artisans’ gallery

The artists and artisans featured in this gallery are those who have made explicit – via their own writings or in interviews – an acknowledgement of their creative practice as either a means toward deeper engagement with the intimate unknowable or expression from that mystery. They include contemporary and historical artisans, and are listed here in no particular order.

Please see the artisans page for more thoughts on contemplative art practice and meditative process made visible.

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robert irwin the shape of our perceptions	roy money finding affinity	paul cézanne he was the father of us all	channa horwitz finding a truth for one’s work	luke elwes what is essential is invisible to the eye	frederick franck image-maker, sculptor, writer, teacher


naum gabo there is nothing in nature that is not in us	meg hitchcock emptiness and more emptiness	albert irvin a celebration of being	anne judell focus and flow	mosh kashi mirrors in mind	yayoi kusama here is what I am!


john daido loori seeing with the whole body and mind	claude monet grasping the intangible	namgyal rinpoche unfolding through art	pablo picasso everything is a miracle	amanda robins looking deeply into things	john ruskin seeing clearly, telling plainly


joan miró a total embrace	rupert spira contemplation and creativity	richard stodart the mutuality of light and darkness	fabienne verdier les forces que me traversent	jerry wennstrom trust and transformation	miya ando subtle traces of nothingness


antony gormley being within being	robert spellman freedom from mental fixation	vija celmins the work becomes its own reason for being	cecil collins the vision of the fool	claude smith penetrating emptiness	tania schmieder exploring the art of effortlessness


carole leslie the courage to move into the unknown	robert sinclair a visual haiku	eva garimo cockova layer upon layer of lifestream	breathscribe how I pray is breathe	douglas o smith the love of the inexplicable	barbara o’sullivan painting the paradox of emptiness


ron c moss the way of haiga	janine brown from spaciousness to spaciousness	dennis cordell the subject is the echo of its creator	pascal rennié un état ordinaire	kazuaki tanahashi an act of one instant	tess cummins unraveling paradox


miriam louisa simons walking the way of wonder	mitchell doshin cantor trusting the truth of the moment	rosenstock & rosenstock photo haiga	lisa gakyo schaewe koans of the thaw	kongtrul jigme namgyel the essence of everything	dan dhruva baumbach a path to stillness and awakening


jordan wolfson investigating pre-conceptual presence	jena argenta there is no ‘other’ in the margins	karen divine a small amount of courage	andy ilachinski the sudden stillness of deep interconnectedness	melinda blair paterson that which is innate…	suzanne moss painting light, touching space


eva millauer a sparkling sense of aliveness	hildy maze investigating the mind through art	nathalie delay expressing primordial beauty	j.m.w. turner in search of the sublime	rashid maxwell love is the way	paul mulliner knowing the one being


scott morgan from silence to symphony	bev byrnes seeing painting being