Zen Painting

About this book

The collection of ink paintings reproduced here brings Zen directly to the eye. Wild spontaneity irreverence and humor; conciseness that transforms familiar things into raw essential forms; use of space to suggest simultaneously limitless depth and nothing at all... these paintings by both priest-painters and professional artists bear witness to Zen in a way that words cannot. At the same time this book reveals the magnificently varied effects that can be achieved with Chinese ink and brush.