The Varley Art Gallery

In 1972, I completed 100,000 prostrations while studying thanka painting under Sherab Palden Berut. Following this, I began 100,000 repetitions of the 100 syllable mantra but didn’t complete this Tibetan Buddhist practice. These new drawings (100) will form a symbolic completion. I use henna to color my hair. With the henna residue, I make gesture drawings of Buddha. On top of this Buddha image, I superimpose imagery from photographs of India taken in 2003 and  then collage from a journal of postcards, Tibetan paintings and prints, drawings and writings that were assembled on my first visit to India in 1970.