Traditionally in Kashmir there is always a rug or a cloth with a traditional pattern for people to sit on. Check the availability of original paintings in my store. Prints are available for most paintings in various sizes. Don’t hesitate to contact me for questions and inquiries.
On the top is the finished transferred carpet in place already, on the bottom the print was just glued down ready to be washed off with water and sponge. You can see the spray bottle in the picture but because I took it all upside down it is upside down. And Voila! New Carpets… Traditionally […]
CIMG1624 Originally uploaded by claudia dose. inkjet print transfer didn’t quite work Check the availability of original paintings in my store. Prints are available for most paintings in various sizes. Don’t hesitate to contact me for questions and inquiries.
CIMG1634 Originally uploaded by claudia dose. laser printer transfer was better, this one got rubbed too much and the print came off Check the availability of original paintings in my store. Prints are available for most paintings in various sizes. Don’t hesitate to contact me for questions and inquiries.
CIMG1620 Originally uploaded by claudia dose. After the first mishap with heat transfer I “practiced” a little on the back to see what would work and how. You can see the sponges in action. Check the availability of original paintings in my store. Prints are available for most paintings in various sizes. Don’t hesitate to […]
CIMG1619 Originally uploaded by claudia dose. Check the availability of original paintings in my store. Prints are available for most paintings in various sizes. Don’t hesitate to contact me for questions and inquiries.
Working on the underground/carpets in Abhinavaguptas painting I wanted one of those traditional carpets laid out and couldn’t imagine doing a good job painting the whole thing so thought of other ways to do it professional looking when I remembered doing decoupage and ink transfer might work. CIMG1624 Originally uploaded by claudia dose. I tried […]
CIMG1620 Originally uploaded by claudia dose. After the first mishap with heat transfer I “practiced” a little on the back to see what would work and how. You can see the sponges in action. Check the availability of original paintings in my store. Prints are available for most paintings in various sizes. Don’t hesitate to […]
What a mess. That didn’t work. Trying to iron down the heat transfer melted parts of the acrylic and stuck it to the paper I had used to avoid it sticking to the iron because I had been warned. And there was no way that it would stick evenly to the surface. I had to […]
Designing the carpets in the the painting in Photoshop was easy. My idea was to use heat transfer, that way it would look detailed and neat. Check the availability of original paintings in my store. Prints are available for most paintings in various sizes. Don’t hesitate to contact me for questions and inquiries.
Etsujin. Covered with the flowers,Instantly I’d like to dieIn this dream of ours! http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/#etsujin Check the availability of original paintings in my store. Prints are available for most paintings in various sizes. Don’t hesitate to contact me for questions and inquiries.
different styles… n n Check the availability of original paintings in my store. Prints are available for most paintings in various sizes. Don’t hesitate to contact me for questions and inquiries.
Some more details in the dutties (female consorts) hands (holding a lemon and a lotus flower). I did a few photographs (not easy to hold those two things) then I pasted them into a photo of the painting in Photoshop and painted from the printout. Lately I have worked more this way. I works […]
I had been busy preparing for the annual membership screening at G25, Los Angeles Art Association. I was thinking about doing it for a while before I got the guts to do it. I really like their opportunities for “emerging Artist”, to get to know other artist and learn more about the “art world’ out […]
Really got into details now with those. I had taken some photos in Kashmir in the last years of different people that came handy now. I pasted them into the photo of the painting at the present stage. Worked on it in Photoshop and changed dresses etc. until I liked it and then printed it […]
Continued on the big Abhinavagupta painting. Here I worked on his hand gesture after I found a picture of Jesus and liked his hand gesture. It seems to fit within the description. I still need to add the Rudraksha rosary around his hand and perhaps a bit of jewelry. I changed the duties (spiritual consorts). […]
“I find one vast garden spread out all over the universe.All plants, all human beings, all higher mind bodiesare about in this garden in various ways ,each has his own uniqueness and beauty.Their presence and variety give me great delight.Every one of you adds with his special feature to the glory of the garden.” “My […]
Very beautiful! Have you seen this yet? Check the availability of original paintings in my store. Prints are available for most paintings in various sizes. Don’t hesitate to contact me for questions and inquiries.
Reading “woman of power and grace”, nine astonishing, inspiring luminaries of our time, by Timothy Conway. All of them from different religions. The first one was an Italian nun who at the age of seven has a near-death experience as she nearly drowns and mysteriously was thrown back out of the water. After that, she […]
worship Originally uploaded by claudia dose. The retreat was great. We watched videos of the Bhagavad Gita, my favorite text and also listened to Shivastotravali, which is beautifully devotional. The discussions that followed were very practical and interesting. I had a great time doing the dishes and keeping everything tidy. The food we prepared was […]
This is a large, full-body portrait of Swami Lakshmanjoo and it’s his 100th centenary Birthday coming up on the 9th of May 2007. He is also my spiritual teacher, and although he left this world before I could meet him, I feel very much guided by him and his teachings. I am very fortunate to […]
Couldn’t get to my painting so I spend the time uploading some of my art to art.com and etsy.comCheck it out and let me know what you think. Check the availability of original paintings in my store. Prints are available for most paintings in various sizes. Don’t hesitate to contact me for questions and inquiries.
I am a little nervous today as I am welcoming internationally known author, speaker and creativity coach Eric Maisel, Ph.D. to my humble blog, he will be answering my questions about his new book, Ten Zen Seconds. So I have been preparing a big pot of Kashmiri tea for us and here we go… But […]
It’s going, I am not sure where, and its slow, painfully slow. Abhinavagupta sure doesn’t make it easy on me. Neither do all the other people in the picture, I don’t even know them but they seem to know me. As soon as I am working on one the other is screaming, “and what about […]
I am exited to be having a famous guest on my humble blog, next week, on Monday the 23rd of April. Eric Maisel is introducing his new book, Ten Zen Seconds, in form of a blog tour. It seems it is the first of this kind and I think it is a brilliant idea. The […]
Acrylic painting on wood board box, Size: H 48 x W 24 inch (121.92 x 60.96 cm). Painting from a photo of Swami Lakshmanjoo in his garden in front of the old lecture hall. This was a gift to John and Denise Hughes, who lived and raised their family in Kashmir for 15 years to […]
It is quite amazing what happens when creativity does not get bogged down by circumstance. Olivier Messiaen wrote this music when he was in a prisoner of war camp in the second world war. He instead made it the most beautiful thing that could ever come out of that war I guess, quite moving, especially […]
