A Journey of Art and Soul for the Earth

by Rama the Elephant and Calley O'Neill

Solo Gallery

Grotto of Hope

The Endangered Ones

Action Room

Floor Plan

Wheels

JOURNEY INTO THE VALLEY OF THE ENDANGERED ONES

The main gallery of paintings, native trees and Wildlife Prayer Wheels will be laid out like the side chapels in a cathedral.  Each of the 36 mixed media paintings (7-feet by-5-feet) will be set back in an alcove with a pair of handcrafted lanterns, fabric or elephant paper side panels, and hand woven baskets with trees native to the exhibition area.  Special lighting, stories of nature’s heroes and quiet sounds of nature attune the mind to the precious nature of life.

The paintings are illuminations in the style of sacred Tibetan thanka paintings, hanging on bamboo or wooden rods.  Used as traveling teaching and meditation tools for awakening, Tibetan thankas are sacred, symbolic scroll paintings that are visually and mentally stimulating. 

The Earth appears in every painting.  The finely painted borders are inspired by the native plant communities and patterns from indigenous peoples associated with each animal’s region.  Like traditional thankas and manuscript illuminations, the paintings seek to emanate the energy of the animal and invoke protection for them and their ecosystems.

We are a part of this Earth and it is part of us.

— Chief Seattle, 1854

RAMA: AMBASSADOR FOR THE ENDANGERED ONES

Speaking Passionately on Behalf of Those who Cannot Speak