lord shiva

LORD SHIVA 

Looking out of the eyes in this body 
looking out the mind says “what is important” 
Emptiness makes no reply 
Shiva destroys the important and the unimportant
and leaves you with peace.
Lord Shiva doesn’t always have to be shown aggressive or wild. Here he is, meditating. Breathing all the colors of his aura. His hair flowing loose and word written in Hindi and Sanskrit are the words often associated with him.

!His own name and associations as forming a part of His Jata( hair). There is an old Shiva story among the sadhus, that says the world tree can be compared to the jata of Shiva, each strand of life emanates from his head! so too, by putting his very names in these strands, you have amply shown that All, is indeed Shiva!
Aum Namah Shivaye.

shoo!

He doesn't even know what a crown is. But he wears one. Invisible it is, but everybody seems to notice it.

Some are just born not to give a damn… 

mixed medium on paper
14'' by 8''

Flow

Because passion, wilderness, fire, heat, zeal are all the tastes. With these words I make art. And art like this makes words for me.  “Flow” is the word that I am trying to explain here. I know I can’t because the words I choose to use while describing it, does flow with meaning too. 

Colors just like to flow. UNTAMED. So does a horse!

  

mixed medium on ivory paper

length: 36''

breadth: 23''

Just a thought...

Sometimes life seems complex to me. We fight wars in the name of a benevolent God, create division between us as people when it comes to social status, abortion, politics, race, personal choice — the list could go on and on.
We are afraid of germs so we carry Germ-X, but we aren't really sure what is in most of the foods we eat. It seems we are all fighting our own mini-wars of the head and the heart.

We hear all of the time to "live in the moment," but what does that mean, exactly? Would we still have time to hate? To be cruel? To be arrogant?

When we see someone clearly distressed, we took a moment to be totally present with our own feelings of vulnerability in difficult times and from that place offered a compassionate ear and tender word, maybe even a hug. (I'm not so sure about licking faces like pets does)

I've noticed how a single flower can brighten a room and how a baby can make even the toughest hearts smile. I think life generally has ups, downs and sometimes sideways — all of it weaving the tapestry of our lives, our stories and our ancestry.

Birth without the miracle of life would appear violent and strange, but because we know otherwise, we courageously push through to the other end. There's a completion to a cycle, and we are satisfied with that. I wonder if we could apply that to our dreams and aspirations, tough times and heartbreak?

I don't understand that with so many out of work why we aren't creating beautiful things in ways that are unique to us. We may destroy our atmosphere, our oceans, our health, but in the end we are still left with that glow until we take our last breath. What is that, and can it be destroyed?

Whatever it is that makes us feel alive — whether it be painting or drawing, model cars or creating community, are we doing it? And if we aren't, why not? As the glimmer of hope moves through us, do we give up? Can we really give up? Or is it a constant nagging at our heartstrings to take time to feel and know that everything in life has a cycle to which it is born. 

cottage nirvana

COLOR ME!

COLORS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS!

express

These are the metaphors. They change tempo. Quicken in volume, sting at times. they are full of emotions of various sorts. They are filled with facts, no matter how they come out, they are clear. They communicate, they breathe, they feel, they make you feel. they feed on passion! You know where my pride is stored?Here!!

connection

I love how letters spill on a page
They form and fill your mind
When they start to make sense
The words can start imaging
Into cohesive pictures
And sometimes
Through this process
You can really make a connection
It's random and quite amazing

stare

  So I just sit and stare… off into space waiting for inspiration to write what is meant to be written (Trying to avoid labels).  Lyrics flow in my mind but I don’t want to appreciate beauty today. I am done with it I guess. So I just sit and stare. Stare at this blank piece of paper and I made eyes staring at me. And I just could not move beyond. I made a face and the expressions made me tickle. But as I said I did not want to write about beauty today. And while I was just sitting and starring, I looked beyond her face, beyond her lexis. Something that constitutes it. And colors did flow automatically.  

size: A4
2000 INR (excluding shipping charges) 

underwater

Come swim with me. When you are thousand feet underwater chained to the anchor of your words, chained to the anchor of your indiscretion, you will never know how the sun shines.

Whatever be that reason that allowed you such drowning, are all yesterday’s thoughts that let you run like a fearless mess for all the wrong reasons. Sunlight ripples its way into the darkness to uncover the ghosted death thousand feet underneath chained to the meaningless words trying to save the dead. Save your pretty soul. Swim up and bathe into colors.

