Saturday, November 15, 2008

Julia's Zen Paintings

One Saturday morning, Julia just wanted to paint and paint she did. She finished all these paintings within minutes. Although she had the full watercolor pallette, she only mainly used black and purple brown colors for these ones. Watching her and seeing her paintings, reminded me of how the zen monks use free flow painting (using mostly a single color) for their meditation. In a way, staring at Julia's paintings produces a similar meditative effect in me. I almost always would form different images in my head whenever I look at them and it made me feel peaceful. I asked her what these were, and she replied, pointing at them, "Stones, circles and rain".

STONES

CIRCLES



RAIN