New Work June 2014

New Work June 2014

The Ten Bulls series will be shown at 
Pasinger Fabrik Kultur- und Bürgerzentrum, Munich 
April - June 2015

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $157 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.

Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil  a investi 157 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.

Ten Bulls by Kakuan, transcribed by Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps, 
illustrated by Tomikichiro Toruriki

Anchor Books, 1961

No. 3   Perceiving the Bull

I hear the song of the nightingale.

The sun is warm, the wind is mild, willows are green along the shore.

Here no bull can hide!

What artist can draw that massive head, those majestic horns?

Wahrnehmen den Stier

Ich höre das Lied der Nachtigall.
Die Sonne ist warm, der Wind ist mild,Weiden sind grün am Ufer entlang.

Hier kann kein Stier verstecken!
Welche Künstler kann diese massiven Kopf, diese majestätischen Hörner ziehen?

 the seed image, from 'Bonanza: Killer Lion', Whitman Publishing, 1966

illustration by Jason Studios

Perceiving the Bull    June 10 2014     oil on canvas     152.5 X 244 cm