Pǎo Shan
Artist Statement
Pǎo Shan
Artist & Designer
As a Sōtō Zen Buddhist Monk, Pǎo Shan’s art and design work are a creative, physical manifestation of their meditation practice. Each piece is sprung from thoughts, concepts, emotions, and ideas that appear in that realm of intentional, “waking-consciousness.”
Then, by going to hand-brush-ink-paper, they communicate this spontaneity in the perpetual cycle of creation and completion. Their medium is Sumi inks, pigments, acrylics and collected objects, applied to hand-made Japanese Heritage Washi papers, canvas, papyrus, and other natural fiber mediums, with Chinese & Japanese calligraphy brushes.
