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Biography of Elvira Byrnes Artist
The most seductive thing about the art is the personality of the artist". -Paul Sezanne
Elvira Byrnes, an Australian artist with a profound appreciation for art, beauty, and the magical allure of colors and brush strokes, finds endless inspiration in the quest to capture the inexpressible. Her artistic journey is a mesmerizing exploration of moments in time, where she becomes enraptured by the beauty that surrounds her, creating paintings that echo the silence of creation.
Born and raised in the USSR, Elvira's early exposure to art, music, literature, and ballet from her highly-educated family instilled a deep appreciation for the arts. Her father, a lieutenant-colonel, and her mother, a professor of English, passed down a rich artistic legacy that continues to influence Elvira's creative spirit.
Having spent the second half of her life in Australia, Elvira's diverse career spans corporate IT, acupuncture, and Mind Coaching. Her artistic interests encompass oil, acrylic, watercolor, and ink, drawing inspiration from Chinese and Japanese painting styles, Indian and Tibetan art, as well as global impressionists and realists.
Elvira's artistic journey includes attending prestigious Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney and learning from renowned Australian artists such as Ted Blackall, Stephen Mann, and Josefia Lemon. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions in Singapore and participation in the Art3f MONACO Art Fair, The Other Art Fair and Ball In Monaco Gala of The Foundation of Prince Albert II in Singapore.
Nature serves as a profound muse for Elvira, who spends time observing and photographing it at different times and seasons. Her flower arrangements for still lives pay homage to past masters, and she's actively preparing for en plein air painting when the time is right.
For Elvira, the core of her art lies in experiencing Joie de Vivre and transcending conceptualisations. Her artistic motto revolves around finding beauty in everything, sharing the joy it brings, and fostering a collective quest for happiness, peace, and love. In her words, art is a pathway to self-discovery, allowing one's mind to project joy, peace, and love that are inherently present.
Woven into the fabric of Elvira Byrnes' biography is a narrative of diverse experiences, a deep connection with nature, and an unwavering commitment to sharing the preciousness and value of beauty with the world.
Elvira Byrnes draws inspiration from a rich artistic legacy passed down by her parents. Her father, a lieutenant-colonel, was not only adept at tank and car mechanics but also a master of the arts. He excelled in drawing, painting, wood sculpture, and gouache poster painting, turning anything into a masterpiece. His artistic prowess extended to various mediums, showcasing a remarkable ability to transform the ordinary into extraordinary works of art.
Elvira's father was a true craftsman, seamlessly blending technical expertise with artistic finesse. His multifaceted talents left an indelible mark, and Elvira proudly takes after him, inheriting both his artistic flair and mechanical proficiency. Much like her father, she navigates the realms of painting with a keen eye for detail and an innate ability to breathe life into her creations.
In addition to her artistic heritage, Elvira's mother, a professor of English, instilled in her a love for language and linguistics. This dual inheritance—artistic ingenuity from her father and linguistic appreciation from her mother—creates a unique blend that defines Elvira's multifaceted approach to her craft.
Woven into the fabric of her artistic journey is a mysterious exploration of brushstrokes, where Elvira Byrnes transcends the ordinary and delves into the enigmatic nature of capturing the inexpressible. In the silence of creation, she weaves a mesmerizing tapestry of moments in time, enraptured by the ethereal beauty that surrounds her, crafting paintings that echo the mystical essence of the creative process.
Elvira's art is highly influenced by this intricate journey through the mind's landscape. Her creations reflect the profound exploration and transformative experiences, capturing the essence of freedom, personal growth, and the realization of aspirations.
Elvira Byrnes is an international Success Coach with a specialisation in unraveling the mysteries of the mind. Serving as a guide through the intricate landscape of thoughts, emotions, and memories, she aids individuals in breaking free from patterns and mental limitations, embarking on a transformative journey towards their goals.
Her coaching expertise lies in assisting individuals to transcend limitations, overcome emotional hurdles, and reshape thought patterns that may impede progress. Together, they embark on a journey through the mind's landscape, uncovering the keys to unlock full potential. This process is not just about addressing challenges; it's a powerful exploration that facilitates profound transformation.
