108 devotees of Bhagavan

 Ramana Thiruthondar

Sathiya my friend composed this magnum opus extolling 108 devotees of Bhagavan Ramana Maharishi. Everything aligned .. I quit my job for a self discovery journey and started working on the sketches. The concept is the colors from Him flow through the pages to His devotees… you will see the paint dripping from each sketch. Hopefully a drop falls on us. Reading about each devotee and sketching watercolors was meant to be. Amma asks why I don’t sign my paintings.. I cannot when it is He who paints. See the YouTube link  Ramana Thiruthondar which has poetry, music (sung by Natana and crew) and sketches.

Universal Mother in a Cow

Cow Lakshmy in Bhagavan's ashram is the representation of why we serve a cow as the Universal mother who gives selflesslessly to people. And she loved Bhagavan and He loved her. Thanks to Sathiya and Bharathi for making me attempt these watercolors for their compositions and... find her.

Sharanagathi at His feet

Sathiya's composition was on the glory of Bhagawan's feet..I cannot even do justice in trying to interpret the beauty in Sathiya's tamil. These were 6 watercolor sketch on cold press with camel watercolors while I was in India for a break! 

The lotus blooming is another project for Sathiya and Bharathi.. the bud blooming to its full potential with each verse and finally attaining it's purpose to rest His feet.