Joan Watts: Circle 0-12

Joan Watts: Circle Paintings 0-12

Circle Paintings 0-12

“Continuous Practice is the Circle of the Way.” -Dagen The circle is the most primordial of all shapes. The Enso or Zen Circle symbolizes enlightenment. It is seamless spaciousness. It is the True Dharma Eye of Oneness. It is the symbol of undivided activity and emptiness, which is absolute nothingness.

It is wholeness with no beginning and no end. Emptiness is fullness. It is the nothing that is not there and the Nothing that is.

According to the Heart Sutra “Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.”

“It is presence in absence.” -Basho It is the void or symbol of the non-separateness of all things.

“In Buddhist Emptiness there is no time, no space, no becoming, no thingness, it is what makes all things possible, it is a zero full of infinite possibilities, it is a void of in inexhaustible contents.” -D.T. Suzuki In this series of circular painting I have left the center open to represent nothingness and the spaciousness of the Dharma Eye. I have painted the front edge around the circles with different colors and calligraphic marks to represent life’s variations. Outside and/ or inside edges are painted white or black for neutrality.

As Rilke said “I am circling around God ... “

Circle 5, 2019, oil on wood, 23.5 x 23.5 inches

Circle 4, 2019, oil on wood, 23.5 x 23.5 inches

Circle 7, 2019, oil on wood, 31.5 x 31.5 inches

Circle 2, 2019, oil on wood, 23.5 x 23.5 inches

Circle 1, 2019, oil on wood, 23.5 x 23.5 inches

Circle 3, 2019, oil on wood, 23.5 x 23.5 inches

Circle 6, 2019, oil on wood, 31.5 x 31.5 inches

Circle 0, 2019, oil on wood, 12 x 12 inches

Circle 11, 2019, oil on wood, 47 x 47 inches

Circle 8, 2019, oil on wood, 31.5 x 31.5 inches

Circle 10, 2019, oil on wood, 39.5 x 39.5 inches

Circle 9, 2019, oil on wood, 31.5 x 31.5 inches

Circle 12, 2019, oil on wood, 57.5 x 57.5 inches

Circle 5, 2019 oil on wood 23.5 x 23.5 inches JW154 Click to inquire about this work

Circle 4, 2019 oil on wood 23.5 x 23.5 inches JW149 Click to inquire about this work

Circle 7, 2019 oil on wood 31.5 x 31.5 inches JW156 Click to inquire about this work

$2,800

$2,800

$3,600

Circle 0, 2019 oil on wood 12 x12 inches JW150 Click to inquire about this work

$1,600

Circle 11, 2019 oil on wood 47 x 47 inches JW160 Click to inquire about this work

$4,500

Circle 8, 2019 oil on wood 31.5 x 31.5 inches JW157 Click to inquire about this work

$3,600

Circle 2, 2019 oil on wood 23.5 x 23.5 inches JW152 Click to inquire about this work

$2,800

Circle 10, 2019 oil on wood 39.5 x 39.5 inches JW159 Click to inquire about this work

$3,800

Circle 1, 2019 oil on wood 23.5 x 23.5 inches JW151 Click to inquire about this work

$2,800

Circle 9, 2019 oil on wood 31.5 x 31.5 inches JW158 Click to inquire about this work

$3,600

Circle 3, 2019 oil on wood 23.5 x 23.5 inches JW153 Click to inquire about this work

$2,800

Circle 12, 2019 oil on wood 57.5 x 57.5 inches JW161 Click to inquire about this work

$5,500

Circle 6, 2019 oil on wood 31.5 x 31.5 inches JW155 Click to inquire about this work

$3,600

Education: 1964-1966 1960-1963 1957-1959

University of Hawaii, M.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute, B.F.A. Briarcliff College, A.A.S.

Selected Solo Exhibitions: 2018 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2016 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2014 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2012 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2010 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2008 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2007 Lemmons Contemporary, New York, New York 2005 Lemmons Contemporary, New York, New York 2000 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1998 Whelan Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1996 Galerie Ulrike Buschlinger, Wiesbaden, Germany 1995 Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Galisteo, New Mexico 1994 Santuario de Gaudalupe, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1993 Spirit Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1992 Peyton-Wright Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1990 Cortland Jessup Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts 1989 Kauffman Gallery, Houston, Texas 1985 Soho 20 Gallery, New York, New York 1984 Elaine Starkman Gallery, New York, New York

Blue Heron Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts 1983 Soho 20 Gallery, New York, New York

80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, New York 1980 Noho Gallery, New York, New York 1977 Bethel Gallery, Bethel, Connecticut 1975 Katonah Gallery, Katonah, New York 1972 Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, Connecticut 1970 Gallery III, Ossining, New York 1969 Gallery III, Ossining, New York 1968 Briarcliff College, Briarcliff Manor, New York Selected Collections: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico The Harwood Foundation, Taos, New Mexico Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico Library and Research Center, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC SandRidge Energy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Upaya Foundation, Santa Fe, New Mexico Cravath, Swain & Moore, New York, New York

Hubert Wilke, Inc., New York, New York Babkie International, Westport, Connecticut Barnard College, New York, New York Marilyn Rubin Associates, Briarclifff Manor, New York Sandek Corporation, Stanford, Connecticut Collins & Aikman Corporation, New York, New York Bowes and Associates, Houston, Texas Robert Redford, Santa Monica, California

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