Finding yourself in what you do

When I initially started to explore paintings I  didn't knew what I was looking at and that it can quite significantly affect my work. One of the biggest mistake that anyone can do is to imitate someone else because you go tied of that in a short time and you get lost and out of track.

Formal training of drawing is essential and exploration helps to understand the role of art in society and our human life but to what extent the influence is a necessity that needs to be asked.

Over the years I have gradually learned its more of a journey inside than outside it's more than just mere momentary attraction. Back in India, I have seen people repeating the same things without any exploration but there is a lot to explore. It's a huge country with different religions and customs but most of the artists close the windows and paint and copy just what is around them. The works become extremely repetitive and boring.

Genuineness is rare

A sane heart

Flowers don't remain same neither does life keep peace in your heart that helps to move forward. If looking back hurts don't look back god didn't bless us the emotion of sorrow and misery we always have a choice choose him above everything and anything and ask for guidance . 

He is kind , loving and compassionate.

Accept the changes that life curves around you and always keep him in prayers he doesn't let one emotion to go waste keep faith and move on.

By the Window

Palingenesis

The word came to me a few months before I got baptized. I had no idea what it meant at that point. A few searches here and there lead me to the context of the word. I had been thinking of writing about my work for a few years now but life happens and it took me a while to get into a place where I am ready to write about my work and paraphrase my spiritual journey in its context.

To me, art always has been a retreat initially to understand the life around me and later as an ongoing journey inside. The practice had always lead to discovering more into what I see and perceive in the physical realms.I felt a big shift in my work once I started researching different faith books and contemplated more into what lies unrevealed into the subconscious. Knowing about the idea of the divine - them studying and acknowledging the idea took some time.

Growing up with a deeply religious mother in an existential Hindu background we were imbibed with the idea of the almighty from a very early age. But to me that was never enough there was always a search for the truth that burns brightly behind the curtains of the Hindu temple and religious monasteries. Ages and ages of notions, customs, and faux value systems lied on the other side of the curtain and it was really difficult to reach the truth.

Sometimes on very few occasions when I sat to paint I felt like there was a small peak into something that is so pure of love and compassion which the words can't describe - didn't knew what it was as a child what king of joy it was that finds you suddenly in a lonely afternoon, just a child who enjoys paintings or something which is far beyond that. Or a deep pleasure in the t activity. Life threw a lot of challenges and gifts. Both in joy and pain, I tried to get back to that peace inside me but was not able to it's not in my control I never knew how to cultivate that or how to find that when I needed that the most. I was much later in life when I found Christ I realized what the peace was about...Amen.

Botanical Explorations 4

here is another one from recent study

Botanical Exploration 2

This time am sharing another love , done in acrylics and its one of my favorite ones poppies,airy , light, carefree . They are like the messengers carrying pollens from one area to another to initiate growth and start new beginnings,funny we involve flowers into all occasions of our life.The signify regeneration- beginning-end and all in between