“Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.” ~ Buddha
This painting was based on experiences in my own personal meditations. In my meditations, I began to get the feeling that my third eye was awakening. As I meditated deeper, I began to get the sensation that my whole head was opening up. I would feel intense energy flowing around me that seemed to be coming through or perhaps out of my head.
Buddha is obviously very spiritual and is iconic of a meditative figure. The dragon-like character is representative of a universal force of nature.
There are many representations of the Buddha figure, but I have always been partial to the fat one. When I was kid, I used to go to the Big Island of Hawaii about once year. I have this distinct memory of a big fat Buddha carved in sandstone at the top of a stone staircase. It was tradition to leave offerings to the revered statue and as kid doing so was one of the highlights of my trip. Looking back, it was even one of the highlights of my childhood as a whole.
Sometimes images get seared into your mind. As an artist, these images are bound to crawl out sometime and I guess my meditation opened my mind to this revelation.
To be honest, this is not one of my favorite paintings, but I love the idea. I had to get it out of my head and on to canvas. I’ll probably return to this idea at some later date and of course you guys will be one of the first to know when I do.