Buddha and Me

I have been searching for inner peace. We all have heard stories about how Gautama Buddha asked us to follow our Dharma and leave all worldly materialistic things. At this point of my life I am still struggling to let go. Thoughts are always as to how to let go and move on to get inner peace. One day I was contemplating to paint a modern art or go for mythological figures, thought struck me why not paint myself in front of Buddha. I felt it is for me a step closer to Buddhas teaching. I have put a lot of effort to create the old charm and the time that Buddha was there. This is my tribute to Buddhas teaching.

Devayani Sharmista

Sharmista was given as a maid to Devayani by King Vrushaparva. Devayani was the daughter of shukracharya. Devayani and Sharmista were relaxing with King Vrushaparva's other daughters while Devayani accidently wore Sharmistas clothes. Devayani was humiliated by Sharmista and her sisters as a daughter of a begger. She went home crying to her father Shukracharya. Her father was know to curse. King Vrushaparva was scared of Shukracharyas curse. This is a small story that I tried to tell. If I could explain as to details it might take for ever. My inspiration to paint is Devayani and Sharmista as they both were friends and I think it is very fasinating to bring in old hindu mythology to imagination and picture. This painting is my imagination. I hope I have made full justice to the story and the characters related to this story. The colors that I wanted to bring in to this picture are very life like which are blue, green, yellow, red with a lot of texture and detail.

Hawaii-Beach

Last couple of years I have an wonderful opportunity to travel. I have always been fasinated to visit Hawaii. In the year 2007one of our friends gave me an opportunity to travel with them to Hawaii since this was business cum pleasure trip for them. They both insisted that I travel, I am very glad and thankful to this day that I took the chance to go with them to Hawaii. I came back equipped with lots and lots of imagination and thoughts. Hawaii is a paradise for an artist like me. It gives an wonderful natural ocean back drop. I brought my imagination into ocean painting. I have used Marine blue as it brings in the depth of the ocean. To create the ripples I have used combination of white, blue and violet. I used blue to bring in the sky with the ocean.

Castle-Germany

Three years back I got a opportunity to visit all of Europe with my husband Murthy. We had a wonderful time taking the trip. While we were in Germany leg of our trip we got an opportunity to visit Heidelberg Castle. Its charm and beauty made me dumb stuck. Once I got back home it became my inspiration to paint the castle. I don't think you can do justice to the beauty. However I hope I have come close.

Two Peacock enjoying the spring

I visited a zoo and one of my favorite birds Peacock was there. My aunt Vijaya inspired me to draw. I was thinking to draw two peacocks. I took a picture of the bird I looked at them. I asked Vijaya aunty to please sketch the birds. she said she would sketch. I colored the picture with many different colors. It took me more than a day to color the picture which made me very happy.

Veda