Alfoxton Green Tara

Alfoxton Green Tara (oil and gesso on plywood) was commissioned by Jayaraja in 2024 and completed in 2025 by Hartley Woolf.

What Hartley says about the image: 

Jayaraja commissions a new Green Tara every decade to aid his sadhana practice. Aloka has done the last two or three, but wasn't available this time, so the request came to me! I tried not to feel too pressured about filling the shoes of Triratna's most prolific and well-known artist. I have always been inspired by Aloka's work, and Jayaraja was keen for elements of his style to be continued in my painting.

I found the design process with Jayaraja meaningful and humbling. We spoke at length about his relationship with Green Tara, and he shared with me a scrapbook he's kept over the years of images and words that represent her in some way for him. We then went back and forth over a couple of digital designs before he was content for me to start painting.

Once complete, she was inaugurated in the Alfoxton shrine room with a Green Tara puja. It's a huge honour to know she will be seen by so many, and hopefully serve as an inspiration to all who meet her.

Printed on Hahnemühle natural white matt 200gsm paper using eco tank printing
With a small white border