"The heart sutra is probably the most well-known, most important of the Buddhist sutras. It is very short and condensed to a little over 270 words, and it has been my practice for nearly 40 years to copy it. When I can't paint, I burn incense and sit, going through each character of the sutra, spending almost an hour. It is like a meditation to clear my mind and clarify my perception.
I played with the overlay effect in this series, placing paintings over the sutra in a metallic resist. The heart sutra speaks about how, if you can clear your perception, you can see things for what they really are. An overly creates a completely different image and our life is like that, layers on top of each other, sometimes changing what we perceive as the truth. I enjoyed playing with this technique and the idea of enjoying the overlay of our life."
The Heart Sutra with Lotus is my most recent Heart Sutra design.
2014,
39.25 "x 13.50"
A series of 72 images plus Artist Proofs