I was reading Jan Richardson’s book “In Wisdom’s Path” when I came across her image of these wise ones. They haunted me for over a year before I finally talked to Jan and got permission to paint her image in three 22 x 90″ silk panels. I am caught by the expansive, mysterious, holy wisdom of these 88″ tall characters! I started by applying a wash of gold over the silk. Then I painted wax to create the gold images. Finally I mixed dyes, producing a concoction to turn the rest of the gold silk to black.