Birch variations through the seasons

Summer into Autumn

Autumn Birches

Summer Birches

Winter Birches

Spring Birches

 Another from my birch series

Under a Janus Moon

 An atmospheric take on the birch forest. The birch is the tree for January in the Celtic tree calendar. Birch bark is collaged onto card for this mixed media piece.

Dance in the Light of the Sun and the Moon

 

A sky dancing Chodma inspired by Machig Lapdron who founded the lineage of Chod practitioners. The sun and moon both shine in the sky symbolising that the dance is happening outside time. The Chodma is wearing bone ornaments and plays a Chod drum and a vajra bell. The Khatvangha on the left of the painting is a golden staff rich in symbolism.

Naga Princess

A wisdom deity linking the ocean depths with fiery heavens and airy space. A winged creature who is part naga, part  human and protected by snakes.

Manjushri on blue lion

Here is a small commission from 2016. Acrylic on canvas. I've been reflecting on this figure this week and pulled this image out of the archive.

Amitabha's Land of Infinite Light

 

Amitabha, the Buddha of Infinite Light and Eternal LIfe is associated with the setting sun. He presides over Sukhavati, the archetypal pure land of bliss.

Vajrasattva

Here is a recently completed painting of Vajrasattva, the white Buddha who embodies purity. He gazes at us with eyes of kindness and a look of complete acceptance of all our human frailties.

Aryatara

Here is a commission - the patron wanted a sense of midnight - the time of day of Amoghasiddhi, Aryatara's consort. 

More butterflies

Butterflies

Manjushri

A couple of digital drawings of the Bodhisattva of Wisdom with his sword