M a n d a l a s                                           W a t e r c o l o r Pantings on clay coat stock Copyright © Charles Mingus 2006

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M a n d a l a s    W a t e r c o l o r      on clay coat stock

Mandala: Mandala means "circle" in Sanskrit. Mandalas sometimes symbolize the universe as well as the natural perfection and harmony in nature. Tibetan monks create sand mandalas symbolizintheresidence of Enlightened Beings in order to help people imagine the vast and profound enlightened state. They are also used as meditational aids. http://www.loselmaitribuddhist.org/index.html

: My watercolor Mandalas are strictly abstract highly structured precision water colors on high gloss clay coated cover stock called Mandalas by my dealer Alan Stone they were small like Persian Miniatures with super precise multi lines of color in geometric pasterns most of the works were under 10 "x 10". There was a joke around the gallery because Visitors to the exhibitions would ask me "Why don’t you show the actual paintings ?"and "What size is the original?" They most likely mistook them for glossy color photos of much bigger paintings and I guess sort of resented the small scale. The paintings were a collection of the bright residue of watercolors pigments and structured mono-print transparencies that was a result of the scale of the wet wash to dry effect overlaid in transparent layers on a porcelain white substrate of high gloss clay coated cover stock which otherwise looked dull on textured watercolor paper I mad thousands of paintings. One summer I painted a series of works which resulted in about 20 paintings and drawings and continued for about 15 years some I have kept them out of the sun for 20 years and at some point I will make Limited Edition Archive prints of some of them, no one I know of can say the waited 20 years to finish a painting project but I set this collection aside to save it for a time when I could reproduce them at any scale & as accurate and as brightly colored as a Photography and digital printing can now do just that combined the state of the art printing with highest resolution and sharpest of line the final product is an Archival Gicleeì print made on acid free paper with long lasting brilliant pigment. Anyway back to the paintings I did to "Let Go" of the photo precision hand eye exercise of targets & Mandalas paintings. I called the new work Nocturne’s and showed them at the Allan Stone Gallery on 86 th St. without any thought or reference to either of these artist thinking the "Nocturne Series" was completely original. It was my goal was to create a series of imagined spaces and compositions with elements of drawn and painted nonobjective components it works sort of like music, open ended free from any preconception or desired result free of thinking about subject mater free of symbols or icon or language free, no narrative or rumination free of nostalgia a WIZIWYG picture that "look otherwise printed" they were constructed of preselected elements not symbols of anything I think it was a little ritual a little bit art project making a kind of kit which could allow me to combine many permutations of texture space color scale mass line in a rectilinear frame reading from left to right without a boundary or real space, shapes lines colors like words or random sounds in a box like listening to noises occur in time recording that and "editing" it picking the best occurrence or accident saving it framing it drawing on it just enough to keep it fluid. Now I am doing the opposite all symbolic all the time CGI can free you from thinking almost as completely as painting and drawing does. CM 3                "Time seed 0"                                                      Copyright © Charles Mingus III 2006  Published by the Museum Of  Modern Art                                                                    "Time seed 0" Card series                                       Mandalas 2 Watercolor on clay coat stock Click on images for large view                                                     Mandalas 2 Watercolor on clay coat stock Click on images for large view                                                     Mandalas 2 Watercolor on clay coat stock Click on images for large view                                                                 Mandalas 2 Watercolor on clay coat stock Click on images for large view                                                     Mandalas 2 Watercolor on clay coat stock Click on images for large view                                                     Mandalas 2 Watercolor on clay coat stock Click on images for large view                                                                 Mandalas 2 Watercolor on clay coat stock Click on images for large view                                                     Mandalas 2 Watercolor on clay coat stock Click on images for large view                                                     Mandalas 2 Watercolor on clay coat stock Click on images for large view                                                           Sample                                      Sample                                 Sample                             Sample        INFORMATION   FOR  COLLECTORS        All artwork is original and is made and signed by the artist Optional LIMITED EDITION ARCHIVAL PRINTS: The images are Archival Giclee´ prints made on acid free fine art paper printed with long lasting pigment inks. 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The Small Works Watercolor Reproductions  measure 5x6 inches & up. Printed with long lasting inks. Small Works reproductions by there nature places original fine art within the reach of new collectors. Small Works: 5x7 double matted Small Works ready to frame: $ Framed Small Works:: $ and up (depending on frame) Shipping and Handling: Prints: Depends on size and destination (call for specifics) Small Works: $ . per order any size  images are sought by international collectors. Contact us or send an email to: Call   -     Sample                                           Sample                                            Sample                                                        Sample Shipping and Handling: Prints: Depends on size and destination (call for specifics) Small Works: $ . per order any size  images are sought by international collectors. 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