Tag: 24×24 Inches
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Vasundhara-5
This painting on canvas tells the tale of the visit I made in my last reporting period to the very famous Maa Siddha Bhairavi Temple situated in village Mantridi in Brahmapur in Odisha. The deity here is found four feet below the ground level over which the shrine is built. Inside the temple complex, there…
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Longevity-1
The soothing and creative painting here shows the hard-shell turtle that is adapted to aquatic life and is climbing out of the freshwater pond to feel the free air and warmth of the earth. The concept is that the turtles share an association with water, which lends meanings of motion, intuition, and emotion to the…
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Joy of Life-29
In this painting, the life beneath the Earth is creatively painted with intricate design patterns and reinstates the fact that the Earth is not a solid mass of rock: it is a hot, dark, fractured subsurface and is home to weird and wonderful life forms. This painting shows the mother tortoise is graciously settled deep…
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Joy of Life-19
The serene and warm painting here shows the deity, who is represented as the ‘World Mother’ epitomizing birth and nurture. She is elatedly and warmly holding the sapling, which she aspires to save from the chaotic world. The ‘Mother World’ wishes to have an ecological balance where every being is not only environment-friendly but a…
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Joy of Life-14 & 15
In the set of these two paintings, the composition enfolds the mother tortoise with her offspring’ and in the background are painted concrete structures reflecting as high-rise towers of Gurgaon, where I live. The thought of the motherly care of the tortoise is artistically represented as she is worried about the life of her offspring.…
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Vasundhara-6
The painting here demonstrates a deity resting on a turtle, which is sticking out its neck. The action of the tortoise symbolizes that in life one should take calculated risks and move steadily forward, as then only they can achieve their goals. The tortoise’s huge shell is suggesting a shelter and protection against the world…
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Vasundhara-4
The painting here depicts Goddess Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, fortune, and prosperity who along with Parvati and Saraswati, forms Tridevi, the holy trinity. She is shown here sitting on a lotus pedestal, a symbol of affluence, self-knowledge, and spiritual liberation. Against the lotus, she is holding a sapling, personifying fertility and growth. She is in the company of tortoises…
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Vasundhara-3
The painting here depicts the deity who is in deep meditation. She is the embodiment of the divine feminine. She is Mother Nature, the Earth; she is the epitome of fertility and the turning of the seasons. She is the cycle of birth, life, death and regeneration. She is embracing individual and human diversity, allowing…
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Vasundhara-2
‘Turtle and Tortoise’ hold significance across various cultures and mythologies. This painting narrates the tale from Korea. Korean symbol of turtles shows the wisdom of life and they are easily found in temples. Koreans respect turtles as symbols of long life, good life, and knowledge of the future. People believed that turtles had the power…