Chanting. Date: 2009. 36 x 48 Inches. Oil on Canvas. An elderly Tibetan woman sits, spinning her prayer wheel. Her eyes reflect the kindness and devotion in her heart, as she chants her prayers tirelessly. The colourful scene is imbued with a sense of calmness, abundance, security and the joy of contentment. The background represents a Tibetan motif.Tibetans are generally very pious. Their predominant belief is Tibetan Buddhism, which has been embraced in the region for over 1000 years. Papers containing prayers are rolled and put inside a prayer wheel, which believers spin in a daily ritual for worship. The prayer wheel is used to fend off evil, repent past wrongdoings, purify one’s heart and accumulate merit.