Blood Mandala
Original by Tim Ruth – Mixed Media on Canvas – 100×100
£12300.00
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Blood Mandala
Tim Ruth
Blood on Watercolour Paper
30 × 30 cm (framed)
Overview
Blood Mandala is a rare and intimate work by Tim Ruth, created as an act of absolute trust and transparency. Conceived as a gift, the piece arose from an unparalleled moment of generosity—where the most private substance of the human body was offered consciously, not as provocation, but as devotion.
The result is a mandala formed not through pigment alone, but through presence, intention, and surrender.
Material and Meaning
Using blood as medium, Ruth engages with one of humanity’s oldest symbolic substances—life-force, lineage, sacrifice, and continuity—without theatrics or shock. Suspended in water and guided into form, the material resolves into a precise yet organic geometry, balancing control with inevitability.
The mandala structure speaks to cycles, return, and coherence, while the off-white ground allows the work to breathe—inviting contemplation rather than confrontation.
An Act of Giving
There is little narrative attached to Blood Mandala, because the act itself is complete. What was offered was not spectacle, but vulnerability; not symbolism imposed, but meaning embodied.
In this sense, the work is less about viewing and more about witnessing. The gesture that brought it into being speaks with a clarity words cannot improve upon.
Presence
Small in scale yet profound in resonance, Blood Mandala carries a quiet gravity. It rewards stillness and close looking, revealing its depth slowly, over time.
This is a work for collectors drawn to art that operates beyond surface aesthetics—where intimacy, ritual, and consciousness converge into form.
Original paintings come signed with a wax seal and a Certificate of Authenticity.