Dharmaglyph: "Puerto Vallarta Buddha Mural at Twilight"
Puerto Vallarta Buddha Mural at Twilight
Originally uploaded by Wonderlane
A mural mixing Mexican and Tibetan Buddhist iconography on a rooftop in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, completed Jan 1, 2007. As a mixed image I did not paint strictly speaking an image of Vajrasattva, but Tibetan iconography with Mexican and internation icons in my own style.
It was painted as a present for the friends I stayed with there - Rossy and Ariel.
Fly me round trip from Seattle to Puerto Vallarta I would very much enjoy creating and painting more murals there.
This shot was taken at Dusk so that the entire image can be seen without shadows. It's approximately 7 ft by 7 ft square. It was painted on concrete. It is on the back of the enclosed staircase. Took a little over 3 days to paint - totally on the fly - no preliminary drawings - just started painting.
To the right of the skulls you will see a skeleton of my friend's dog, Breda.
Ariel is a homegrown biologist - his company is "Wild Travellers" - eco-tourguide, and conservationist of endangered species of turtles. He was voted the best tourguide by tourists in North Vallarta.
As Rossy does not own a good sized Buddhist statue this stands in for her shrine.
"Rotoplas" on the black plastic container stands for the manufacturing technique - rotational plastic - it's a water filter and storage device - a cistern.
