richard stodart
general abstract
Black Butterfly II
30” X 47”, acrylic on paper © 1998
Private Collection
Icarus–
Redefined
4' x 5' 4", acrylic on canvas, © 1989
Collection the artist.
Resting in the water of emptiness,
with wings now a part of my being,
I enter the sun whenever I fly to it.
Prometheus
4' x 6', acrylic on canvas, © 1995
Private Collection
Your gift of fire burned the roots of my conditioning. Now, Heracles, the half-mortal son of Zeus, sets you free. The gods agree, mortals can fulfill the Way.
Stupa
23” x 30”, acrylic on paper © 1989
Private collection
"The next 'stage' can only be vertical
and there can no longer be any reason
or motive for it; it is no longer a 'stage'
but an "absolute" Vertical."
Lewis Thompson
I Ching
30” x 48”, acrylic on canvas © 1989
Private collection
"Nothing escapes it at all. In the I Ching
are included the forms and the scope of
everything in the heavens and the earth.”
Rowena Pattee Kryder
Trikaya
4' X 6', acrylic on canvas © 1992
Private collection
Dharmakaya / Sambhogakaya / Nirmanakaya
Axis
Marking Eight:
4' x 6' acrylic on canvas © 1995
Collection the artist
"The clear source is embodied with spirit, the axis is wide and the
energy lively, everything apparent in the original brightness."
Zen Master Hongzhi
Infinity
5' X 5', acrylic on canvas © 2000
Available for purchase
"The empty field cannot be cultivated
or proven. From the beginning it is
altogether complete."
Zen Master Hongzhi
Black Sun
20 1/2” x 20 1/2”, acrylic on © 2002
Private collection
"Far sought and soon returned
Who found a song;
Far travelled, soon arrived
Who saw the sun."
Lewis Thompson
Eye of the Dragon
Marking Eleven (Yang Phase):
4' X 6', acrylic on canvas © 2005
Collection the artist.
The immortal Hsien is without any residue of intent.
Red Flower Goddess
12” x 14 3/4” . acrylic on paper, ©1996
Private collection
Soma
23" x 30", acrylic on paper, ©1992
Collection the artist
paintings
prints:
25.1” x 38”
Roland Giclee
available