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 syllable ‘Om’ which represents generosity and purifies ego. The painting is built upon this syllable which is painted over and masked. This is part personal journey and part social commentary … discussing the collective unconscious landscape of the times.