I started a new portrait painting. After finishing my latest digital painting I was longing for some “real” paint and…
The initiation of Swami Lakshmanjoo – digital painting in process
I had the great honor to be commissioned for a painting that will grace the temple walls where Swami Lakshmanjoo,…
keeping the wood stove going and painting updates…
Spending the winter alone in the Nothern California mountains, and enjoying it so much to have the space and time…
Kali standing on Shiva – work in progress
As an indirect result of my study of the 12 Kalis, and perhaps the current circumstances in the world at…
Portrait painting of a toddler girl – a work in process
I am taking a welcome break from painting the 12 Kalis and instead working on a commissioned portrait painting of…
Expansion – of my own – before moving forward with the 12 Kalis
Expansion! That is my motto for the year 2019. To find and expand my boundaries, stretch* and challenge myself. As…
Fire > consuming > fertilizing < 12 Kalis
Looking at some pictures of the recent, horrific forest fires in California, and also some photos of previous wild fires…
Trying the impossible – painting the 12 Kalis
Kali is an Indian name for the feminine energy, who like a divine mother creates, maintains and destroys the universe…
Impressions from the North of Germany
Today was a typical foggy day on the coast and I took the bus down to the small town of Vegesack,…
A feast for the senses
In August we went to do Panchakarma in Kerala, South India. Panchakarma is an Ayurvedic means to purify your body…
Unstoppable or what is stopping us
I am not exactly sure what I found so scary about attending a workshop called “Unstoppable” by Bill Baren Coaching. Bill…
Summer travels
What a summer it was! Exiting and adventurous travel in North India. Visiting friends and family in Europe to hang…
Cycle of life, earth, mother, feminine energy – a painting in process
My latest painting is about the cycle of life, earth, mother, feminine energy, shakti. I am still unsure about the…
Looking back to move foward
I was reading that in order to move forward we need to first look back at what we have already…
Showing my art next Saturday
I look forward to meeting you… at the Culver City Art Group Holiday Art Exhibit 2015 Sat. November 7th noon…
The masters, in all their glory!
Detail of larger painting of the Kashmir Shaiva masters: Abhinavagupta – Gurunatha In this detail: Swami Ram, Swami Lakshmanjoo, Swami…
Showing my art in a group show
I look forward to meeting you… at the Culver City Art Group Holiday Art Exhibit 2014 Sat. November 22nd noon…
Exhibiting with THE PEACE PROJECT
My painting “Burned Angel” has been selected for the traveling exhibit of THE PEACE PROJECT. If you are in the Bay…
Promise me….
“Promise me you will not spend so much time treading water and trying to keep your head above the waves,…
Birthing of a painting… and a dream
It all started with a dream: Where I slowly fell into the depth of a pool, really deep, and looking…
morning hours
I have shifted my studio times into the early morning hours. It such a precious time. Even though I love…
“Your voice may sound unfamiliar to you if you’ve never heard it before!”
Getting back into the studio after a long absence of only small projects and dabbling with felt. Been very busy…
Something I always wanted to try…
I’ve always wanted to learn to felt. And when I saw the beautiful creations my massage therapist had made I…
The body . . .
Reading Daniel Ladinsky’s translation of Rumi verses and really like this one, perhaps befitting the last painting . . . …
Getting the canvas wet…
…and experimenting with black.
Art meets music…
Two of my paintings found a place on the CD cover of Jens Mügge’s music. He is making a very…
“You Who Never Arrived”
You who never arrived in my arms, Beloved, who were lost from the start, I don’t even know what songs…
without a reason…
Was just watching Gerhard Richter, Painting… Gerhard Richter Painting trailer from Kino Lorber on Vimeo.View video above on vimeo Kind…
grays and blacks…
Back in the studio after some well deserved relaxing with family and friends, watching some nice movies, reading some nice…
a life of its own… (unfinished works in process)
I am always amazed by how ideas emerge as I continue working on a painting. The artwork takes on a…
I’d like to meet you . . .
