Category: Art

Satyam – Shivam – Sundaram

Satyam – Shivam – Sundaram Act I – IV 2016 Acrylic on paper 190 x 140mm This work is symbolises a scene in the conceptual reality described in the Brahma-saṁhitā, where the womb of Māyā is being penetrated by the glance of Śrī Viṣṇu. The fundamental fabric of reality revealed in the Veda is consciousness, […]

Klim Power

“Let Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī purify the whole world, because She has surrendered Herself completely unto Krishna. Out of Her ecstatic love for Him, She sometimes acted just like an addled person and attempted to churn curd, although there was no curd in the pot. And seeing this, Krishna became so enchanted by Rādhārāṇī that He began […]

Tears would fall like flower offerings

nīlāmbhodhi-taṭe sadā sva-virahā-kṣepanvitaṁ bāndhavaṁśrīmad-bhāgavatī kathā madirayā sañjīvayan bhāti yaḥśrīmad-bhāgavataṁ sadā sva-nayanāśru-pāyanaiḥ pūjayangosvāmi-prabaro gadādhara-vibhūr-bhūyāt mad-ekā-gatiḥ “On the shore of the broad blue ocean, Gadādhar Paṇḍit used to read Śrīmad Bhāgavatam to Śrī Chaitanya Mahāprabhu, who was suffering from the great internal pain of separation from Himself (Kṛṣṇa). Gadādhar Paṇḍit supplied the wine of Kṛṣṇa-līlā to intoxicate his afflicted friend […]

Maya Pralaya

This is a painting I finally finished after chipping away at for a few years. It is inspired by the pastime of Mārkaṇḍeya Rishi’s vision of Maya – the illusionary energy of divinity and the destructive force of the pralaya as described in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. I love the cosmic nature of this pastime, finding […]

The Champ

“I don’t believe in art. I believe in artists.

Edit Rumi

When you are looking for God,God is in the look of your eyes. A friend posted this Rumi quote on facebook the other day. Rumi is a great sage of the Islamic culture and a testimony to the beauty of poet’s ability to express divinity that crosses the borders of time and culture. According the […]

Black Cloud River

First note of hope playing in the mind of many Will it be lost in the ocean of Maha Tattva? Conjecture without higher backup circles nowhere Black Cloud River is an experiment of prose in the twitter stream. I have not used twitter much as a communication tool being a bit adverse to the way it […]

praychantworship

Driving cars, having showers and drifting off to sleep ideas come that have to become images. These are spaces in your loop where you have no way of recording it. Some of my greatest works never make from this chamber of inspiration other find a way, this was one.

The Beast

This is my fist ipad sketch using Autodesk SketchBook Pro and Wacom’s bamboo stylus . It is an image that came to me as this verse from Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Upadeśāmṛta was playing in my mind as I adjusted my diet to combat candida. It is a make or break of spiritual life explaining that starting with the tongue […]