Portfolio > Ratha Wheels

Taken to a New Atmosphere
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
49" x 49"
May 2015
detail - Taken to a New Atmosphere'
ink, acrylic and tempera on paer
49" x 49"
May 2015
Taken to a New Wellspring
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
49" x 49"
May 2015
detail - 'Taken to a New Wellspring'
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
49" x 49"
May 2015
Taken towards Clear Light
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
May 2015
detail - 'Taken towards Clear Light'
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
49" x 49"
May 2015
Taken Back to Silence
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
49" x 49"
May 2015
detail - 'Taken Back to Silence'
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
49" x 49"
May 2015
Taken by the Measure of Time
ink, acryic and tempera on paper
49" x 49"
April 2015
detail - 'Taken by the Measure of Time'
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
49" x 49"
April 2015
Taken Back by the Elements
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
49" x 49"
April 2015
detail - 'Taken Back by the Elements'
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
49" x 49"
April 2015
Taken Away from Battle Fields
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
49" x 49"
May 2015
detail - 'Taken Away from Battle Fields'
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
49" x 49"
May 2015
Taken Away from Radioactivity
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
49" x 49"
May 2015
detail - 'Taken Away from Radioactivity'
ink, acrylic and tenpera on paper
49" x 49"
May 2015
Taken Towards Deeper Waters
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
49" x 49"
April 2015
detail - 'Taken Towards Deeper Waters'
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
49" x 49"
April 2015
Taken into Safe Sunlight
ink,acrylic and tempera on paper
49" x 49"
May 2015
detail - 'Taken into Safe Sunlight'
ink,acrylic and tempera on paper
49' x 49"
May 2015

RATHA WHEELS :
The huge wheels of the Jagannath ratha –like the stone wheels that surround the Surya temple in preparation to convey the sun god –are a rolling means of deliverance. The temple car transports the effigy and the hearts and minds of those who contribute their energy to moving it. Deliverance becomes a passage to, into, away from, towards, or back to, a better and hopeful place or a damnable inevitability. The way of our transport is either paved with scented flowers or becomes a juggernaut and we cling to it as it reels forward through time.