Thangka Painter Sanje Elliott
View Related Episode: Digital Artist Bruce Bayard, Thangka Painter Sanje Elliott, Gospel Christmas
Artist, musician and world traveler Sanje Elliott has been practicing the art of Tibetan Thangka paintings since his conversion to Buddhism. The paintings are a traditional form of painting on scrolls, which monks would carry and use for religious instruction. The detail-oriented process itself is also a form of meditation, accompanied by prayer. Sanje also practices various forms of calligraphy and performs publicly on piano and saxophone.
First Broadcast: 2007
Producer: Lisa Fenderson
Appeared in episode: Digital Artist Bruce Bayard, Thangka Painter Sanje Elliott, Gospel Christmas
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- The Woman with the Veil
- by KC Cowan | 11/17/2009
- It isn’t often that the Portland Art Museum brings in an exhibit that consists entirely of one painting, but a masterpiece by Raphael is now on display and worth the trip to see. I finally got there last week and am so glad I did. “The Woman with the Veil” is so stunning, so richly painted [...]
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