As they traverse the mind's terrain, they work towards freedom — freedom from the constraints of the past, freedom to set and achieve goals, and freedom to lead a more fulfilling life. The mysteries of the mind is what Elvira works with and helps unravel as a Mind Coach.
This deep work makes Elvira explore creation of art as a means of opening oneself and helping others towards creation, creativity and our limitless inner potential.
Born and raised in the USSR, Elvira's early exposure to art, music, literature, and ballet from her highly-educated family instilled a deep appreciation for the arts. Her father, a lieutenant-colonel, and her mother, a professor of English, passed down a rich artistic legacy that continues to influence Elvira's creative spirit.
Having spent the second half of her life in Australia, Elvira's diverse career spans corporate IT, acupuncture, and Mind Coaching. Her artistic interests encompass oil, acrylic, watercolor, and ink, drawing inspiration from Chinese and Japanese painting styles, Indian and Tibetan art, as well as global impressionists and realists.
Elvira's artistic journey includes attending prestigious Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney and learning from renowned Australian artists such as Ted Blackall, Stephen Mann, and Josefia Lemon. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions in Singapore and participation in the Art3f MONACO Art Fair, The Other Art Fair and Ball In Monaco Gala of The Foundation of Prince Albert II in Singapore.
Nature serves as a profound muse for Elvira, who spends time observing and photographing it at different times and seasons. Her flower arrangements for still lives pay homage to past masters, and she's actively preparing for en plein air painting when the time is right.
For Elvira, the core of her art lies in experiencing Joie de Vivre and transcending conceptualisations. Her artistic motto revolves around finding beauty in everything, sharing the joy it brings, and fostering a collective quest for happiness, peace, and love. In her words, art is a pathway to self-discovery, allowing one's mind to project joy, peace, and love that are inherently present.
Woven into the fabric of Elvira Byrnes' biography is a narrative of diverse experiences, a deep connection with nature, and an unwavering commitment to sharing the preciousness and value of beauty with the world.
Elvira Byrnes draws inspiration from a rich artistic legacy passed down by her parents. Her father, a lieutenant-colonel, was not only adept at tank and car mechanics but also a master of the arts. He excelled in drawing, painting, wood sculpture, and gouache poster painting, turning anything into a masterpiece. His artistic prowess extended to various mediums, showcasing a remarkable ability to transform the ordinary into extraordinary works of art.
Elvira's father was a true craftsman, seamlessly blending technical expertise with artistic finesse. His multifaceted talents left an indelible mark, and Elvira proudly takes after him, inheriting both his artistic flair and mechanical proficiency. Much like her father, she navigates the realms of painting with a keen eye for detail and an innate ability to breathe life into her creations.
In addition to her artistic heritage, Elvira's mother, a professor of English, instilled in her a love for language and linguistics. This dual inheritance—artistic ingenuity from her father and linguistic appreciation from her mother—creates a unique blend that defines Elvira's multifaceted approach to her craft.
Woven into the fabric of her artistic journey is a mysterious exploration of brushstrokes, where Elvira Byrnes transcends the ordinary and delves into the enigmatic nature of capturing the inexpressible. In the silence of creation, she weaves a mesmerizing tapestry of moments in time, enraptured by the ethereal beauty that surrounds her, crafting paintings that echo the mystical essence of the creative process.
Elvira's art is highly influenced by this intricate journey through the mind's landscape. Her creations reflect the profound exploration and transformative experiences, capturing the essence of freedom, personal growth, and the realization of aspirations.
Elvira Byrnes is an international Success Coach with a specialisation in unraveling the mysteries of the mind. Serving as a guide through the intricate landscape of thoughts, emotions, and memories, she aids individuals in breaking free from patterns and mental limitations, embarking on a transformative journey towards their goals.
Her coaching expertise lies in assisting individuals to transcend limitations, overcome emotional hurdles, and reshape thought patterns that may impede progress. Together, they embark on a journey through the mind's landscape, uncovering the keys to unlock full potential. This process is not just about addressing challenges; it's a powerful exploration that facilitates profound transformation.
