Wabi-sabi Trees in Winter
36" x 52" Mixed media
Wabi-sabi (nothing lasts, nothing
is finished, and nothing is perfect).
Wabi-sabi is a Japanese aesthetic that centers on transience and
imperfection. It is a concept derived from the Buddhist teaching of the three
marks of existence; impermanence, suffering, and emptiness. Artistic
characteristics of wabi-sabi are asymmetry, irregularity, simplicity, economy,
intimacy and appreciation of natural objects and processes. To read more about Wabi-sabi see Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers
by Leonard Koren.
