Portfolio · BasselsJ

I began to move away from painting the Wisdom Kings as my art turned darker depicting students fighting violently. I struggled to further explore what I was teaching, the validity

I was commissioned to draw the complete Kuji-in for a martial arts book, published by Jade Buddha Publishing. The Kuji-in (Nine Hand Seals) is practiced in Shugendō, Buddhism, and Taoism.

These pressure points are part of the training material for the Mouth of the Wave Martial Arts Seminar that I taught at Grey Highlands, Ontario in 2010. All the lessons

These are sketches I made using charcoal, ink, and pencil circa 2009-2016.

Nature and Wildlife I was very interested in animals and nature, and drew and painted a lot of them. Native American art was a big influence. My high school teacher,