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Ensō Paintings
Born out of the Zen arts, ensō, or Zen circles, are an opportunity to embody the unseen. Monica uses ink, iridescent pigment, and other materials capture the ineffability of time in moment to moment experience. The brush, ink, and paper become a direct extension of body, mind, and the universe. Each of the paintings below is an original and is signed, dated, and most are name stamped. For updates on new work, visit Monica's Instagram account. Find out more about Monica here. |
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Current retail and gallery locations
More paintings available for purchase are featured in the online galleries below.
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Magpie & Tiger
December Montpelier Art Walk 15 State Street, Montpelier, VT See the event page for more info |
"Mikansei Ensō #3"
8x8", framed: 12x12" (Moss Home Goods) Mikansei in Japanese can be translated as "incompleteness". Event when something is left out, there is wholeness.
"Transmute #6"
6x6", framed: 8x18" (T.W. Wood Gallery) Everything seen is a part of a larger whole and is predisposed to change. Is there such thing as essence?
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"Threshold #2", 6x6", framed: 8x8" (Magpie & Tiger) Here we are in a moment of great change. Taking time in the pause is a wondrous place to be.
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"Return to the root and attain the principle;
Pursue illumination and you lose it.
One moment of reversing the light
Is greater than previous emptiness."
~ Sengcan, Xinxin Ming
The online gallery is best viewed through a desktop PC rather than with a smartphone. There are three separate galleries with paintings grouped by availability and size.
Click on each image and then the "inquire" button for a closer look, more information, or to purchase.
Please note, some of the paintings are pre-framed with additional images of the framed piece.
Click on each image and then the "inquire" button for a closer look, more information, or to purchase.
Please note, some of the paintings are pre-framed with additional images of the framed piece.
Paintings larger than 12" x 12"
Paintings 12" x 12" or smaller