As they traverse the mind's terrain, they work towards freedom — freedom from the constraints of the past, freedom to set and achieve goals, and freedom to lead a more fulfilling life. The mysteries of the mind is what Elvira works with and helps unravel as a Mind Coach.
This deep work makes Elvira explore creation of art as a means of opening oneself and helping others towards creation, creativity and our limitless inner potential.
Artistic Periods
2017-2019 - the Gentle Period
The heart of this period beat with the rhythm of Singapore's orchid gardens, where delicate blossoms danced to the melodies of nature. Orchids, revered for their resilience and vibrancy, became the muse for a collection that sought to celebrate not only their physical beauty but also the profound qualities they symbolized. While the exhibitions faced unforeseen challenges and the world underwent transformation, the "Gentle Period" remains etched in time as a collection that exuded peace, happiness, and gentleness.
It was a celebration of the delicate beauty that exists in harmony with the world, a moment captured on canvas that invites viewers to immerse themselves in the serenity and vibrancy of Singapore's cultural and natural heritage. Drawing inspiration from the energetic colors and shapes reminiscent of Gucci designs, these artworks unfolded as vibrant compositions that transcended traditional floral representations. The flowers, rendered in a style that echoed Van Gogh's expressive strokes, became vibrant expressions of joy and exuberance.
2020-2022 - Transcendent Period
It was a period of sadness for the world and inability to focus on art. Displacement, being a refugee, prayer to be free, collapse of all past ideas and being flooded with new influences to be digested later.
It was a time of self-reflections, seeing the best world art, and spending time in meditation and learning more about the mind and coaching while being stuck in Sydney, Paris, Nice, Antibes, Monaco and London. The atmosphere of these cities was desolate at the time and Elvira saw it in a very unusual empty of people way. This was in a way an advantage to be able to go to the places and museums without lining up and repeatedly and becoming a local in these places and be immersed in the revery of the artists like Picasso and the impressionists having lived and worked and enjoyed the same places. And I am starting to pay home to these great places in my art.
A chapter of self-reflection, worldly exploration, and an immersion in the cultural landscape of the iconic cities.
2023 - Emerging Period - Sensorialism
The new period started as Elvira had the space to play with clay and see where it takes her. She started to watch ancient pottery of American southwest by Andy Ward and the primitive methods the original hand building methods became so interesting. This led her to discover so much about history and culture. Elvira ended up looking at Korea and Japan pottery, the tea ceremony and history and evolution of tea ware as well as decorative ceramics, sake drink ware guinomi and chawan the tea bowl.
Elvira's eyes opened to the world in a different way. Her hands were making ceramics and she discovered the power that ceramic making has to make one happy and improve the brain functions. She started to love the wabi sabi approach, the wabi imperfect handmade ceramics, and the amazing uncertainty how they will turn out. The process she is using is akin to sculpting, no wheel, only hand made to emphasise the artist as the creator Instead of just a craftsman bashing out perfect pieces identical and boring.
Elvira was learning imaginative habdbuilding methods from the Japanese masters. She realise that modern techniques and materials can help bypass years of craft focus alone and helps one move towards the art of ceramics on it’s sculptural side. She made a couple of firings and getting ready for the number three. This reminded her of Picasso walking into Madoura Pottery Studio in Vallauris South of France and starting to enjoy himself immensely like a child. So far she is interest in the Japanese inspired chawans and guinomis as well as Korean inspired moon jars and moon bowls are her favourites.
This year Elvira finished a 5 months marketing course with Seth Godin and I wrote a book Mental Yoga: Transform Your Stress and Anxiety into Mental Stress and Success. She was also engaged in market research for mental strength in sports like cricket and formula 1. The clay supported her sanity and letting go of stress of these high power activities.
Elvira felt the right time has come and she decided to create a series of paintings about what she thought were the greatest thins about Monaco, to offer again to the Prince Albert Ii Foundation in Singapore. She created a story - 4 famous views of Monaco - 4 paintings to reflect the most fun part of the country. Elvira was inspired by Hiroshige and Hokusai and other wood block Japanese creating a series of landscapes about a famous place.