Been busy with preparations for a group exhibition with the Culver City Art Group in Playa Vista. I will be…
painting in progress…
Its slowly taking shape…. and changing shape… still a few elements are missing but the basics are there……
painting in process… three paintings on Styrofoam
Preparing the canvas on styrofoam… Three paintings in work at a time… First brush strokes… Forms emerging… To be continued……
Be your note.
Each Note Advice doesn’t help lovers!They’re not the kind of mountain streamyou can build a dam across. An intellectual doesn’t…
Filling the creative well…
Getting out and about visiting friends in Berkley and Santa Cruz, just cruising 😉 and “filling up the creative well”.…
Hiking
I love hiking! I just don’t like the part of getting up early, and here in LA you have to…
exited beyond words…
Harmony by Remedios Varo, so detailed! In the beginning of this month I was lucky to make it to the…
rainbow
The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears. ~Native American Proverb I have been tricked by…
Re-thinking…
Have you ever wondered about the meaning of your life? Would you say we are “creating” it, or do you…
Walk with me…
Having some amazing time Down Under, marveling about life and death and the impermanence of it all and yet how…
softly being hit on the head :-)
After finishing the recent painting “Listen with the ear of your heart “been thinking what “listen” really means. And even…
scars… (experiments in Photoshop)
Inspired by those easy Instagram Filters for Photoshop (thanks to Daniel Box) started playing with a photo (old and new scars) in Photoshop…
Knowing Who then i would kiss…
I really like Rabia and her poetry… Ironic, but one of the most intimate acts of our body is death.…
How long will this go on?
Yesterday, at dawn, passing by, the Beloved said to me, “Youare distraught and unaware; how long will this go on?…
“The Cocoon”, new painting
Like many of my paintings this painting developed intuitively, which means rather than having a preconceived idea I let the…
loving, more loving…
Suffering only hurts because you fear it. Suffering only hurts because you complain about it. It pursues you because you…
What’s been hatching in my studio…
It all started with a piece of Styrofoam sticking out of a recycling bin (together with a wooden crate, which…
waste and graced :-)
Been watching some moving documentaries lately that I wanted to share. They are not directly related to my art but…
Go to the Limits of your Longing – Geh bis an Deiner Sehnsucht Rand
God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. These…
The Tortured Artist
This is interesting and has me wonder… Dave Eggers and Jonah Lehrer – Tortured Artists and ‘Grit’ “People who are…
What Happens…
Another beautiful poem by Hafiz that brought tears to my eyes for reasons that cannot be expressed any other way…
Inspiration… (coming and going)
…an unfinished painting and some leaves that started dancing…. 🙂 My first animation. Hope you enjoy!
separation pains…
Just exactly what is this longing that pulls us thru life: love, devotion, bhakti, I keep wondering, as I find…
Your deepest presence…
Birdwings Your grief for what you’ve lost lifts a mirrorup to where you’re bravely working. Expecting the worst, you look,…
Stay empty and held between those fingers, where “where” gets drunk with Nowhere.
The Prophet has saidthat a true seeker must be completely empty like a luteto make the sweet music of “Lord,…
painting in process… “flute player”
This is how most my paintings start…. …and it takes a while till I find where the painting wants to…
Nowhere and Nothing
Remember some time ago I wrote a blog post about my struggles to just relax guilt free and do nothing (“The…
Art, Grief, and Transformation…
So there I was, sitting on the stairs to the beautiful garden, green and lush with moisture from the sprinklers…
Jeden Tag ein neuer Tag . . . Every day a new day . . .
Been sorting thru old photos to print an album for my father. While entering the digital age have been leaving…
Look in a clear mountain mirror…
After all the frenzy and busyness, suddenly feeling quite (which could be the quite before or after the storm)… You Don’t…
June gloom…
Always forget about it when May is over and I think it is time for summer… the weather here in…
“The one who is not busy” is not me… yet
Been so busy lately, can’t seem to stop. And after reading this very good article, “the one who is not…
A Thought . . .
