I found myself in a place I'd never been,
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The Buddha Head
36" x 36" oils on canvas |
| This painting was the first completed on this theme, although I'd been working on mythical/religious images for a few years. The original impetus came from an art school friend, who was going to paint a man sitting in full lotus before a waterfall. I immediately asked, "Hey, can I use that idea?" Thanks, Helena.
The hair style is Tang dynasty, but I was also looking at the Angkor Wat figures and at Olmec heads for the face. As I drew it, I kept lowering the features, approximating, I knew, the proportions of a child's face. Why, I didn't realize until recently. Here is the face of the unborn Buddha, bathed in the waters of the womb. |