She called the series Four Famous Views Of Monaco - (Let’s Go To Monaco!) - first was enjoying a party on a yacht in the evening - a paiting of dark blue with brushstrokes of light colours to outline and colour the yachts as they are illuminated at night kind of light illumination is what gives them shape. Second one - I wake up at dawn and look out of the window to the scene of Monaco with Tete de Chiene at the back and yacht club on the right and water with parked yachts. It’s too early, slightly dark - dawn, fresh quiet and peaceful. All are asleep. Number three was the famous hotel with lots of palm trees Monte Carlo Beach. Palm trees swimming pool a couple of pool lounges with folded umbrella distant view of Tete de Chiene and the next resort in the distance as well as the sea. Want a swim it’s all yours, only you are by the pool, it’s still early. Maybe order a glass of juice or a coffee, maybe there is hangover so plunge into the pool and refresh and palm trees are iconi the rest is secondary blurry. Number four is lunch with a friend, isn’t that nice. Two ladies feasting on steak scampi and fish with salad and potato wedges and glasses of child rose both brightly coloured one in red one in green with turquoise ocean behind and ultramarine blue sky falling big brushstrokes on them both smiling on the balcony of The Mone Carlo Bay Hotel and Resort iconic white balcony rails. WIP
Elvira's Current Focus:
"Sensorialism - paintings feelings, exploring feelings and reflecting them in artworks.
I study my subjects and topics first and let the feelings permeate through my mind. I make the decisions on materials, style, colours, etc.By the time I get to execute an artwork it is done in the feelings gathered and being felt. Spontaneous yet aware." -Elvira Byrnes
The heart of this period beat with the rhythm of Singapore's orchid gardens, where delicate blossoms danced to the melodies of nature. Orchids, revered for their resilience and vibrancy, became the muse for a collection that sought to celebrate not only their physical beauty but also the profound qualities they symbolized. While the exhibitions faced unforeseen challenges and the world underwent transformation, the "Gentle Period" remains etched in time as a collection that exuded peace, happiness, and gentleness.
It was a celebration of the delicate beauty that exists in harmony with the world, a moment captured on canvas that invites viewers to immerse themselves in the serenity and vibrancy of Singapore's cultural and natural heritage. Drawing inspiration from the energetic colors and shapes reminiscent of Gucci designs, these artworks unfolded as vibrant compositions that transcended traditional floral representations. The flowers, rendered in a style that echoed Van Gogh's expressive strokes, became vibrant expressions of joy and exuberance.
2020-2022 - Transcendent Period
It was a period of sadness for the world and inability to focus on art. Displacement, being a refugee, prayer to be free, collapse of all past ideas and being flooded with new influences to be digested later.
It was a time of self-reflections, seeing the best world art, and spending time in meditation and learning more about the mind and coaching while being stuck in Sydney, Paris, Nice, Antibes, Monaco and London. The atmosphere of these cities was desolate at the time and Elvira saw it in a very unusual empty of people way. This was in a way an advantage to be able to go to the places and museums without lining up and repeatedly and becoming a local in these places and be immersed in the revery of the artists like Picasso and the impressionists having lived and worked and enjoyed the same places. And I am starting to pay home to these great places in my art.
A chapter of self-reflection, worldly exploration, and an immersion in the cultural landscape of the iconic cities.
2023 - Emerging Period - Sensorialism
The new period started as Elvira had the space to play with clay and see where it takes her. She started to watch ancient pottery of American southwest by Andy Ward and the primitive methods the original hand building methods became so interesting. This led her to discover so much about history and culture. Elvira ended up looking at Korea and Japan pottery, the tea ceremony and history and evolution of tea ware as well as decorative ceramics, sake drink ware guinomi and chawan the tea bowl.
Elvira's eyes opened to the world in a different way. Her hands were making ceramics and she discovered the power that ceramic making has to make one happy and improve the brain functions. She started to love the wabi sabi approach, the wabi imperfect handmade ceramics, and the amazing uncertainty how they will turn out. The process she is using is akin to sculpting, no wheel, only hand made to emphasise the artist as the creator Instead of just a craftsman bashing out perfect pieces identical and boring.
