Confidence in Rain 51 cm x 40.5 cm
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Acrylic on sustainably sourced stretched canvas, 40.5 cm wide x 51 cm tall. This piece is not framed.
A self portrait at age 37 from a new series, Both Sides Now, I began while living in Australia in 2024. The series is my interpretation of our reality, where the invisible, mystical side of existence and the material, natural side of existence meet. The subject in this particular painting is nude, with red eyes, sitting in front of a window. Though her eyes suggest she has been crying, her casual posture while naked in front of a window invokes a sense of calm and intrigue.
Subtly abstract, this is a painting about perseverance through suffering. The three sufferings in Buddhist philosophy are: 1. the suffering of suffering, in Sanskrit duḥkha duḥkhatā; 2. the suffering of change, vipariṇāma duḥkhatā; and 3. the all-pervasive suffering of conditioning, saṃskāra duḥkhatā.
It is the third form of suffering which plagues me the most, the elusive sense of not-quite-it-ness that underlies the whole of our conscious lives.
An ode to a song “I Have Confidence” from The Sound of Music, I have lived long enough to know that suffering is also temporary, and I can have confidence that it too shall pass. I channel my inner Maria, The Sound of Music’s hopeful protagonist, often. This is a self portrait, yes, but of my personal Maria.
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Acrylic on sustainably sourced stretched canvas, 40.5 cm wide x 51 cm tall. This piece is not framed.
A self portrait at age 37 from a new series, Both Sides Now, I began while living in Australia in 2024. The series is my interpretation of our reality, where the invisible, mystical side of existence and the material, natural side of existence meet. The subject in this particular painting is nude, with red eyes, sitting in front of a window. Though her eyes suggest she has been crying, her casual posture while naked in front of a window invokes a sense of calm and intrigue.
Subtly abstract, this is a painting about perseverance through suffering. The three sufferings in Buddhist philosophy are: 1. the suffering of suffering, in Sanskrit duḥkha duḥkhatā; 2. the suffering of change, vipariṇāma duḥkhatā; and 3. the all-pervasive suffering of conditioning, saṃskāra duḥkhatā.
It is the third form of suffering which plagues me the most, the elusive sense of not-quite-it-ness that underlies the whole of our conscious lives.
An ode to a song “I Have Confidence” from The Sound of Music, I have lived long enough to know that suffering is also temporary, and I can have confidence that it too shall pass. I channel my inner Maria, The Sound of Music’s hopeful protagonist, often. This is a self portrait, yes, but of my personal Maria.
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Acrylic on sustainably sourced stretched canvas, 40.5 cm wide x 51 cm tall. This piece is not framed.
A self portrait at age 37 from a new series, Both Sides Now, I began while living in Australia in 2024. The series is my interpretation of our reality, where the invisible, mystical side of existence and the material, natural side of existence meet. The subject in this particular painting is nude, with red eyes, sitting in front of a window. Though her eyes suggest she has been crying, her casual posture while naked in front of a window invokes a sense of calm and intrigue.
Subtly abstract, this is a painting about perseverance through suffering. The three sufferings in Buddhist philosophy are: 1. the suffering of suffering, in Sanskrit duḥkha duḥkhatā; 2. the suffering of change, vipariṇāma duḥkhatā; and 3. the all-pervasive suffering of conditioning, saṃskāra duḥkhatā.
It is the third form of suffering which plagues me the most, the elusive sense of not-quite-it-ness that underlies the whole of our conscious lives.
An ode to a song “I Have Confidence” from The Sound of Music, I have lived long enough to know that suffering is also temporary, and I can have confidence that it too shall pass. I channel my inner Maria, The Sound of Music’s hopeful protagonist, often. This is a self portrait, yes, but of my personal Maria.