Ruth Pasquine Ph.D
Artist, Art Historian, Curator
Ruth studied at Franconia College (BA, English and Italian literature, 1970), Williams College (MA, art history, 1981), and City University of New York (PhD, art history, 2000, dissertation: The Politics of Redemption: Dynamic Symmetry, Theosophy, and Swedenborgianiam in the Art of Emil Bisttram (1895-1976). She moved to Little Rock in 1991 to take the position of curator of art at the Arkansas Arts Center. She resigned in 1997 to write her PhD dissertation, and then taught art history at local colleges and universities. Her final class at UCA was the Asian Art Survey: India, China, Japan, which sparked her interest in Asian art, and led to her return to art-making.
Ruth has been producing her Tibetan Series works for the last two years. These works depict figures - gods, goddesses, mahasiddhas, and lamas - from the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon. These Buddhas and Bodhisattvas inhabit the spiritual realm and are available for healing assistance when visualized and invoked.
(Right) Padmasambhava, 2008, pastel and ink on paper, 35 x 26.5 inches (sheet)
A number of her works depict the wrathful deities, who represent the active route to attaining mastery over duality. With their halos of flames and frightening appearance, they protect and enlighten, and assist the devotee in vanquishing the ego.
(Left) Achala, 2006, pastel on paper, 36 x 28 (frame)
Ruth's Tibetan works are for sale; she is also available to lecture on Tibetan Buddhist art.
Please visit Ruth's website to view additional pieces of her art.
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