cloth on canvas.
Book of Compassion is the second of two paintings that took shape upon an incomplete paintings I decided to play with. I was craving the element of the book during a period of working almost solely on paper. This canvas had a border of paper, strings, and some text, so I added paint and and played with ideas to bring it to completion. And with the use of raw canvas, I created this little book which is sewn onto the background canvas. The Sanskrit mantra that appears is: Lokah Samastah
The text next to the book reads: “May all beings be happy. May all my thoughts, words, and actions contribute in some way to the happiness of all beings.”
The text on the book reads: “May all be happy and free.”
See also Book of Peace.
The sides of this gallery wrapped canvas are painted to match the painting. It is signed and dated on the side of the canvas.