Unbound Art

Transparent Being - No Separation We are Life. We are Life looking.  There is no separation between what we see and what we are.  There are no boundaries between the environment that we are in, that supports our breathing, that provides the stimulus for feeling, and that grounds the weight of our bodies. Without the idea of an individual person, we are thoughts, feelings and perceptions moving through space.  We are looking out from that which we are looking at. Life has many forms of being and perception.  It looks from many eyes and feels from many senses, human and animal, flora and fauna.  It does not depend on one point of view, but knows itself through all of consciousness.  The flow of Life continues, even though the points of seeing may change as some beings die and others are born.  Consciousness is not confined to the individual being, to the body. Consciousness is not personal, it does not depend on memory or personal experience. It is the ever changing now. I

This is a selection from 21 ink drawings, together titled "Life Dancing Life".  I'm in the very slow process of trying to publish a book of the drawings.    Fernando and I have hand-bound several copies. The Explorers - Looking Within Welcome to the Neighborhood The First Treaty Water, Water, Everywhere -  Surrounded by What We Seek What Happens If You Don't Look

Opening Brewing Defended Emerging Passion Engaged Within Seething Empty Parched Shaking off Unbound This group of drawings was done almost twenty years ago when I was in a transition in my life.  They poured out of me, as if they had been waiting to emerge. They haven't been seen by too many people, but they are still a favorite series of mine.  Fernando and I published a book called  Bound by Image and Time , which included these drawings and paintings by Fernando.

The Road of Ambiguity The Unknowing Traveling Through the Unknown Life to Life Lost in Thought These paintings are a combination of photographs, and oil paint on constructed board.  They were done several years ago and as you can see the grid was a major element in the composition.