Elvira was learning imaginative habdbuilding methods from the Japanese masters. She realise that modern techniques and materials can help bypass years of craft focus alone and helps one move towards the art of ceramics on it’s sculptural side. She made a couple of firings and getting ready for the number three. This reminded her of Picasso walking into Madoura Pottery Studio in Vallauris South of France and starting to enjoy himself immensely like a child. So far she is interest in the Japanese inspired chawans and guinomis as well as Korean inspired moon jars and moon bowls are her favourites.
This year Elvira finished a 5 months marketing course with Seth Godin and I wrote a book Mental Yoga: Transform Your Stress and Anxiety into Mental Stress and Success. She was also engaged in market research for mental strength in sports like cricket and formula 1. The clay supported her sanity and letting go of stress of these high power activities.
Elvira felt the right time has come and she decided to create a series of paintings about what she thought were the greatest thins about Monaco, to offer again to the Prince Albert Ii Foundation in Singapore. She created a story - 4 famous views of Monaco - 4 paintings to reflect the most fun part of the country. Elvira was inspired by Hiroshige and Hokusai and other wood block Japanese creating a series of landscapes about a famous place.
She called the series Four Famous Views Of Monaco - (Let’s Go To Monaco!) - first was enjoying a party on a yacht in the evening - a paiting of dark blue with brushstrokes of light colours to outline and colour the yachts as they are illuminated at night kind of light illumination is what gives them shape. Second one - I wake up at dawn and look out of the window to the scene of Monaco with Tete de Chiene at the back and yacht club on the right and water with parked yachts. It’s too early, slightly dark - dawn, fresh quiet and peaceful. All are asleep. Number three was the famous hotel with lots of palm trees Monte Carlo Beach. Palm trees swimming pool a couple of pool lounges with folded umbrella distant view of Tete de Chiene and the next resort in the distance as well as the sea. Want a swim it’s all yours, only you are by the pool, it’s still early. Maybe order a glass of juice or a coffee, maybe there is hangover so plunge into the pool and refresh and palm trees are iconi the rest is secondary blurry. Number four is lunch with a friend, isn’t that nice. Two ladies feasting on steak scampi and fish with salad and potato wedges and glasses of child rose both brightly coloured one in red one in green with turquoise ocean behind and ultramarine blue sky falling big brushstrokes on them both smiling on the balcony of The Mone Carlo Bay Hotel and Resort iconic white balcony rails. WIP
Elvira's Current Focus:
"Sensorialism - paintings feelings, exploring feelings and reflecting them in artworks.
- Simplicity of approach inspired by Zen
- Capturing a feeling of a moment
- Being interested in expressing feelings in an artwork, painting with feelings rather then just calculated artistic approach, reacting in each moment to the feelings conveyed in the artwork and the feelings experienced by the artist in the realm of the variety of the Latin definitions of sensus, affectus, animus, tactus, adfectus.
I study my subjects and topics first and let the feelings permeate through my mind. I make the decisions on materials, style, colours, etc.By the time I get to execute an artwork it is done in the feelings gathered and being felt. Spontaneous yet aware." -Elvira Byrnes
More About Me
I have always loved art and beauty having always looked for and appreciating beautiful things, places, views, objects, people, ideas. This led me to wanting and needing to paint them. Fascination with colours and brush strokes is the unending source of creativity for me in the quest of expressing something inexpressible, conjuring up magic, be enticed by illusion. Capturing a moment in time I have been awed, mesmerised, fascinated into silence - a moment of creation beyond words. Sharing that private moment captured, that special something, that beauty perceived and cultivated is what my art practice is about. I get lost in beauty and emerge with a painting longing to be lost again and again. Beauty is there to be shared with others.
An Australian artist with interests in philosophy and meditation, arts, music, literature and everything enjoyable and sybaritic.
My painting interests are in oil, acrylic, watercolour and ink media, being influenced by Chinese and Japanese painting styles, Indian and Tibetan art and philosophies, global impressionists and realists.
