GANESHA Original ART PRINT by Artist FAITH STONE Hindu DEITY Standing ELEPHANT

Description: This is a GANESHA Original ART PRINT by Artist FAITH STONE Hindu DEITY Standing ELEPHANTArt Gallery on MELROSE AVE. “I think most artists feel their work has a spiritual quality, but with Buddha art you actually have that physical, enlightened being there, and I love that,” says Faith Stone, who's carved out a niche in the local art scene by bringing contemporary mediums to an ancient practice. When Stone completed her undergraduate degree in art in Massachusetts, “they didn’t have a class on Buddha art at the time, and it never occurred to me that I could do a Buddha or a Bodhisattva,” she says. Then Stone moved to Boulder, where she discovered Buddha art. “When I learned about this form, I felt like I had finally found me voice and identity as an artist,” she remembers. At Naropa University she had the opportunity to learn from Tibetan painters and spent time studying traditional thangka, paintings that usually depict a Buddha deity or mandala. Over the years, Stone has constantly bettered her craft, working on figure painting with Irene McCray and picking up various classes at the University of Colorado — always with the intention of incorporating Western practices and concepts into her Buddha art. Ganesha, also spelled Ganesh, and also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheo and is the Supreme God in the Ganapatya sect. His depictions are found throughout India. Hindu denominations worship him regardless of affiliations. Devotion to Ganesha is widely diffused and extends to Jains and Buddhists and beyond India. Although Ganesha has many attributes, he is readily identified by his elephant head and four arms. He is widely revered, more specifically, as the remover of obstacles and thought to bring good luck; the patron of arts and sciences; and the deva of intellect and wisdom. As the god of beginnings, he is honoured at the start of rites and ceremonies. Ganesha is also invoked as a patron of letters and learning during writing sessions. Several texts relate anecdotes associated with his birth and exploits. While scholars differ about his origins dating him between 1st century BCE and 2nd century CE, Ganesha was well established by the 4th and 5th centuries CE, during the Gupta period and had inherited traits from Vedic and pre-Vedic precursors. Hindu texts identifies him as the son of Parvati and Shiva of the Shaivism tradition, but he is a pan-Hindu god found in its various traditions. In the Ganapatya tradition of Hinduism, Ganesha is the Supreme Being. The principal texts on Ganesha include the Ganesha Purana, the Mudgala Purana and the Ganapati Atharvasirsha. The intention is to hang a specific painting, and possibly do an accompanying mantra and meditate on it, she explains. The artist will typically chant while painting, and the finished art will “heal, or do whatever it is meant to do,” says Stone. ITEM in GOOD condition. MULTIPLE FLAT PURCHASES PAY ONLY ONE MAILING FEE

Price: 9.99 USD

Location: Kailua Kona, Hawaii

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