Feeling the Blues!

As you may have noticed in my previous blogs, He allures me in different ways and painting Him is a joy and I can smile for days afterwards. Again He came as a friend asking me to paint Him and it was almost like He painted Himself.

Blue hues remind me of only one - Krishna. A teacher told me once why Krishna is symbolised in a blue color - the sky is blue - why... The sky is infinite and so is Krishna. Infinite..

I painted just His hands playing the flute on one side of the board and nothing more (see below). But the mind said that it was not enough and so on the other side I painted Him playing the flute. I know you will question me why I could not take another board and start fresh but sometimes I just dont think too much :( For a change, I did paint His eyes, His lips, His nose, His hair....I close my eyes and I see His serene face.

The tree of Lilas

This series of paintings was a spiritual journey for me which I may not be able to explain in a blog or in conversation.








The painting with Radha on a swing was the second after the Kaliya-Mardana and it sparked an idea to use the tree as a continuing theme to connect the different Lilas of Bhagwan. So I followed it up with Krishna playing the flute with a cow lovingly curled around his feet. The tree was coming to the ground.




The other side of the tree is where Mother Yashoda tried to tie Him. It was a joy for me also to try tying Him. But as the story goes, it works when He permits and for those brief moments, it worked.




This painting of the peacock on top of the tree was a highlight as I played with the subject. Spot Krishna if you can on this painting :) I just could not resist it and that night I hardly slept with the thought of Him being there and only I knew it.

The entire series is on the wall- photo below. The paintings are on black foam with acrylics taped to the wall with painter's tape. So simple yet effective.

The tree will continue with more paintings added as days go by if He gives me the inspiration.