Form and Color

Dark Clouds of Armageddon, Oil on Canvas by Ashok M. W hen a work of art remains in a single hand, that of the artist and creator, he may leave it unnamed, name it and change the name if he so desires. Once it is sold, he no longer has a right on it and it is not appropriate to do so. Personally, I have been a scientist and academic and painted of and on over the last several years when time and inclination permitted. Many of the works were destroyed later in the belief that an oil and canvas has a very long life and I would not like to leave for the world something that is not the best. Not having to depend on art for a living, I have also not sold my paintings. Some have been gifted and others (about half a dozen) remain in my possession and adorn the walls of my home. At times I use a picture as illustration for a note or an article. Today morning, I added one to an article ( here ) about a possible apocalypse the world might be headed for. It was earlier been named ...

Today I took a portion of an image from an older oil painting illustrated in this blog and with some digital alterations and text ( Words of Buddha that I found on Facebook) produced this poster that I shared on twitter

Nothing compares with the beauty of classical oil paintings on Canvas. Art Image accompanying this post: Landschaft mit einem Wasserfall by Ludwig Philipp Strack

A digital poster commenting on the profit motive Nowadays many digital posters are shared on social media. These are photos or art work with a message or text inscribed on them and at times they have artistic merit of their own quite apart from the message they may convey. I quite liked this one prepared for a blog post on the state of the economy. An interested reader can read about that in a companion blog at   http://someitemshave.blogspot.in/2015/08/the-world-is-up-for-profit.html

Buddha by Ashok Today is Buddha Purnima, the annual celebration day of Buddha. he advocated non-violence with love and compassion for all life. This image is a digital art rendering of Buddha based on a photo of a brass statue of Buddha in the author's home. A magical thing happened during the creation, I had signed my name in white but it changed to silver, I believe by the grace of Buddha. Praise the Lord of Love and Compassion - Gautam Buddha. .Please feel free to copy this image and use anywhere you like as long as you give this link, but please do not modify it any way. Love and peace to all visitors to this blog.

An Extraterrestrial Butterfly  Artistic depiction of an Extraterrestrial Butterfly

Digital Art - A Pendant for the Queen of Travancore While many of the precious treasures of India were taken away by the British during British Rule of India changing the United Kingdom of the time from an impoverished one to one of the richest in the world, some treasures were hidden from British eyes. One of these were the ancient treasures of Travancore because they were hidden securely in temple vaults. The temple and its assets belong to Lord Padmanabhaswamy, and were controlled by a trust run by the former Royal family of Travancore. Wikipedia has this to say about its ancient treasures: - In June 2011, the Supreme Court directed the authorities to open the secret chambers of the temple for inspection of the items kept inside. The temple has 6 vaults labeled as A to F for book keeping purpose by the Court. While vaults A and B have been unopened over the past many years, vaults C to F have been opened from time to time. ----The review of the temple's unde...