A lighting Spectacle
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Happy Deepawali !! Nostalgic memories of the ‘Deepawali Marundhu’
Deepawali, the festival of lights is the biggest festival celebrated all over India and by the Indian diaspora around the world. Deepawali (Diwali) is a Sanskrit word which means a row of lights, signifying a tradition wherein people in India light small clay lamps in and around their homes, to dispel the darkness, both figuratively
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A Portal Opens !!
Enveloped in a golden aura, this scene was nothing short of mystical & magical. Felt like going through a portal that might unfold surprises lay hidden on the other side !! Splendor that Autumn/Fall bestows !!
Reflections on Water ! Happy Earth Day !
An oil painting of Venice, I painted a few years back and titled it Reflections on water. A ‘floating city’ with its meandering waterways and the gondolas, Venice has captivated my imagination since I was a child. I first learnt about Venice, about a city built on water, in my geography class. Venice and its
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Nativity – A Study & Exploration of Renaissance Masters’ Techniques
I dedicate this post to Mrs. Edward, the artist who introduced me to oil painting decades back. This painting is my first oil painting, “Nativity scene” and in size my biggest too, about six feet by six feet. A little about Mrs. Edward, or Edward aunty, as we, the neighborhood kids, called her fondly. She
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Our Brain on Silence !!
This is one of my paintings, from a series of paintings I’d done one summer while in college. A dear friend of mine to whom I’d given this painting, happened to mention it in a conversation recently while we were reminiscing about something-else, going down the memory-lane.Reflecting on this image and what prompted me to
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Seasonal Rhythms – ‘Promise to Bloom’ and ‘Promise to Return’
As we turn our clocks back today for Daylight saving time in most parts of the United States, I got to thinking about another kind of seasonal natural rhythm. That of plants keeping their ‘promise to bloom’ after long cold winter months, and the migratory birds keeping their ‘promise to return’ every spring in the
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Salute to an exceptionally long and snowy winter !
It’s the last day of April and finally beginning to feel a little bit like spring in the Wasatch mountains and valleys after one of the snowiest winters in decades. As we welcome spring, feel the warmth of the sun’s rays, breathe in the fresh spring air, and hear the cacophony of birds starting to
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Reflections on the “Pale Blue Dot” on this Earth Day
“The Pale Blue Dot”, image of the Earth, smaller than 0.12 pixels taken by Voyager 1 spacecraft, as it was leaving our solar system in 1990, a legacy to all humankind, from the brilliant foresight of astrophysicist Carl Sagan, was the first thing that came to my mind this morning on this “Earth Day”.Carl Sagan’s
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Happy Earth Day ! ‘Breath of Fresh Air’ !
“Its a breath of fresh air”, an idiom we often use to describe an invigorating experience was exactly what those of us living in the Wasatch front of Utah felt today, as we celebrate Earth Day 2022. It was as if Mother Earth was gracing us with kindness, washing away the dust and smog with
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