Ive updated my website

My website has had an overhaul.
www.buddhist-pics.com
To see a slide show on the first page.
Explore the site to find more new work.

Reindeer sketch

Starting early on ideas for next year's seasonal card, capturing the festive muse.....I'd forgotten what a lovely plastic medium charcoal is..

Nyimer Odzer

Tulip season

Another quick digital sketch from observation

Sailing the Wind

Monochrome teapot

Another digital still life sketch on the ipad 

Butter Lamp

Here is a study on the ongoing themes of warmth, worship and fire  - 

Ladakhi Stupa Arch

Work from the nineties inspired by my adventures visiting Buddhist monasteries in Ladakh

Raku cup

Another digital sketch from my trip to Japan. A cup drawn in the Raku Musecum in Kyoto

Paper Crane

Last week I found a tiny paper crane in my purse. It was given to me at Hiroshima by a peace volunteer who showed us round the exhibits in the museum there. I made this digital drawing during my Japanese trip in November last year. The crane is a symbol of long life as Japanese folk lore believes the crane lives for a thousand years. It is also a symbol of happiness, good luck and peace. Because of the young girl who thought that if she made a thousand cranes she would survive her cancer, the paper crane has become a potent symbol for the city of Hiroshima and hundreds of folded cranes arrive in the city from all over the world.

Robin

This is a tiny painting created for seasonal greeting cards

Lacecap Hydrangea in Blue Vase

I am continuing to learn how to make digital sketches on the iPad. This was completed in haste, and is the better for having been done fast. Although drawn from observation, the imagination comes into play in creating the atmospheric background and the mood of the piece.