The Three Seekers, 24x36 oil on linen. Inspired by Botticelli.  I actually wanted to name this the Three Realms, as when I completed the painting, what I saw in it, was the past, present and future. They are so interchangeable within the painting, that different sections of the painting would be identified with different time realms by different people. And, all would be correct, as time is nonexistent anyway. There is no time, merely a fabrication of human beings, to help sort out their day.

Gautama Buddha... 14x18 oil on linen

Becoming

Becoming... 12x12 oil on panel... She had washed off all of the dirt from childhood. She had moved forward, leaving everything behind, learning to answer to no one but herself. She found peace within her once battered spirit. She found she was becoming....

Denial

Denial, 24x36 oil on linen. Recently, I discovered something that I should have known. It was right in front of my face. Maybe, I just refused to see it.

Infinite Garden

Infinite Garden... 16x20 oil on linen. Our mind is a garden... an infinite garden. Harvest it!

Ying and Yang

Ying and Yang... 24x24 oil on linen. Ying and Yang.... good and bad..... righteous and unrighteous.... black and white.... virtuous and non-virtuous.... All of life is cyclical, never to be divided into right and wrong... Walk the middle path, and just see that all things just are. This is right view.

Self Imposed Prison

18x24 oil... We all limit ourselves by our own perceptions of what is possible, what we are capable of. Bottom line...expand your perceptions, think positively, put those wings back on and fly!!

The Pretense

The Pretense... 8x10 oil on linen...

pre·tense  

/ˈprēˌtens/

Noun An attempt to make something that is not the case appear true. A false display of feelings, attitudes, or intentions.

Proud as a Peacock

Proud as a Peacock... 24x36 oil... Pride... the arrogance that pride can produce will inevitably build a wall between us and others, leading to a life of loneliness.

The Buddha of Infinite Light

The Buddha of Infinite Light... 20x24 oil on linen. This was my first attempt at a Buddhist thangha. I painted 2 of these at the same time, one for me, one for a gift to the Buddhist Temple I attend. 6 weeks of bending over 2 canvases...and ultimately a damaged back. I was driven beyond belief in these paintings... and continued painting even when I normally would have walked away. I am never really happy with anything I paint, but I am surprised with my dedication and purpose with these. That showed a great change in me, and with that observation, I am most happy.