8 February 2025
Painting
Rigzin Wangmo

We are thrilled to welcome you to Siddhartha’s Intent’s 17th online exhibition, featuring gouache and digital paintings by Canadian artist Rigzin Wangmo. Read below as the artist shares her insights and inspiration in her own words in her own words.

 

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“Like a skilled artist

Spreading various colours

Creating different forms from illusion

Though the elements have no distinction

 

Within elements there is no colour

Within colour there are no elements

Yet not apart from elements

Colours can be perceived

 

Within mind there is no painting

Within painting there is no mind

Yet not apart from mind

Paintings can manifest.”

 

—Avatamsaka Sutra, Enlightenment Forest Bodhisattva Gatha

 

Rigzin Wangmo’s Art Statement

Mind, Buddha, and all beings share this same nature—empty yet luminous, unfindable yet manifesting. Just as an artist creates worlds through mind, the world we perceive is created by mind.

This Gatha guides my understanding of art as a spiritual practice. Each piece captures moments of connection, sharing luminous glimpses.

Through practice and study, I first establish a heartfelt bond with each enlightened being before shaping their presence into visual form. The essence that flows through varies—sometimes it’s playful joy, sometimes boundless love, sometimes unwavering power. By sharing these authentic connections, I aspire to transcend the mere form to resonate deeply, allowing the audience to naturally sync with the enlightened energies within themselves.

May these images speak to a wider audience, especially nurturing young hearts. May they blossom into future dharma connections. May they kindle the light of awakening.

 

To explore more of this wonderful artist’s work, visit her Instagram. To purchase prints of her art, browse her Etsy shop.

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