I have been attending Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney at the Rocks, Painting in the Third Eye School of Ted Blackall, Paddington Art School of Stephen Wesley Gorton, and have been privileged to take lessons with well-known Australian artists - Ted Blackall, Stephen Mann, Josefia Lemon, Stephen Wesley Gorton, Evert Ploeg.
Artist who inspire me: Monet, Van Gogh, Matisse, Rothko, Pollock, Mitchell, Cui Ruzhuo, Wu Guanzhong.
Education: Bachelor of Education English/Linguistics, Diplomas in Computer Studies, Diploma of Acupuncture, Certificate Life Coaching, Qigong Teacher Certificate
Work: I have worked in the corporate IT in tech support and sales, have run an acupuncture clinic and offered life coaching services, currently I am immersing myself in art and spiritual practices, as well as working with mind techniques to let go of emotions and experience the inner truth - beyond concepts and labels.
Exhibitions:
2020 - Art3f MONACO Art Fair, 21-23 August - link
2020 - "SING-NATURE", solo exhibition of 34 artworks at the Arts House in Singapore - link
2019 - "Singapore Love" solo exhibition of 10 artworks at The Australian High Commission in Singapore, selected to be exhibited by the High Commission - link
2013 - Finalist, Hornsby Art Prize, Sydney NSW Australia
Saatchi Art Profile - https://www.saatchiart.com/elvirabyrnes
I was born and raised in Russia, and have been living in Australia for the second half of my life. My family are highly-educated teachers, professors, military officers. From the young age appreciate of art. music, literature, ballet have been instilled in me. My father who completed three highest military institutions, a lieutenant-colonel, was creating amazing works of art in many genre - sculpture, paintings, calligraphy, wood carvings, poster design. Whatever he touched turned out great. I like to think that his artistic blood runs through me. As well as my mother, a professor of English, with amazing appreciation of classical music, ballet, art and literature. I am truly blessed to know that her linguistic blood runs through me.
I have worked in the corporate world most of my life as an IT support engineer and in sales, and later on as an acupuncturist and a life coach.
I derive most of my inspirations currently from nature. I spend time observing nature and taking photographs at different times of the day and seasons. I am doing my own flower arrangements for still lifes inspired by the masters of the past. I am preparing the materials for en plein air painting.
My painting interests are in oil, acrylic, watercolour and ink media, being influenced by Chinese and Japanese painting styles, Indian and Tibetan art and philosophies, global impressionists and realists.
I have been attending Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney at the Rocks, Painting in the Third Eye School of Ted Blackall, Paddington Art School of Stephen Wesley Gorton, and have been privileged to take lessons with well-known Australian artists - Ted Blackall, Stephen Mann, Josefia Lemon, Stephen Wesley Gorton, Evert Ploeg.
Artist who inspire me: Monet, Van Gogh, Matisse, Rothko, Pollock, Mitchell, Cui Ruzhuo, Wu Guanzhong.
Education: Bachelor of Education English/Linguistics, Diplomas in Computer Studies, Diploma of Acupuncture, Certificate Life Coaching, Qigong Teacher Certificate
Work: I have worked in the corporate IT in tech support and sales, have run an acupuncture clinic and offered life coaching services, currently I am immersing myself in art and spiritual practices, as well as working with mind techniques to let go of emotions and experience the inner truth - beyond concepts and labels.
Exhibitions:
2020 - Art3f MONACO Art Fair, 21-23 August - link
2020 - "SING-NATURE", solo exhibition of 34 artworks at the Arts House in Singapore - link
2019 - "Singapore Love" solo exhibition of 10 artworks at The Australian High Commission in Singapore, selected to be exhibited by the High Commission - link
2013 - Finalist, Hornsby Art Prize, Sydney NSW Australia
Saatchi Art Profile - https://www.saatchiart.com/elvirabyrnes
I was born and raised in Russia, and have been living in Australia for the second half of my life. My family are highly-educated teachers, professors, military officers. From the young age appreciate of art. music, literature, ballet have been instilled in me. My father who completed three highest military institutions, a lieutenant-colonel, was creating amazing works of art in many genre - sculpture, paintings, calligraphy, wood carvings, poster design. Whatever he touched turned out great. I like to think that his artistic blood runs through me. As well as my mother, a professor of English, with amazing appreciation of classical music, ballet, art and literature. I am truly blessed to know that her linguistic blood runs through me.
