One of the greatest of all Zen masters, Hui Neng was an illiterate monk who lived and taught in China during the fifth century CE. This painting began with a photograph of Hui Neng’s mummified body, still preserved at the Nan Hua monastery in southern China. Using Corel Painter, I added flesh onto the desiccated, skull-like face, creating an artist’s impression of what he might have looked like in life.