Singapore Artist Prabhakara Jimmy Quek

Three of my paintings had been acquired and installed at Singapore Embassidor Residence in Manila early this year. This is one of the ways promoting Singapore artist and his art works in other country by Singapore Government. Here, a photo of one of the 3 paintings, I took this photo when the painting was still with me.


Morning Meditation. Acrylic on canvas. 102 x 76 cm.
Coll: Ministry collection.


I painted this painting in year 2003 when I thought of working out a painting with Bodhi Tree, with a mood of calm, serenity and peaceful effects. I visited Bodhigaya in India, where there was a big Bodhi Tree. It was a serene and peaceful morning. People meditated arround the Bodhi Tree. People believe that the Buddha attained his enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree at this place. I though it would be a good idea to paint a painting that comes from this memory. I did a small sketch study before I started working on this painting. I hope to achieve a calm and peaceful effects with pictorial elements of tree, a silhouette of pagoda behind the tree, silhouettes of people meditating in this painting.

I have been working with my pendants all day today. Here is one more new pendant I would like to show you today. Hope you enjoy it.

Bodhi Tree. Kiln fired pendant. 46 x 30 x 3mm.
By Jimmy Quek Prabhakara.

I collected few Bodhi leaves when I visited India Lumbini many years ago.

Recently I collected few Bodhi leaves at the Sri Lankaramaya Buddhist Temple. After cleaning them and dried them, I painted them with gold, hoping to preserve them. It look very special and beautiful.

Bodhi leaf has its symboolic meaning of Enlightenment and peace. It is said that a slip of the Bodhi tree from BodhGaya was brought to Anuradhapura of Sri Lanka. The Bodhi Tree at the Sri Lankaramaya Buddhist Temple was a sapling from the great Bodhi tree at Anuradhapura.

I have few extra Bodhi leaves painted with acrylic gold. If you are interested to acquire it please email me to let me know. You are free to pay any amount you like to give and postage for sending it to your address. Have a nice day.