Captivating Cliffs

This is based on a captivating photograph of cliffs, the state of  Colorado of the USA; but it's not very like the original, but more like what I saw in that picture...

Unexplored and alluring. Like many things in life.

(Medium: Oil pastel on Paper. Slightly smaller than A4.)

Lucky Buddy

It is believed that Crickets bring luck. Especially if found within anyone's dwellings.

My new little buddy isn't a Cricket, but it stayed around vertically clinging to a step in our staircase, and was a wonderful model, no fusses at all!
It curiously looked around, and struck some pretty neat poses for the camera (I took a lot more than just two photos, but didn't want to scare it away by getting too close). It stayed for a long while even after I left it alone, which was not before I stared at it for a long time, and made some loud exclamations of fascination and joy every now and then. I think it quite liked the attention, to be honest!

Although I've got to admit, at first from a distance I did think it could be my 'Lucky Cricket', I figured out it wasn't even from the same family of insects. But then I'm never going to say it isn't lucky.
Because:
Who wouldn't want to be showered with affection as someone's lucky charm?
(especially when you're such a charming guest, friendly and fascinating)

'Destroying Angel'

This is my take on the "destroying Angel" mushroom, identified as Amanita virosa by the scientific community.
Although it is essential entirely white, I added a little colour for fun!
=)

Inspiration: Curiosity about it's 'common name'. A small bite is 'quite' deadly, if not 'very'.

Medium: Oil Pastel and pencil on paper.

To the bloom, We're mere spectators!

I've got to admit, no number of photographs of, as cliched as it sounds, but "Greenery", and it's blooms, is too much!

The fifth photo is of a flower that particularly caught my attention because of how merry it seemed at being upside down!

In the last one, I caught an ant climb up the Staminal Tube of this brilliant Hibiscus and I thought to myself "Wow!" because these ants can smell the tiniest amount of anything which is in their opinion edible or sweet, and that's the entire mechanism for pollination. It isn't a surprise to anyone who knows a tiny bit of Biology, but who's to kill the joy of watching it all unfold off the pages of your textbook?

Looks like Lady Green can hold this slab up

I took this picture today, in ICRISAT, outside the 'Palace/shelter/hunting spot'.

I really like it. 

"A Romantic at Heart and Plumage"

A peacock is romantic at heart, wishing to woo, and surely, he is admired by not just hens, but living beings of many kinds.

I drew this for my Uncle, who is the most romantic person I've ever met!

Not only is he extremely loving of everyone, he is a role model of righteousness.

(This work is color pencil on paper)

Promoting Alternate Sources Of Energy

In Accord With The Universe

My new slightly abstract piece of art talks about mutual influence. The thick skinned apple may appear like it is unaffected by the atmosphere, and yet it is...(Seen by the yellow and blue blotches common to both the apple and the surroundings.) Similiarly, the apple (representative of any object, living or non-living) affects and influences it's surroundings (seen by the red blotches in the surroundings that are symbolic of coming from the apple.)
When the apple is sliced, it is more 'open' and receptive, as it's skin, and also it's shield, ego, mask etc, is covering only a portion of it, and not the whole. So, the slice as seen on the right is far more 'affected' by the surroundings, (in reality, the darkening of the apple as it's iron get's oxidized) and hence attracts more of the yellow (and eventually the blue) elements from it's surroundings...
People, to some extent are like this apple, and we are constantly interacting with our environment and surroundings. We pick up the negative vibes, and the positive vibes, and we also influence the surroundings with the energies we give off...


*P.S. Sorry about the bad photography. The reflection of the flash in the middle messes with the perception and depth.
Size of painting is approximately 14x14.5 cm.

Happiness is Like Water

Happiness is like water,

It cannot be caught between your fingers,

And quickly slips through,

Despite your desperate attempts

To catch hold of it, and keep it.

Happiness is like water,

And before it is lost beyond recapture

Pour onto a seed, like an elixir.

The seed needs it,

And will bless you for it.

Happiness is like water,

And as you give it to a seed,

Giving it a new life,    

It gives you fruits,

As a way of repayment,

Fruits are the least expected

And sweetest of joys!


*Note: Art media: Oil Pastel and Pencil.