Lord Ganesha

Base : Plain Glass

Medium : Glass colours

Year : 2008

Ganesha (Sanskrit: गणेश; IAST: Gaṇeśa), also spelled Ganesa or Ganesh and also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most widely worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon. His image is found throughout India. Hindu sects worship him regardless of affiliations. Devotion to Ganesha is widely diffused and extends to Jains, Buddhists, and beyond India.
Although he is known by many other attributes, Ganesha's elephant head makes him easy to identify. Ganesha is widely revered as the Remover of Obstacles and more generally as Lord of Beginnings and Lord of Obstacles (Vighnesha, Vighneshvara), patron of arts and sciences, and the deva of intellect and wisdom. He is honoured at the beginning of rituals and ceremonies and invoked as Patron of Letters during writing sessions.

Kathakali

Base : Plain Glass

Medium : Glass colours

Year : 2008

A piece that took me a long time to complete owing to the complicated and heavily ornate head-dress.It was very important to get the facial expression right for this one as it is a very important feature of this dance form and, in fact, defines the character of the dance.

Kathakali (Malayam: കഥകളി, pronounced kət̪ʰəkəɭi]) is a highly stylised classical Indian dance-drama noted for its attractive make-up of characters, their elaborate costumes, detailed gestures and well-defined body movements presented in tune with the anchor playback music and complementary percussion. It originated in the country's present day state of Kerala during the 16th century AD, approximately between 1555 and 1605, and has been updated over the years with improved looks, refined gestures and added themes besides more ornate singing and precise drumming.

Bani Thani

Base : Plain Glass

Materials : Glass colours

Year : 2009

This is one of my personal favorites. This is a painting of Bani Thani from the Kishangarh School of Painting.

Legend has it that Bani Thani was the mistress of Raja Sawant Singh of Kishangarh in Rajasthan. She was a quintessential Indian beauty with her elongated face with a high forehead, arched eyebrows, half open lotus eyes, sharp pointed nose, thin curved sensuous lips and a pointed chin over a long narrow neck. The curl of the hair around the ear added to her innate grace. She was the inspiration of the image of Radha of Kishangarh School of painting.

Besides being blessed with natural beauty she was also an accomplished poetess and singer. In later years, Bani Thani along with Sawant Singh retired to the life of reclusion, singing devotional bhajans in praise of Krishna till they lost to the eternity.

I am yet to do a few finishing strokes to this one. Neertheless I have published it for view and comments.

Introduction

Hello everyone!

I have been meaning to start a blog of my own since quite a while. My name is Jayanthi and I am an artist...very much at heart though not by profession. I am a full-time working professional and a proud mother of two daughters. I have had minimal professional training and most of my works are results of self-discovery and an earnest desire to learn new things.Hence the name Innate Art.

I intend to use this blog to publish a few of my works.If you like any particular work of art, please feel free to contact me. I shall let you know of the tagged price and if it is still available for sale. All my works are fruits of hours of hard-work and dedication. Your valuable comments and constructive criticism is most welcome.

Thank you very much.

Jayanthi