Medium: Ink drawing on clay board
Dimensions: 16" x 20" x 1"
Price: $3500.0
Description: When I started the Hidden Geometries series in 2023, I began by overlaying the traditional grids of Tibetan Buddhist thangka paintings atop deity line drawings, making decisions as to how the grids could become compelling abstract compositions on their own, instead of disappearing beneath a polished painting as they have done for a thousand years. Soon, I wanted to step away from the computer to work with more natural materials, and I began to draw the grids with India ink on clay boards. I'd first mark out the grid in pencil, then overlay in ink on a natural porous material gathered from riverbeds. This framed piece, Protector of the World, 2024 (16" x 20"), is based on the geometry that underlies the enlightened being Tara, Tibetan Buddhism's most popular devotional being who is the embodiment of female power, protection, and fearlessness.
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