Carlos Cruañas has travelled extensively throughout Asia since 1975 and has lived for long periods in India, Nepal and Thailand. His initial anthropological curiosity about the different cultures of the East led him to develop a special interest in Oriental art as a manifestation of something deeper than the purely aesthetic. He thus found that the magnificent temple architecture and rich sculptures provided the visual backcloth to many of the key questions that define Oriental culture, such as humanity's place in the universe, its relationship with divinity, its suffering and liberation. Carlos Cruañas consequently specialized in the religious art of three of the most universally known Indian traditions: Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
