Originally the sangha were the monks that followed the historical Buddha. Today the word is used in some buddhist temples to mean "the community of all beings". Since faces keep appearing in the trees and there seems to be this growing tree community in the work, thus the name Sangha. Sometimes I think I am done painting trees and suddenly another one is seen popping out of the brush. Curious.
I completed appr. 35 of the No War paintings. I sold some but have the majority here in my studio. I am asking $50.00 each. If interested email me. DMC
These pieces happened during the War in Iraq for a show at the Swords Into Plowshares Gallery in Detroit curated by Eric Mesko. They are painted on cardboard and then mounterd on plywood.
These pieces were poured in the backyard of the Zeitgeist Gallery in Detroit which I ran from 2001-2009. They are gypsy/poured with propane and a kiln made from a 55 gallon drum. It is the lost foam proces where the image is carved out of styrofoam and imbeded sometimes with metal and packed in sand. The hot metal is then poured into the styrofoam which burns out and the raw metal is then cooled and finished...
