This piece illustrates personal growth and discovery, with an open window representing new opportunities and the light of knowledge. A young monk in rich maroon and red stands at the doorway to serenity and spiritual awareness, embodying the emotional highs and lows of the learning process. It is one of the series of 3 paintings on young buddhist monks training done in Eastern culture. They stay in a monastery for 1-2 weeks and learn the traditional rituals. A young trainee is shown in a maroon robe studying in great concentration.
- Subject Matter: human figure
- Collections: Figures