36”x36” | oil on canvas | 2020
Are zebras black with white stripes or white with black stripes? Scientists claim that the skin of the zebra is actually dark. I was doing works concentrating on each syllable of the mantra ‘Om Mani Padme Hum’. This painting began with the syllable ‘Ni’ – representing patience which purifies passion & desire. The painting is built upon this syllable which is painted over and masked, and eventually, becoming something else. This is part personal journey and part social commentary … discussing the collective unconscious landscape of the times. It is ironic that this painting has taken a long time to produce (started in 2018) and was originally intended to be a mediation on ‘patience’.