Kategoria BISAC: Art >> Techniques - Painting

Lynn Miller has worked as an artist, painting and drawing, for over fifty years. This book includes an extensive essay by him on his philosophy with and approach to the creative process and painting in particular. It also includes over 90 images of his artwork, most in color. Mr. Miller's art works are in private collections across the U.S, with a few in Europe and Asia. He graduated with a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1970 and an MFA from the University of Oregon in 1972.

Presented in My Journey through Ink and Paint is the mind of a pensive wanderer who journeys through a world of colors. This work depicts abstract art in a stylish evolution of colors through contrasting, blending, or complementing one color with another juxtaposed on it. The color movement is like a flow chart of events created by nature during a rainbow formed by the sun and raindrops. This technique can be seen in The Wilderness Mind, Eleganza, and others in the book. My Journey through Ink and Paint is a compilation of abstract art drawn over the years through enjoyable and sad...

This is a carefully documented, fully illustated record of the restoration of a fourteenth-century Japanese Taima-Mandala, from planning to final framing. European and Far Eastern working methods are shown, including the tools and materials employed.

Additional sections explore the mandala's creation and teachings and its spiritual sources, explaining how it translates the Contemplation Sutra (Amitayurdhyana Sutra) into visual images. Text in German and English.

Essays from biblical scholars and art historians provide resources for understanding the relation of texts to artistic paintings and images. Additionally, contributors offer resources for understanding language that prompts mental picturing and visual objects that prompt mental imaging and meditation. Readers will master the tools necessary for integrating multiple approaches both to biblical and artistic interpretation.