Created during my stay in China, the work reflects the meeting of inner and outer worlds: the personal search for meaning within the depth of cultural and spiritual tradition. The shadow extending from the figure suggests that even when the self disappears, its presence lingers.
I’ve worked with veils before in my art as a symbol of hiding identity, silence, or losing individuality. Here it connects with the monk figure, someone who gives up the self in search of enlightenment.
