The Nine Gates
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.
With Bob’s singular poetic description of each gate.
scroll photography: Christian Korab
Click below to view a 2 minute video tour of the Nine Gates
The process behind the art
Click on each image below to view Bob’s poetic description for each gate:
DARKNESS
LONGING
ABANDONMENT
RAGE
EMPTINESS
COMPASSION
UNBRIDLED JOY
ONENESS
DELUSION
Signed limited editions of these scrolls are available in two sizess. Pricing upon request.
the seven allusions
The art for this set of seven scrolls was initially created as an addendum to the Nine Gates Scrolls depicting the theme How the Light Gets In: Literature of the Spirit for the 2015 Key West Literary Seminar. These seven pieces continue to explore internal landscapes of a spiritual journey.
Signed limited editions of these scrolls are available. Pricing upon request.
Click on each image below to view the poetic description created by Hong Zhang for each allusion with Bob’s Chinese calligraphy:
ordinary radiance
memory
reckless abandon
grace
rapture
wonder
faith
landscape scrolls
These five scrolls were created from 5 of Bob’s iconic landscape paintings. As he has done with his other fabric scrolls, the faux silk surrounding each painting is created from taking a sample from each and cloning it to create a variety of fabric textures and colors to frame the piece. All are dye-sublimation printed on acrylic fabric.
Signed limited editions of these scrolls are available. Pricing upon request.
Click on each image below to view translations for Bob’s poetic description for each landscape:
song of Minnehaha
3 superior falls
superior moon
superior view
superior pallisade
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