"I paint to explore the truth of existence, revealing the beauty in all."

Cynthia Moku paints in traditional Asian and contemporary Western formats. She has painted thangkas (scroll paintings) in the style of Eastern Tibet for more than twenty-five years.

For many years Cynthia’s work has been commissioned by leading Tibetan and American spiritual teachers. It often appears in popular Buddhist publications, as well as many private collections. One can find Cynthia’s mural designs and paintings in major stupas (Buddhist temples) throughout the Western USA.

While in residency at the Denver Art Museum (linkto: Denver Art Museum) during the winter of 1995-96, Cynthia painted a large traditional thangka of the Tibetan Buddhist protector, Mahakala, which is now a permanent piece of the museum's Buddhist art collection.

Cynthia continues to conduct classes and workshops on the history, symbolism and technique of Tibetan art. Since 1989, she has taught at Naropa University, a liberal-arts college in Boulder, Colorado. It was also during her time at Naropa University that Cynthia established the Bachelor of Arts degree program in the Visual Arts.

Drawing upon her experiences with traditional and Eastern forms, Cynthia’s contemporary works explore the relationship between Eastern spiritual symbolism and twentieth-century Western cultural metaphors.

To view more of Cynthia’s work, please visit her website at www.cmoku.com