"Enso 6 - Movement Desires", Original Artwork 2022

£150.00

Contemporary Japanese calligraphy
Medium: Japanese sumi ink on textured rice paper.
Size: 69cm x 69cm

Created as a study for a live painting performance. The work explores painting with movement based on the circular Zen symbol Enso. Privately performed mark-making are an embodiment of physical and emotional flow in a moment.

In this specific artwork, the drips have aligned themselves in the moment of painting into a pathway leading to the middle of the circle. The symbolism relating to connecting to the core of our being.

Contemporary Japanese calligraphy
Medium: Japanese sumi ink on textured rice paper.
Size: 69cm x 69cm

Created as a study for a live painting performance. The work explores painting with movement based on the circular Zen symbol Enso. Privately performed mark-making are an embodiment of physical and emotional flow in a moment.

In this specific artwork, the drips have aligned themselves in the moment of painting into a pathway leading to the middle of the circle. The symbolism relating to connecting to the core of our being.

Artist approach is highly intuitive, inspired by the traditional Japanese Zen practice where work is created in one go and with no correction afterwards. This forces the artist to focus on the present, remove the logical mind and allow the true creative spirit to take over.

Part of series "Enso -Movement Desires' exploring movement as a geteway to creativity, abstraction and genius. The whole series was a study for a large abstract painting series called " A Walk In Japan' 2022.