Welcome to the [space].
You may find an array of my art work. You may find some random musings of an unsettled mind. All of it an offering.
Life’s a practice and here’s where I’m at.
…Enjoy?
Witnessing the Interior
Offering.
Nov 24, 2022, 10h 49m
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I was trying to capture what I imagine happens when we pray over or offer our food before eating. I wanted to play with the idea of a vast, open connection to the cosmos existing internally [something only visible when reflected back at us] and how that cosmic scale sits inside the mundanity of a simple meal in my home.
This was also a time when I was learning more about color theory and how to use value contrast to draw the eye where it needs to go. I experimented with shadow and light on the exterior, leading into areas of higher color saturation and contrast.
This is my Offering piece.
De/Attachment.
Nov 29, 2022, 9h 10m
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This flowed through at a time when I felt stuck by everything I was attached to - willingly or unwillingly. Like the weight of responsibilities have gunked me up and make it impossible to move. Some by choice (hand holding goo), some by force.
This was a play with layering and the various stages of the creation process. This was my first attempt to integrate the background imagery with the foreground subject and action.
Which would you choose?
Drowning.
Nov 28, 2022, 9h 37m (unfinished).
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This unfinished piece emerged from the sadness of watching a home I once loved become a place where I felt like I was drowning. I was moving through a breakup, dismantling a space that had held so much meaning, and sitting in the grief of that loss.
I experimented with cross-hatching for shadow and texture, and tried to recreate the geometry of my living room furniture. I was also working again on blending background into foreground through the fish motif.
I think I was simply letting myself sit in the overwhelm rather than trying to escape it.
Intersection.
Nov 25, 2022, 7h 39m
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I felt very inspired by polarity and duality while exploring this image. Each of us is our own little universe — a cosmic container where shadow and light give rise to consciousness.
I tried to illustrate the negative space created when light and shadow cancel each other out. This was an early exploration of the tools and effects available in my digital toolkit.
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This series moves between being inside myself and watching myself, using art as a mirror to reveal the inner worlds that usually stay hidden. Each illustration feels like a small devotional act—an honest honoring of whatever truth was moving through me. I’m often drawn to the tension between heaviness and spaciousness, shadow and illumination, the mundane and the cosmic.
Across pieces exploring sadness, offering, overwhelm, attachment, and polarity, the through-line is my attempt to understand the shape of my own inner universe and how consciousness emerges from its mix of beauty, grief, stillness, and expansion.
Devotional Illustrations
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Since beginning my practice and studies in yoga, Hinduism, and the sacred art of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, I’ve felt inspired to capture my own bhav—my love—for these classic stories. These illustrations are my way of expressing that inner connection: envisioning moments that feel rich with meaning and resonant on many levels.
A real challenge in devotional art is honoring the integrity of sacred imagery. Elements like a flute or a peacock feather aren’t accessories—they’re essential expressions of divinity itself. So I’ve tried to balance precision with personal expression, respecting tradition while remaining true to my own lens.
This collection is simply a snapshot of where I’m at in that devotional practice right now.
Lord Narasimhadev eviscerates Hiranyakashipu
Narasimhadev's fierce love for His devotee
Krishna fights Jambavan over the Shyamantaka Jewel
Kaliya coils Krishna
Mother Yasoda binds Baby Damodar
Smile, Boys! Kirshna & Balarama
Narada Muni the interstellar traveling spaceman
Krishna Eats Dirt (In progress)
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I was searching for a story to practice visual storytelling—beats, page turns, and framing. Many Divine Plays (Lilas) are lengthy and detailed, so this one stood out to me: the utter mundanity of eating dirt revealing an entire cosmos within. Again, I find myself attracted to pairing cosmic scale with everyday life.
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Open on beautiful Vrindavan set in a lush forest. Tiny Krishna eating dirt.
Balaram yells, “MOM! Krishna’s eating dirt!” to which Yasoda responds, “Again?”
She rushes to Krishna, pointing her finger, “Krishna! I told you not to eat dirt!”
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Krishna’s pudgey cute face, big eyes, and totally endearing face turns to face Yasoda. He’s irresistible. From his mouth dirt clods fall as he says, “I’m not! The other boys are telling lies again!”
Yasoda, incredulously, “Oh yeah? Well then open your mouth and prove to me there’s no dirt in there…”
Krishna grabs a fistfull of dirt, shoving it quickly into his mouth and curtly exclaiming, “No!”
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Yasoda approaches Krishna, “Oh come now, Krishna. There most certainly…”
Yasoda grabs Krishna’s cheeks, forcing his mouth open. “…is…”
From inside Krishna’s mouth are an infinite amount of bubbles containing entire universes.
“…dirt.”
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Zooming into the bubble, Yasoda sees entire galaxies. Continuing to zoom into our local solar system, and eventually seeing herself from bird’s eye view looking into Krishna’s mouth for the dirt. The page tear funnels into and out of Krishna’s mouth, grounding the viewer back into the scene.
Yasoda, stunned, “My heavens… you must be a hungry boy! Let’s fix you some lunch.”