commissions
Here is a gallery of commissioned paintings and details for how you may go about commissioning a 'devotional Buddhist image' or 'portrait'.buddhist images
As a practicing Buddhist it is a great honour for me as well as a devotional/meditation practice to create Buddhist images. I am able to create a whole range of imagery including seed syllables, mantras, mandalas, buddhas and bodhisattva.
'I was ordained with Amitajyoti and greatly admired the paintings she was doing on the retreat so I asked her to paint Prajnaparamita for me. There are not many images of her, mainly statues so this was a great opportunity to have a painting of my own. In February, I met with Amitajyoti and went to her studio to collect my painting. I was thrilled by how beautiful and delicate the figure of Prajnaparamita is and I loved the painting straight away. She hangs above my shrine, near my bed and is with me in my thoughts too.' Satyasri.
If you're interested in exploring the possibility of commissioning a painting, then contact me and we can talk through your idea, the cost, materials
etc. You may have a clear idea about what you want or perhaps more of a general sense of something. Through talking it often becomes apparent that
there is more of a sense of what you are looking for than you may think. It may be that colour is important to you for example, or a particular image
- water, the sun or moon. It is possible to follow a traditional Sadhana or to be as experimental as you'd like - perhaps incorporating something of
an artist whose work you really like.
During this conversation we would discuss the paintings size and the materials which could be used, all of which
will reflect the feeling and theme of the image.
portrait commissions
I have created many portrait commissions for individuals and love to work in this way. I would generally if possible want to meet the person and from there either work from life with the person sitting for me during the painting process, or from photographs, preferably that I have taken (although this is not entirely necessary).
It is possible to commission a piece of work for yourself or as a gift, you may want an image of yourself marking a particular stage in your life, likewise your partner, parents, children. I am also happy to paint pets and deceased loved ones.
You can contact me at connect@amitajyoti.net