Followers

Bringing the forms into a different orientation and allowing them to interact in new ways, this series is inspired by The Buddha of Medicine at the Met in NYC. I was fortunate enough to see it several years ago and it made a profound impact one me. I was initially unsure what I was looking at, there were multiple characters all seeming to be smaller forms of the central character. Later learning about the Bodhisattvas, and their journey on the path to Buddha-hood, I created similar compositions with various characters of scale and importance all building a larger composition.

The same themes of possessions and consumerism are at play here but I’m also thinking about the process of how a belief system is constructed and how a culture is evolved from burying or resurfacing fragments of previous systems. Layers and systems are put down, then removed and then rebuilt and reconfigured.

Pencil, ink, acrylic paint and marker on gessoed paper - 42" x 30" or 30” x 24”