Portrait Of The Artist

"An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language."
- Henri Matisse

Self Portrait

More Compulsive Photoshop Mandalas

Here are the results of my compulsive photoshop fiddling. I've said it before, but never on this blog... meditation beats psychedelic drugs hands down in every way! I've never heard anyone describe to me anything they've ever done on anything (I've had friends share stories from Ahayahuasca, DMT (the poisonous toad), and a 50-dose bottle of horse tranquilizer)... none of their stories seem to top what it is to plunge the depths of consciousness completely sober. At least, that's my humble opinion.


Buddha-Space Mandala



Buddha Mandala #1



Buddha-Meditation Mandala



Peacock Mandala

More Mandalas

I was playing around on Photoshop yesterday and got really into making some mandalas. Here's the result of my work.

Flower Art #1



Flower Mandala #1



Forest Mandala #1

My India Mandalas

I drew these two Mandalas during my last couple days in India. I thought it'd be a nice way to capture the essence of my four month India experience. I can't say there's any "meaning" to them, but I can say that when I drew them I was really feeling the depth of my experience in that moment. Anyway, it's nice to show a little more of my artwork here.

India Mandala #1



India Mandala #2

My Original Charcoal Paintings

These are some of my charcoal paintings. I learned this technique in Thailand about 6 years ago, and most of the paintings were done after that. I haven't done much in a while, but I still love it.

These first paintings were original works based on photos I took:









These two were based on photos I got on the internet, but with my own artistic touch.





These two were projects I was assigned from my teacher while I was doing my apprenticeship. You may recognize them as pretty famous photos (national geographic, I believe).





Here's a photo of my teacher, and one of his works. He was incredible!