Painting the Dao

65 ak8.113 Hermit Who Climbed into a Tree, No.3 Ink and watercolour on xuan paper 136.5 × 68.0 cm, Sussex, March 1993 Three artist seals 水松石山房 Shuisongshi shanfang (Water, Pine and Stone Retreat) 偶然得之 Ouran dezhi (Achieved by accident) 攜杖老人 Xiezhang laoren (Old man who carries the staff ) Published The Master of the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat, Beyond the Stage of Time , i: Realised Realms (Hong Kong: Rasti Chinese Art, 2020), 68–9 inscr iption Ancient Forest The word grew until each disciple of the silent sage was surrounded by a myriad more. Forests of meaning grew up everywhere and matured into gnarled old trees of truth while the river drifted timelessly by, reflecting glimpses of infinite halos as it gently washed smooth the word. Analogies of the Khlongmaster, inscribed at the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat, 1993. ak9.1 Walking Staves at Rest Series, No.3 Ink and watercolour on cotton paper 96.7 × 211.5 cm, Bangkok, 2009 One artist seal 水松石山房 Shuisongshi shanfang (Water, Pine and Stone Retreat)