Now in its 10th year, the annual Buddha Abides show at Frameworks (813 Anacapa St.) has become a solid Santa Barbara tradition. Stop by the gallery before Saturday, May 29, to witness the many faces of Buddha as imagined by nearly 100 artists in this juried show.
You’ll find everything from “The Goddess of Nature,” Meganne Forbes’s serene, soft-hued watercolor, to Mooneen Mourad’s acrylic painting “Happy,” in which bare-bellied Buddha squats like a frog on a lily pad.
Hazel’s “Green Tara of Compassion” borrows the vivid colors and dense symbolism of a Tibetan thangka, while Jeff Lipshitz captures the intense concentration of a devoted Buddhist practitioner in his photograph “Nun Studying on Bed.”
There are lots of small-scale pieces included in the show, ranging from Deborah Alston Wroblewski’s assemblage work “Travel Well,” in which a tiny golden Buddha rides along in a child’s wagon with his suitcase at his side, to “Blue Buddha,” Mary Stanley’s vision of Siddhartha Gautama in rug-hooked wool.
And last year’s 5×5 series of square works proved so popular that it’s back again for 2010; each piece goes for $55. As in years past, proceeds from sales of these works go to the Tibetan Children’s Village in Dharamsala, India, and to Domestic Violence Solutions right here in Santa Barbara County. Go get your Zen on. Call 965-1812 or visit carusowoods.com for info.
Contact :
The Frameworks & Caruso Woods Gallery
813 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA
Tel : 805.965.1812
Email : info@carusowoods.com
Source : http://www.independent.com
