I have been dealing with a lack of mobility and pain since 1st of January 2023. I decided I may as well use the scan for inspiration for my work. These developed into one larger piece on canvas and 2 smaller pieces on paper. The paintings on Paper involved the use of gold leaf with…
This is the first in a series of paintings in which I am trying to ‘contain’ the painted universe (or possibly myself). These containers could be a part of the ‘golden egg’ (‘Hiraṇyagarbha) but broken, or just a fragment of the whole. As there is no lid, the contents can at any time be spilled…
Hiraṇyagarbha (Sanskrit: हिरण्यगर्भः ; literally the ‘golden womb’ or ‘golden egg’, (poetically translated as ‘universal womb’) is the source of the creation of the universe or the manifested cosmos in Vedic philosophy, as well as an avatar of Vishnu in the Bhagavata Purana. This painting is part of a series based on the golden egg or…
