
          "(See also Tantric Art)" 
          
        Buddhist Art is considered to be 60,000 
          years old and goes back through time to Shamanic origins 
          throughout Asia. In the East, paintings are considered transmitions, 
          an unbroken line from ancient 
          times to the present. The individual artist as well as individual creativity 
          is unimportant, and the 
          Dieties are beautiful in their own light and transmit spiritual or religious 
          energies. I want to 
          appreciate and pay tribute to all the artists over centuries that have 
          contributed to this rich 
          tradition. I have created many modern ../images in this sacred tradition, 
          and it would be 
          impossible without drawing from many of the great Buddhist painters.