36″x36″ | oil on canvas | 2019
About this work
I have been working with the Tibetan Mantra ‘Om Mani Padme Hum’ which I discovered in a Cy Twombly painting. I have been doing works concentrating on each syllable of the mantra and it’s meaning. This painting started with the syllables ‘Pad’ and ‘Me’. Pad represents diligence which purifies igorance & judgement. Me represents concentration and purifies attachment. The painting is built upon these syllables which are painted over and masked. This is part personal journey and part social commentary … discussing the collective unconscious landscape of the times.