TASHI MANNOX identfies two main paths within the body of his Iconographic work. The first path is Tibetan Calligraphy which is based on the rigorous seventeen year training he underwent as a Kagyu Tibetan Monk. With the second path TASHI has developed a contemporary approach with his "Soulhouette" Project, this embodies Eastern and Western Art and Philosophical traditions.
Most of TASHI MANNOXs art is created in Chinese ink, using traditional
Japanese and Chinese brushes, although, for some smaller Sanskrit and Tibetan
scripts, handmade bamboo pens are also used. All his paintings are applied
to a ground-base of high quality, heavy, water-colour paper. Each painting
is signed and sealed with the artists water tiger hallmark, in red,
Japanese 'seal mud'.
TASHI MANNOXs working process involves a fundamentally meditative
approach, but he attributes the element of spontaneity in his work to "the
Ultimate Mind", which, he believes, is as instrumental in shaping the
final image as his brush.
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