Artwork description:

I've always loved the 3 wise monkeys, contrary to what some people think (In the Western world the phrase is often used to refer to those who deal with impropriety by turning a blind eye) its believed that the 3 wise monkeys originated from an old Buddhist teaching about not being involved in evil and wrong doing, being of good mind, speech and action. ............................................................................................ This piece is partly painted and partly screen printed. I paint the background and sides, print the design and paint any detail of the design that goes round the sides. unlike my prints on paper that are printed in a run and numbered accordingly I dont number the woodboard pieces as i paint and print them one at a time, finishing off painting detail on the sides. so i dont see these as strictly prints but more like one-off pieces as they are hand-made even though i do several of them. This piece has a whole drilled in the back at the top so are ready to hang.

Materials used:

Screenprint on paper mounted on Plywood

Tags:

#animal #animals #calm #leaves #calming #relaxing #relax #buddhism #philosophical #monkeys #wisdom #buddhist #wise