        

wall painting

wall painting. 

taking a break from the love of canvas painting. wanted things more decorated around. wanted more art around. I PAINTED THE WALL with slight Rajasthani touch (inspired by my recent visit) The elephant’s trunks brushing the ground.

 the color of sun strengthening nerves and mind, elemental earthy brown projecting stability and the slight tease of energy synonym: red. and ofcorce, then there are elephants! the perfect picture :)

this is where it is....

Lord Krishna and Gopis

painting a 7 by 5 feet canvas with lord Krishna and Gopis.

art in process. the elements namely fire, water, earth, air and space sensory aspects of one's being and Lord Krishna;s lovers, the Gopis are the personifications of such energies. the divine power that animates life. bright colors are the language of same.  Lord Krishna is almighty, very powerful and learned but there is a cult of devotion in which person falls in love with him. its very easy to fall in love with him. know more about him and you will love him more each time. through bright and colorful dresses i tried to swirl the energies and the bright yellow is as radiant as the aura of him with knowledge and wisdom. more of it is yet to come...... 

Traveler

The desktop Wanderers and the trail setters. we all need maps. some need a map to know what to fallow and others to mark what not to follow.

Stretch your map   and let let the tree stretch its branches. you see, its the tree to give you all sort of spiritual beliefs attached to it. because its international. its from all over. the roots belong there, the branched spread there, the leave flourish here and so on. Just like you, its a traveler too. 

size of art: 22 inches 44 inches

price: (unframed) 4,000 INR 

new

i needed new colors, so i took them from my soul. 

Flame

flame. i took pencils and pastels and ink pens. took crayons of my life and noticed each moment turning into past tense. candles in my meditating room were flaunting shades of their flames whereas i felt colorless. i took my sheet to it and surrendered. after burning a couple of them, i noticed some patterns. i took out a fresh bundle and made art out it. 

SURPRISE!!

the rock you sat on has a moving ability... and is pretty angry! 

Un-defined

float loose and break the lines. go higher than smoke, burn brighter than fire, settle faster than residue, and stay undefined, like the flame, like the smoke of the same.

stimulate the soul and let it form patterns of its own. let it go to the nights much more quite than this. day more serene than this. go and see yourself where you want to see yourself. enter into your dream. float in the waves of passion and desire. let go of time. past present and future. Stay undefined. Just let yourself be and surprise yourself! 

Breaking the law.

The afterworld manifests an extension of its legacy whenever and wherever the awakening egos stand guard to its domain and faithful beliefs rejoice in the rebirth. but before that could happen, selfish ideals assume to fetch number of unworthy compliments. acknowledging the rigid intentions that ward off options and shrink in the limited self created vacuum. break that stubborn pattern!

accept the "wholeness" and receive its immanent callings. dance in the shadow that time casts. widespread is the other side! 

peacock dance

it was a weird weather today. it rained and looked like it washed the colour of the sky. it seemed white. it was beautiful white, reminded me of my canvas. looked up to find some clouds to play "whats that" game but it was sort of endless white. eyes descended like the dew falls and got caught up in the branches of clapping leaves of brighter than ever green. all shades of green looked like god used vacume cleaner all around. every thing seemed fresh, lively and bright. i wanted to capture the feeling. the energy, the moment, the spectrum of beautiful vibes.  

when i was in the middle of it, i got reminded of that one creature who would have enjoyed the most. the after rain time means PEACOCK DANCING. (if you haven't seen it yet, trust me you are missing something)

(picture clicked on the stand so please avoid the bottom border)

spreading the beautiful mast, showing the sea of color that arises from beauty and grace.  the metallic neck stretches and holds the sage eyes that are disguised in the swirls of midnight blue. white that twirls around with the dance of celebration.the golden glance of him looks self obsessed (for all the obvious reasons).  the crown is the authority he holds over the world of creativity came to life. maybe the word *beautiful* was invented after seeing a peacock dance ;) 

oil on canvas

size: 3/4 feet

price: 15,000 INR (excluding shipping charges)

florescent galaxy

i sat with this [24 inch (width) 36 inches in length] plain white sheet and my tools remembering what my client demanded. Bright. Colorful. vibrant and lively. so the first step i took was take out all my florescent colors and dip my brush into them and smudge them randomly over my canvas. 

when i had four huge color spots, i decided what shape i would rather mold them into and then came "elephants" in my mind <despite their huge size ;) >

its winters and so damn cold out side and one simply cannot avoid the influence they cast on one. consciously or unconsciously. i painted the background deep navy blue and white highlighted all the important features and hence balanced my piece of art pretty impressively. 

