Pratyasha Nithin An art is a Sadhana(spiritual effort), an ever learning process in which an artist is always a student. He may or may not have a physical teacher. But he is always taught by his own thoughts and sense perceptions. Nature is the greatest teacher and one learns a lot of things just...

Lakshmi, Water colors on Paper, 12" x 9.4" (24/05/2013) I have depicted Lakshmi according to the description given in following mantra- aruna kamala sansthA tadrajaha kunjavarnA  karakamaladruteshtA abhitiyugma ambujA cha maNi makuta vichitrAlankruta kalpajatairbhavatu bhuvanmAtA...

Ram-Janaki (Practice sketch) Pencil- HB,2B, 20/5/2013, 8.25" x 11.5" The sketch depicts Ram and his wife Sita standing together according to the description given in the first half of the following verse. Nilambuja Shyamala komala angam, Sita samaropita vaama bhagam | PaNau mahasayaka...

Road to the Hills-2 (18/05/2013) Acrylic on Canvas, 18" x 24" Original: $330/- (Approx Rs 18,000/-...

Pratyasha Nithin Production of any art work not only involves the actual physical work done on a canvas or paper, but also the mental effort put into conceiving the image. Most people assume that art involves only a play of colors. But it is not so. The mental effort put is as important if not more...

Pratyasha Nithin There are two distinct ways in which an artist creates his works. He proceeds from universal to the particular or from the particular to the universal. In the case of the imagery of the deity it is the first case. It is called Dhyatva Kuryat, the intellectual conception precedes the...

Mā Bhārati (06/05/2013) Acrylic on Canvas, 20" x 24" Original: $550/- (Approx Rs 30,000/-) Painting of Mā Bhārati- the personification of India. The image depicts India as coming out of a fire-sacrifice in which the oceans act as the fire-pit. Yajna or fire-sacrifice is the symbolic...