Open 4th April until June 13th 2025
at: Satyam Yoga & Wellbeing Centre, 2-4 Hawthorn Way, Cambridge CB4 1AX
Open Evening & Meet the Artist: Friday 4th April, 6.00pm – 7.30pm
Painting for me is a meditative experience, where I connect with the method of applying, removing and exploring colour, form and texture on a flat surface. It is wordless and physical and each piece evolves from this process of discovery.
Original imagery / ideas may come from my daily meditation practice as ethereal concepts or seeds of possibilities, which then are made whole by the act of painting itself.
Each painting is a journey to bring that which is unknown into a solid physical experience.
Colour always features strongly in my paintings and I work with acrylic paint, collage, crayon and other media and I often use gold leaf and sometimes jewels (imitation).
The pieces for this exhibition have evolved from a series based on Hiranyagarbha (Sanskrit: हिरण्यगर्भ) literally the ‘golden womb’ or ‘golden egg’, (poetically translated as ‘universal womb’) which is the symbol of the source of the creation of the universe or the manifested cosmos in Vedic philosophy.
In these turbulent times it felt right to explore a more holistic and universal concept of the world, the universe, and the use of symbols can often connect us with the deeper parts of ourselves beyond the conscious mind.
The ‘Hiranyagarbha paintings were started in 2022 and developed into a ‘Container’ & ‘Balance’ series, exploring containing then opening up to possibilities of balance in difficult times. These themes continue to evolve and develop in my recent paintings.
I like people to create their own relationship to each piece, so many have very abstract titles, allowing you to discover your own connection and meaning.
Amarajyoti lives in Nottingham and trained in Art and Design in the 1960s, attending Sheffield, Liverpool and Leeds Art Colleges. She taught Art for 20+ years in secondary and further education before giving it up to travel to India and Ireland to study Yoga, returning to Nottingham to teach Yoga and Meditation. During this time, she continued with her painting which has become more abstract over the last few years.
She has exhibited in several Nottinghamshire exhibitions over the past 40 years and at the Fronteer Gallery in Sheffield in 2021, The Surface Gallery Nottingham ‘Abstract’ exhibition and the Cupola Gallery, Sheffield in various exhibitions. Last year Amarajyoti also had work in exhibitions in Edinburgh & Halifax. She has had paintings in several national and international online exhibitions over the last few years. Amarajyoti had a solo exhibition ‘Paintings on Paper – Mostly’ in November 2023.
She works in her small studio in Nottingham UK.
