This was done around April 2012. It was for my type as art class and for this assignment it had to be a triptych and include whatever type you want in there.
I was also taking non western art history at the time and I just learned about the original Buddhism, founded by Siddartha.
I personally hate how religion needs to be split up into billions of different sects when it's all the same thing. Just be a good person, learn to love yourself and others, etc. Also, I'm Christian but I believe in some Buddhist "philosophies" (I guess that comes from my Japanese background).
I wanted to fuse these concepts together so I used Buddhist icons of the mudras (which is the hand gestures in each section) on a Christian gold triptych. I decided to watercolor the pieces to make it look like traditional Indian art. It also folds up like a book because these watercolor styles were known to be in books.
"Fear Not" Gesture. The sanskrit on the hand says Siddhartha Gautama.
Gesture of Charity
How the 'book' looks closed.
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