MIXED MEDIA COLLAGES AND ASSEMBLAGES
Click on any Image for Detailed Description
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Creatures of Sea and Sky
2000 - 18”X37”
Watercolor, iridescent pastels, metallic acrylic, layered handmade paper.
SOLD
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Resonances
Re-finished 2011 - 11”X14”
Translucent daphne paper from Nepal, painted leaves from India, painted banana bark from the Philippines.
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Triptych 1, 2, 3
2008 - Each Panel 13"X17"
Iridescent pastels, silver acrylic, cloth, handmade paper.
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Mindscape
2008 - 22”X15”
Gold acrylic, shavings from old Burma teak, handspun thread and toothpicks on handmade paper.
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Palmistry
1997 - 11X14
Soft pastels on Nepali daphne paper, handprint of illustration from an old Sanskrit treatise on palmistry where “the lines on our palm reflects our place in the cosmos.”
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Talisman
1997 - 11X14
Leaf veins of the fiddle-leaf fig painted in copper acrylic, with astrological Vedic copper plaque on dark green silk.
SOLD
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Logo of Solo Show: “Image, Text, Context”
Gold paint, soft pastels, Birds’ Nest paper from Thailand, alpaca weaving from Peru, handprint of 17th century painting on wood from India, photo fragments, broken metal edge of ruler.
Handprint courtesy Chimanlal’s Pvt. Ltd.
SOLD
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Affirmation for Shanta
1997 - 16”X20”
Iridescent silver pastel, oil & acrylic, on handmade paper.
SOLD
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Tree of Life in Coins and Amulet
1997 - 16”X22”
Silver, gold and copper acrylics on black silk, with woodblock prints of antique Indian gold coins and a silver amulet of Shakti, the power of female energy in Nature.
Instead of kingly profiles, these coins display the Tree of Life as a kalpa taru that grants inner wishes. The round tribal amulet from Central India worships Shakti not in words but in the leaves, buds and tendrils that surround her dancing image.
Woodblock prints courtesy of Chimanlal’s Pvt. Ltd, my sister Sumana
Chandavarkar, and the late R.K. Joshi.
SOLD
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Gatherings
1996 - 11”X 14”
Silver paint and pastels, birch bark, painted leaves & banana bark, soldering from burned pewter candlestick, on handmade paper.
SOLD
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Silver on White
1996 - 11”X 14”
Silver pendant, translucent threads, handmade paper with satin and filigree finish, molded grass.
SOLD
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Conversations
1996 - 27”X15”
Hand-printed paper tracing echoes of Moorish and Indo-Saracenic design in the Alhambra and Fatehpur Sikhri.
SOLD
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Roof & Window
1997 - 10”X13”
Two swept-away bits of aluminum siding on handmade paper.
SOLD
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Kamadhenu
1996 20”X 35”
Pastel and handprint in Gujarat folk style, India 1750 CE, of Kamadhenu:
she who may assume the body of a cow as she fulfills the wishes of all living creatures, but knows how the fish part of us has fishy yearnings, and bird-thoughts can be shaped like birds.
SOLD
Artist's Statement
The materials used in my mixed media images consist of ordinary fragments of daily living from some different countries. I feel these collages and assemblages are not just my doing. They are to honor the work of anyone under the Philippine sun who ever pounded a banana bark; or any of my fellow-Indians who ever carved and stamped a woodblock print; or any child anywhere tracing a finger along a plant fiber that might one day become natural paper and reach someone on the other side of the world. It's part of our history and geography. We belong to it and it to us. That's all.
Artwork Descriptions
Creatures of Sea and Sky
2000 - 18”X37”
Watercolor, iridescent pastels, metallic acrylic, layered handmade paper.
SOLD
Resonances
Re-finished 2011 - 11”X14”
Translucent daphne paper from Nepal, painted leaves from India, painted banana bark from the Philippines.
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Triptych
White
2008 - 13”X17”
Iridescent pastels, silver acrylic, cloth, handmade paper. |
Triptych
Aquamarine and Peach
2008 - 13”X17”
Iridescent pastels, acrylic, cloth, handmade paper |
Triptych
Aquamarine
2008 - 13”X17”
Iridescent pastels, acrylic, cloth, handmade paper. |
Mindscape
2008 - 22”X15”
Gold acrylic, shavings from old Burma teak, handspun thread and toothpicks on handmade paper.
Palmistry
1997 - 11X14
Soft pastels on Nepali daphne paper, handprint of illustration from an old Sanskrit treatise on palmistry where “the lines on our palm reflects our place in the cosmos.”
Talisman
1997 - 11X14
Leaf veins of the fiddle-leaf fig painted in copper acrylic, with astrological Vedic copper plaque on dark green silk.
SOLD
Logo of Solo Show:
“Image, Text, Context”
Gold paint, soft pastels, Birds' Nest paper from Thailand, alpaca weaving from Peru, handprint of 17th century painting on wood from India, photo fragments, broken metal edge of ruler.
Handprint courtesy Chimanlal's Pvt. Ltd.
SOLD
Affirmation for Shanta
1997 - 16”X20”
Iridescent silver pastel, oil & acrylic, on handmade paper.
SOLD
Tree of Life in Coins and Amulet
1997 - 16”X22”
Silver, gold and copper acrylics on black silk, with woodblock prints of antique Indian gold coins and a silver amulet of Shakti, the power of female energy in Nature.
Instead of kingly profiles, these coins display the Tree of Life as a kalpa taru that grants inner wishes. The round tribal amulet from Central India worships Shakti not in words but in the leaves, buds and tendrils that surround her dancing image.
Woodblock prints courtesy of Chimanlal's Pvt. Ltd, my sister Sumana
Chandavarkar, and the late R.K. Joshi.
SOLD
Gatherings
1996 - 11”X 14”
Silver paint and pastels, birch bark, painted leaves & banana bark, soldering from burned pewter candlestick, on handmade paper.
SOLD
Silver on White
1996 - 11”X 14”
Silver pendant, translucent threads, handmade paper with satin and filigree finish, molded grass.
SOLD
Conversations
1996 - 27”X15”
Hand-printed paper tracing echoes of Moorish and Indo-Saracenic design in the Alhambra and Fatehpur Sikhri.
SOLD
Roof & Window
1997 - 10”X13”
Two swept-away bits of aluminum siding on handmade paper.
SOLD
Kamadhenu
1996 20”X 35”
Pastel and handprint in Gujarat folk style, India 1750 CE, of Kamadhenu:
she who may assume the body of a cow as she fulfills the wishes of all living creatures, but knows how the fish part of us has fishy yearnings, and bird-thoughts can be shaped like birds.
SOLD
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