Bob’s books of paintings, poetry & practice
a Chinese brush with a Minnesota spirit
iconic landscape paintings of Minnesota & beyond
24-page, 12x12 perfect bound full color book filled with a selection of Bob’s landscapes with English translations of his poetic Chinese calligraphy inscriptions.
$30. plus shipping
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the art of hope / the hope of art
Bob tells the story of the practice of the art of hope and the
hope of art in a time of pandemic and social unraveling.
48-page, 5.5 x 11spiral-bound volume filled with a score of full color closeup images of the painting, “dawn at Mather Point, Grand Canyon,” includes the text of three Zoom talks Bob gave in the fall of 2020: Hope: in reflected light; Hope: looking into the abyss; Hope: rebrilliance.
Links to these talks, presented under the sponsorship of Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality, St. Paul, MN are available under the Online Learning section of this website.
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one stroke makes a painting
enso & other zen paintings.
36-page, 8x8 perfect bound volume of 16 of Bob’s brush paintings focused on the enso (one circular stroke) and other zen themes and calligraphy.
16 paintings and calligraphy created for show of the same name in 2017.
Great gift for reflection or meditation.
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The NINE GATES
thresholds of a spiritual journey
20-page, 8.5x11 perfect bound includes closeups of each scroll and Bob’s poetic inscriptions for each gate.
This set of nine scrolls were initially created to depict the theme How the Light Gets In: Literature of the Spirit for the 2015 Key West Literary Seminar. They depict Bob’s vision nine gates of a spiritual journey, transforming the aesthetic of the traditional Chinese scroll into digital internal landscapes.
$30. plus shipping
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