Transcriptions #27: Om Sarvesham Swastir Bhavatu
Transcriptions #27: Om Sarvesham Swastir Bhavatu
30" x 40" x 3/4”
Original mixed media painting on canvas
Om Sarvesham Swastir Bhavatu is the largest canvas I have painted in a number of years. I had fallen in love with this mantra after seeing a YouTube video of Tina Turner performing this chant. It is referred to as the Peace Mantra.
The two large panels of canvas cloth were painted and attached to the textured and painted stretched canvas. Then the book was sewn in place. The mantra appears across the back canvas in Sanskrit and the English translation is hand written across the painted cloth panels as follows:
"May there be happiness in all
May there be peace in all
May there be completeness in all
May there be success in all"
The sides are painted to match the rest of the canvas and the signature and date can be found on the side.
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12” x 12” x ¾”
Original mixed media painting on canvas
Om Sarvesham Swastir Bhavatu was inspired by a YouTube video I came across of Tina Turner chanting this Peace Mantra with a group of children. Their interpretation was so beautiful I immediately decided to create a painting featuring the mantra.
The attached book is sewn in place above three canvas cloth panels hanging from a twig. The following words are repeated on two of the hanging strips of canvas cloth (on the right and the left). They represent the mantra's meaning.
"May there be happiness in all
May there be peace in all
May there be completeness in all
May there be success in all"
The center panel displays the text in Sanskrit. Both the Sanskrit and the English transliteration can be found on the open book. The background canvas is textured and painted. The sides are painted to match the rest of the canvas and the signature and date can be found on the side.
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12" x 12" x 3/4”
Original mixed media painting on canvas
Om Namah Shivaya is one of the most popular Hindu mantras. It is a dedication to Lord Shiva, considered a benevolent, auspicious, and Supreme Deity in Hinduism.
Before I began this painting, I knew I wanted to do something different with the text. I chose to cut strips of the canvas cloth, folding the pieces back so the text would be on the raised folds and the back canvas would show through the cutouts. What better mantra to use but the one with which I have a long history. My daughter was raised with this one.
I created a seam by sewing two pieces of canvas cloth together. Then I began cutting strips with every other one placed on opposite sides of the seam so the folds would lay in both directions. I had painted both sides of the cloth, so at some point the piece was truly reversible… but I liked this way best.
The sides of the canvas are textured and painted to match the rest of the background. The signature and date appear on the side.