HERE IS WHAT SHE BOUGHT: 

the florescent attitudes displayed, hues against the wave. the petals from ferociousness, wreck-less on sail.its bound to slip when glaring with fashion focused exercise. In this navy blue galaxy; floats the milky dreams...

SIZE : 24 BY 36 INCHES (without the frame)

READY TO HANG COST: 185 USD (excluding shipping charges)

Brahma

Brahman itself constitutes all the essential building materials of reality. "Brahma" is the substance from which everything proceeds. i was inspired to create a painting on the concept symbol of "creations". he is a creator and i painted this specific concept of the absolute. 

in love and delight, like the flutter of an oceanic wave, provide thee to me something. a place where impossible is achieved. where you become brainwashed and convinced. where you sway to mesmerize detached  from illusions. beneath these closed eyes lies a "Brahman" itself. intoxicating desires burns to resonate fuses; become one with divine creator.

you! (cancer cause)

You are just the same "beautiful you" that you used to be and not "that girl who has cancer" because simply, you *had it*. understand the intensity of tense here.  you did it. you just did it. you are strength personified!

illuminated (cancer cause)

In the land of your own. a land of smiles illuminated by an infinite bestowal of divine grace, actuated by the desire to survive. you are blessed to test your strength(way more than the rest) and prove victorious! you are blessed. truly. you proved yourself powerful and determined. you are blessed to smile so majestically. with the shower of blessing up on you, absorb the cascading cornucopia of blessings on all the thoughts, feelings, actions and reactions. stay blessed! 

self source (cancer cause)

Drink from the center of your heart. Reclaim the purity of continuous communion to erase all the darkened stains on the fabric of pristine self. your heart, the center of it, will never betray, you see, you yourself are the proof of same. nothing external, just you, you are the source yourself. so now when you survive, seek for nothing else, just the bliss... from within. 

of being alive...

With the wisdom of words they might have tried to understand you, label you. But this has been only moderately successful of that I am sure. covering the sheet so confidently she sits in green of calm and fertile energies with highlights of serendipity and vibrant energies of bright orange. All that you say are not merely words but rather breath of your being. Light will not erase you. Dark cannot hide you. So choose perfectly for in the end what we regret is not the things done wrong, rather the right things done for the wrong. Open your mind to my song. 


mixed medium on paper
size of the art without the border and frame: 22/30 cms
cost: 2,000 INR (excluding the shipping charges) 

inside out

relaxing muscles and every inch. beauty is not attained. and if so, its not beauty! relax. lay back. stretch your arms and love yourself. hard? close your eyes and let the patterns out. those sharp turns, smooth curves, bold underscores, minute hyphens. There are patterns. allot of them, and together they result into what they call "personality". let them breath. feel it, enjoy the presence of it. after all, its not man made, its what makes a man.   

ink on paper
size of the art without the border and frame: 22/30 cms
cost: 2,000 INR (excluding the shipping charges) 

crazy crayons

Fall. Fall down from the daily life into the darker side of you. Inside the body of your own. The frame of black is to hide your inner self, the vulnerable and pure self. It gives you strength and power to hold onto what you decide and thought. Don’t hate anybit of what you see. Explore the green in you. Feel the pituitary stimulant green and sedating blue rush into each other. Soiled in the base, smudged here and there to bring out moods and metabolism. Its crayons and each stroke is visible just as much as each movement is important. Look into her eyes and feel what she does. 

stir your soul. face the beast in you. blue no longer calms, it is indicating suspicions. black is dark. darker than death. eyes are strong and rigid. face her if you can. stare her only if you can handle her aura. with power theses colors are moved and power they do deliver. she has spirit in her eyes. she has secrets in her lips. she doesn't have concrete structure to limit her. she is embossing herself, up! higher. she rises. you better beware. 

size of the art without the border and frame: 30/42 cms

cost: 2,000 INR (excluding the shipping charges) 

I give you RED

The base chakra is situated at the base of your spine and it relates to color red. Biologically, red energies help you kidney and bladder and on a psycho-spiritual level, this stimulates self awareness, sexuality and liberation. red is the color of fire element. it gives courage.i painted red in a spectrum with a purpose of balance and with such angles so that it spreads its energies in all directions. feel the contracted muscles relax in your body. feel the circulation rate increase. close your eyes like her and absorb what she is giving. the push of force, ambition, lust, the energies, the vitality and all that you needed...

mixed medium on paper

size of the art without the border and frame: 22/30 cms

cost: 2,000 INR (excluding the shipping charges) 

bold

I'm the one who knows the dance

I'm the one who's got the prance
I'm the one who tells you what to do
You're the one, you're the one if I let you.

