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Woman-Buddha

A vivid metaphorical trilogy of inner transformation

“Woman-Buddha” is a series of three illustrative paintings, each showing a stage in the awakening of a woman’s consciousness and spiritual power. There are two central images: the Great Mother, the one feminine force, who appears in different states and guides every woman on the planet; and a naked woman inside a sphere — the living core of the inner world, the visible form of what a woman lives through. The whole trilogy is a path from the cleansing flame to the opening and blossoming of the feminine spirit.

Works in progress
Works in progress

3 stages of the path — 3 scenes

Purification

Rebirth

Oneness

About the series

About the series

The idea for a trilogy about the states of the Woman-Buddha came to me in 2024, while I was living on the island of Phangan in Thailand. It was a time of living my feminine experience deeply and of healing — through nature, through working with women and holding Circles of Power. The series grew naturally out of that path. Interestingly, I finished the third painting almost a year and a half later, in Siem Reap, Cambodia. So the cycle closed not only in the images but inside me too. Each of the three paintings is a state. By engaging with their symbols, you can go through your own initiation — from the fire of inner transformation to wholeness and spiritual clarity. The “Woman-Buddha” series is a finished chapter of my life and my work as an artist, though I may well take the idea further in new “scenarios”.

Why “Woman-Buddha”?

This name kept coming to me whenever I worked on a painting in the series. It has nothing to do with religion in the usual sense. For me, Buddha is a state of awakened consciousness, clarity and inner wholeness — of going beyond human limits into the Higher Self, where there is absolute knowing, the oneness of everything, a clear view of your path, pure states and total presence. And yet the Buddha is one with the body: the spiritual and the material are connected, and that creates harmony and balance in life. In these works I explore a woman’s path to herself — through purification, rebirth and union with the Power of Creation, with the unshakeable laws of the universe and with the elements. So here Buddha isn’t the image of a deity but a metaphor for a woman’s awakened nature. The link with the traditional image of the Buddha is in the Great Mother’s closed eyes and the sense of calm and peace. I wanted to show that spiritual teachers and guides aren’t only men — a Woman can be one too, in her true and often forgotten power.

How to acquire

Works from the “Woman-Buddha” series come in several formats. Each one is made with care for quality and for keeping the artistic value of the original.

  • Collector’s postcard set

    Collector’s postcard set

    A set of three images on heavy designer paper — for a personal collection or a special gift.

  • Limited reproductions

    Limited reproductions

    Single works or the whole trilogy as fine-art prints, signed by the artist and with a certificate of authenticity. Size and material are agreed individually.

  • Originals

    Originals

    The originals are available on request — to buy or to show in an exhibition.

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Woman-Buddha · Valeria Volnaya