I like to paint traditional style thangkas, the spiritual art of Buddhism - the gods and goddesses and beings of the spirit realm, and also their counterparts from Hindu spiritual traditions. I also practice Trika Yoga meditation and Chod healing practices from the Nyingma order of Buddhism, and love walking in the abundance of nature in my homeland of the Pacific Northwest.
I began exploring the world as a graphic designer before the time of computers - can you imagine? Everything was done by hand, even drawing typefaces - perfect training for what I do now, even though at the time I didn't know that. I discovered thangka paintings along with Eastern spirituality soon thereafter and began studying meditation. I fell in love with this style of painting but it took a decade before I thought - maybe I could paint like that... and I dove in, and have been at it ever since - 24 years now.
I have another love - is pen and ink illustration. I've created 2 child/adult coloring books, "O Deity Divine!" , based on the drawings I've made for my paintings, and "5 Secrets of the River Qi", based on my 25 years of experience as an acupuncturist. It tells the tale, amidst a lot of cheerful and humorous illustration, of the creation of life according to the ancient Chinese philosophy of the 5 Elements.
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