White-robed Guanyin

White-robed Guanyin stands upon a red lotus, a gentle golden halo behind, and amid drifting clouds and waters a quiet compassion emerges.

Fine, precise lines articulate the folds and features, while whites and blue-grays are layered in soft washes and blooms, giving the image a clear, cool luminance. Centered, the figure stands with the right hand in a gesture and the left lowered, ribbons lightly stirring; the circling white drapery contrasts with the blooming red lotus beneath in a play of cool and warm. Below, cloud-sea and wave patterns answer each other in flowing curves, so the deity seems to surface from mist and tide, the atmosphere settled and lucid.

Category

Figure · Color

Year

1997