I have worked in the corporate world most of my life as an IT support engineer and in sales, and later on as an acupuncturist and a life coach.
I derive most of my inspirations currently from nature. I spend time observing nature and taking photographs at different times of the day and seasons. I am doing my own flower arrangements for still lifes inspired by the masters of the past. I am preparing the materials for en plein air painting.
If you ask me what my main interest in art is, it is the experience of Joie de Vivre and non-conceptulisation that follows.
When are we truly happy? When we wish everyone the same that we wish for ourselves, when we understand the humanity is filled with the same wishes for happiness, peace and love. The more we feel we are one in that quest, the more our negative limiting emotions subside and the peace and love and happiness become uncovered. We see the world as part of ourselves. This is a process of self-discovery. Allowing one’s mind to project joy, peace and love that are naturally there. Uncovering the truth. Art is to help one experience one’s own true nature by stopping all conceptualisations and be the joy. Preciousness and value of beauty in our lives, looking for beauty in everything and sharing the joy of it with others is my artistic motto.
"In Beauty we are united,
Through Beauty we pray,
With Beauty we conquer."
- Nicholas Roerich
"Beauty and happiness and life...are [the artist's] only concern...They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.....One must see the ideal in one's own mind. It's like a memory of perfection." - Agnes Martin
"There is nothing there. What you see is not what you see. What you see is nothing. Nothing but shapes, lines, colors. What you see is whats in your mind. What you see is something somebody told you to look for. Look out for anything you see! Watch it! Watch out! Take care! Don’t leap before you look out." - Ad Reinhardt
“Through the window I saw two fir trees in a park, and the grey sky, and the beautiful grey rain, and I was so happy,” she said. “It had something to do with being alive. I could see the pine trees, and I felt I could paint.” - Joan Mitchell
When are we truly happy? When we wish everyone the same that we wish for ourselves, when we understand the humanity is filled with the same wishes for happiness, peace and love. The more we feel we are one in that quest, the more our negative limiting emotions subside and the peace and love and happiness become uncovered. We see the world as part of ourselves. This is a process of self-discovery. Allowing one’s mind to project joy, peace and love that are naturally there. Uncovering the truth. Art is to help one experience one’s own true nature by stopping all conceptualisations and be the joy. Preciousness and value of beauty in our lives, looking for beauty in everything and sharing the joy of it with others is my artistic motto.
"In Beauty we are united,
Through Beauty we pray,
With Beauty we conquer."
- Nicholas Roerich
"Beauty and happiness and life...are [the artist's] only concern...They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.....One must see the ideal in one's own mind. It's like a memory of perfection." - Agnes Martin
"There is nothing there. What you see is not what you see. What you see is nothing. Nothing but shapes, lines, colors. What you see is whats in your mind. What you see is something somebody told you to look for. Look out for anything you see! Watch it! Watch out! Take care! Don’t leap before you look out." - Ad Reinhardt
“Through the window I saw two fir trees in a park, and the grey sky, and the beautiful grey rain, and I was so happy,” she said. “It had something to do with being alive. I could see the pine trees, and I felt I could paint.” - Joan Mitchell
"And as you meditate more and you work on your art more, the boundary between meditation and the practice of art, between openness and action, becomes fuzzy—which is what everybody experienced in the past. Aggressiveness brings competitiveness, money concerns, comparison, frustration, excitement, all kinds of things. If there’s no aggression, that brings joy, openness, dance." - Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Artist With A Cause
Since 2014 I have been supporting a monastery school in the Northern India. Support includes monetary sponsorship of food, clothing, educational needs, repairs and construction, including my volunteering to teach English. I thank everyone who has contributed to what I do so I can continue with cause mission of love, caring and benefitting others.❤️