Its been quite here after a very busy time, and it is amazing to watch the amount of thoughts that…
because of the pain this world caused me…
Just when all the recent chaos and suffering and pain of the world seems to be unbearable and not making…
…here swimming ends always in drowning
This beautiful poem of Rumi I came across while watching a video of Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee “A Dangerous Love” which caught my…
unfurl yourself across the universe…
“Don’t forget love; it will bring you all the madness you need to unfurl yourself across the universe.” ~Mirabai Impressions…
Winterwonderland…
Some impressions from my walk . . . just a small selection from . . . Winterwonderland
No More Leaving…
At Some point Your relationship With God Will Become like this: Next time you meet Him in the forest Or…
Home
“So you are going home?” they asked me. Having lived overseas (or away from “home”) and in many places and…
Head up in a cloud…
Detail of a beautiful mosaic that I saw while visiting with a dear friend. I used to make mosaics…
“Two sides”
Still had to add some touches, and wait for the rain to give way to a ray of sunshine to…
sometimes a little music makes all the difference…
Find more music like this on Overtone Music Network my favorites at the moment are “Call of the Birds” by…
Surrender to the will of my Beloved
One day I feel confused and down,the next I can reach the skywithout you I am never calm.In your absence…
This Side and That Side… Meditation – painting in process
I have been working on a larger piece of painting on Styrofoam. Actually two pieces that merged to one, and…
“This side and that side” continued…
Wow, has it already been five weeks since I last wrote in this blog? So much happened, not so much…
What I have been up to lately…
Been working on the little “manneken” that is to go into the new paintingmarked the space to see what it…
when eyes can hear and ears can see…
You live in meas a constant pulseevery fiber ofmy beingdancingto yourdrum beat. Your heavy breathtouches my ear,and every poreof my…
There are different wells within your heart…
There are different wellswithin your heart.Some fill with each good rain,Others are fartoo deep for that. In one wellYou have…
this side and that side…
It’s been a while… and the current painting is sure taking it’s time… growing and evolving… Originally they were two……
talking with God…
Nasrudin stories inspire me with their wonderful simplicity and yet profound wisdom, which often makes fun of our egos. Nesrudin…
Tis the time for new prices… and a great opportunity
Been working on a new price-list for my paintings that is more consistent, based on square inch, as suggested by…
waking…
Those of you who have been following my blog might have noticed that I haven’t been posting much lately… been…
Wherever your mind becomes peaceful…
Found this very interesting especially in the light of recent upheavals in the world and around us. There is always…
metamorphosis and other happenings…
Seems like ages since I have been painting. We were hosting our annual study retreat and Birthday Celebrations and there…
thoughts and words….
Since my camera is not working and I couldn’t post pictures , I was thinking maybe a good opportunity to…
This is going to be a long winded story…. slow art
At the “Slow Art” event we spend a long time looking at just one painting, instead of rushing past hundreds…
There Could Be Holy Fallout
I love this! Of course by Hafiz, so funny and yet so true… We are often in battle.So often defending…
In the studio… small and big works in progress
Sweating the small stuff… and getting paintings done one night at a time 🙂 “Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine…
Website update…
Been working on my website and added 5 recent paintings to it. The link on the pictures below should send…
losing it…
Got a huge shock last night. While working on my website I had been consolidating backups from old to new…
Too much stuff… or abundance for the sake of creativity?
Seems to come with the spring, this urge to clean up for a new beginning.Time to pull up the weeds…
Getting out and about…
Went on an outing with the Culver City Artist Group to Bergamot station. Lots of Galleries and lots of other…
When there is unconditional surrender…
This came to me after painting my latest painting (below) while contemplating the meaning of surrender, and I thought it…
in the eye of the beholder . . . painting in process
This sure needs some more work . . .
Our soul is so vast . . .
HIS LIPS UPON THE VEIL He has never left you. It is just that your soul is so vast that…
How the deer quietly sneaked into the painting . . .
. . . honestly escaped me, but it started all very randomly, a couple of scribbles of sanskrit that got…
One more thing to do . . . do I really need a fanpage?
After much prodding and resisting I finally sucumbed to making a fanpage. What convinced me in the end was reading…
the infinite ran to the edge of space . . .
NO ONE WILL BEGRUDGE ME I talk about it sometimes with Him, all the suffering in the world. “Dear God,”…