Being and Non Being
Medium
Digital Painting (Oil on Canvas Style)
Dimensions
102 x 57 cm
Classification
Image
Department
User Generated Content
Tags
BeingNon‑BeingTaoLao TzuEmptinessExistenceParadoxSilenceVesselTexture
About this artwork
Being and Non‑Being visualises Lao Tzu’s teaching that form and emptiness are inseparable. The thick impasto circle, luminous and tactile, stands as a vessel of silence – the center of creation. Surrounding it, earthy browns and deep reds evoke the material world, while the pale core dissolves into stillness. The painting invites contemplation of the Taoist truth: that Being arises from Non‑Being, and Non‑Being gives space for Being to exist. Through texture and restraint, the work transforms ph...