Rochig 1
Drawing, Chalk Pastels, Ink, Graphite, Gesso
On Yupo Translucent Medium. 2011-2013.
9" x 6"
Rochig 5
Drawing, Chalk Pastels, Ink, Graphite, Gesso.
On Yupo Translucent Medium. 2013.
14" x 11"
Rochig 5, with light
Rochig View 5 with light casting through from behind.
Drawing, Chalk Pastels, Ink, Graphite, Gesso.
On Yupo Translucent Medium. 2013.
14" x 11"
Rochig 2
Drawing, Chalk Pastels, Ink, Graphite, Gesso.
On Yupo Translucent Medium. 2012-13.
12" x 9"
Rochig 6
Drawing, Chalk Pastels, Ink, Graphite, Gesso.
On Yupo Translucent Medium, 2011-13.
9" x 6"
Rochig 3
Drawing, Chalk Pastels, Ink, Graphite, Gesso.
On Yupo Translucent Medium. 2013.
14" x 11"
Rochig 3, with light
Rochig View 3 with light casting through from behind.
Drawing, Chalk Pastels, Ink, Graphite, Gesso.
On Yupo Translucent Medium. 2013.
14" x 11"
Rochig 8
Drawing, Chalk Pastels, Ink, Graphite, Gesso.
On Yupo Translucent Medium. 2012-13.
12" x 9"
Rochig 9
Drawing, Chalk Pastels, Ink, Graphite, Gesso.
On Yupo Translucent Medium. 2012-13.
14" x 11"
rochig drawings
My drawings are often as elemental as this: abstract color displays of lines and circles, exploring my own perceptions of experiences and attempts to generate compassion around them. Drawing and painting can provide a meaningful opportunity to integrate a complex experience into something beautiful and nonverbal (without judging it “good” or “bad”), translating an experience into a new form for others to experience wholly for themselves. I often refer to my drawings as Rochig, which in Tibetan means one taste. They are drawings of experience; taking in, wholly, all layers of thought and feeling around an experience and offering them as One.
All images copyright Kirstin Alana Baum.