mixed medium on paper
size of the art without the border and frame: 30/42 cms
cost: 2,000 INR (excluding the shipping charges) 

highlights

When you decide… for your own self, it actually is YOU who decide.  Everything else that tried to manipulate you, occupy you, influence you, mold you, fragment you is all left behind and merge into the background and disappear. You stand out for yourself and what actually makes you makes you. You are your highlight.

mixed medium on paper
size of the art without the border and frame: 22/30 cms
cost: 2,000 INR (excluding the shipping charges) 

Born by chance

My best friend is blessed with a brother :P [oops, 2 years ago] i don't like kids actually but they make me think.... Allot! this is what i wrote at her place when i saw him fighting with his mother for wanting to wear pants and not nickers.

Born by chance!

A little incomplete in manufacturing, lack of detailing, no logic no reasoning department, absolute senselessness and comparatively too small; A child is born! Too much of confusion… in and out. “In” that little bulky flesh, the motors and muscles have just realized that they have to work on their own now, and the testing begins… finger, hands, head, lips, tear glands, saliva ducts, legs, feet etc begin their trial sessions. And sudden jam results into those jerks. “Outside” are excitements, nervousness, extra careful behavior and endless attempts to try and understand what he really wants.

That little thing gets exposed. To the wide spectrum of light. To the various shades of bright. To uncountable hues and colors and to the vast energies around. To what touch feels like, to what movement looks like. To what vibrations sound like, to what wind hits like. And everything else that constitutes this planet, or let’s just say the rooms because that probably is equivalent. For first few months you actually are speechless (Pun intended). I have seen how your eyes get wide as if wanting to fit in everything at once. How unconsciously you take double deep breath trying to balance. How you make efforts and how revelatory is “birth”. Every moment is an adventure. Every existence is surprise. Every inch is beautiful. Every particle has life. Sleep whenever, eat wherever. Want something? Just cry. It’s “their” responsibility to understand and act accordingly. You, listen to the sound of everything, see how many different shapes subsist. How volume play. Wonder on vibes. Play with the feelings your sense organs give you. You see, you feel and then you forget and this is how every moment is as amazing as it is supposed to be. Look outside, see inside. Keep staring at anything and stay amused. And then comes the urge to participate. Become a part of commotions, act and react. Ultimate joy is when body comes in sync with the brain and you don’t aimlessly try to throw everybody part in distinct directions. Hand moves when you want to hold something and legs respond when you want to get somewhere. And you make an effort of trying to be a human being. Learn the language we speak, the manners we adopt, dresses we put, make-up we apply, cars we drive and other countless objectives.

Had you spent some more time with those angels out there, they would have made you impregnable for a longer period of time. They would have given you more immunity to fight logic and “growing up syndrome”. When you begin to understand, you lose it all. I would say being stupid is a blessing. Ignorance is bliss.  You should have come more prepared. And yet again, another one is born by chance.

out standing

Red is bright. red the light, red the flight. blood, action, life, movement, vibrant, dangerous is red. And orange? loves to play. stimulate and tickles. combination is the swirl of energy, hard for everyone to handle. the smile that doesn't want to rest. these eyes transfers that into you. spin with the shades and strike a pose. DON'T TRY TO FIT IN, YOU ARE MADE TO STAND OUT!

mixed medium on paper
size of the art without the border and frame: 22/30 cms
cost: 2,000 INR (excluding the shipping charges) 

simply you

the sweet sound of  your laughter, your quick paced witty remarks, how your eyes twinkle in starlight. the length of your smile, sweet lullaby, the natural hymn, beautiful hums. so down to earth, protected in stunning crust. how you hold and mold. how you pause and stare. no makeup, yet so colorful. colored with shades of purity and simplicity. handcrafted by god's own hands. 

mixed medium on paper

size of the art without the border and frame: 22/30 cms

cost: 2,000 INR (excluding the shipping charges) 

More than impression.

Sensation is discovered and sight becomes an Adventure.

What could be more confident than bright red. a piece full of femininity and power. washed shade of sea green balances the attributes. smooth curves in the body showcase the flexibility and sharp features shows confidence. a perfect combination of both these aspects is advertised here and the energies seem to be directly injected into the viewer through these full-of-life eyes. you feel the power, you feel the authority. you get energized. more wind like, free and substantial. 

 First impression, yes. But with a last look like this, nothing else lasts! Its just You!

mixed medium on paper

size of the art without the border and frame: 22/30 cms

cost: 2,000 INR (excluding the shipping charges)