Buddha Head

SOLD : Oil on panel : 9 x 12 inches :

Easily one of my favorite still-life objects if not my all time favorite possession (however calling a Buddha statue a possession feels like one of the most counterintuitive things to say). Even the manner in which it came to me is special.  I lived in a studio attached to a house and when a new housemate was moving in she put a beautiful stone Buddha in the garden.  I decided to make it a flower necklace and give it some fruit offerings.  When she came home and saw that I had "fed her Buddha" she insisted on giving me this wonderful wood sculpture.