Painter Bansri Chavda

UDDANDA This is an artwork depicting THE ELEPHANT GOD - known as Ganesha in Vedic Hindu Mythology. The artist describes her process of making this artwork as follows- in bansri's words 'UDDANDA means NEMISIS OF EVIL, he is the one -DETACHED, he is the protector,,,, he knows how to shield us,, he will bestow grace and success, he will forgive , and he will also UNCREATE that which is not needed for us, he has the power to end the evil influences inside us, he is the NEMISIS OF EVIL, thus leading us on correct alignment, on the route to renew ourselves!!!! ,, IS IT PAINFUL???? YES, it is ,,, no transformation is a cake walk, DO YOU THINK IT DOES NOT PAIN TO THE SNAKE WHO SHEDS OFF HIS OLD SKIN,??? Or TO THE CATERPILLAR WHO BECOMES A COCOON TILL IT GROWS WINGS!!! Precisely,,, it does.,,, Self Transformation is a very PAINFUL process,, all we can do is witness it, when we are low, walk the mile when we have the energy, ignore when we need to and SURRENDER TO THE PROTECTION and ASK for the strength!"

Bansri is an indian painter living and working in Mumbai. She thinks of herself as “a storyteller of the world about us”, raising the relevant questions about life, soul and awareness.  She works as an art professor teaching visual expressions at Ecole intuit.lab in Mumbai which is a Paris based Institute. She works with art galleries in Rome, Miami and Arizona.

KAPILAYA- THE YELLOWISH BROWN HUED LORD This is an artwork depicting THE ELEPHANT GOD - known as Ganesha in Vedic Hindu Mythology. The artist describes her process of making this artwork as an emotional connect in her words "When love is what you seek! You callout, You search, You admire! Worshiping a Deity, is almost like building a human relationship, here the attribute of KAPILAYA is a form dipped in sheer yellow! The Hue of "Turmeric", a sacred offering to the lord! I recall painting this, with pots of yellow like bathing the lord in sacred turmeric waters, it was paint was all over the table and the floor... i was walking in it bare feet... around the painting regulating the flow of the paint a lemon hue over the chrome, with ocher and the burntseinnas... wiping, sponging,,, splattering little did i know it was emergence of KAPILAYA! Till he manifested!! I now feel a part of him at times!"

Art – like meditation – is a means to dive into oneself. “My art is like a mantra given by my master – love, live, laugh, give!”.

She found her artistic vocation in 2001 when her native village in Gujrat was hit by an earthquake reaching a maximum felt intensity of X on the Mercalli intensity scale.  Amongst the ruin of the disaster, art stood for Bansri like the only hope to help herself and her community. “That’s how I started a loving caring tango” with painting, along with an operating role as activist in her own community. Sharing and social awareness have since the deepest impact in her life and her artistic path. And Teaching ART to kids,, her all time passion!

OMKARA, This is an artwork depicting THE ELEPHANT GOD - known as Ganesha in Vedic Hindu Mythology. The artist describes her process of making this artwork as follows- in bansri's words "OMKARA- The lord with the form of OM, OM,,,, the primordial sound! Sonic energy has a great impact, it is about not that what is said but HOW it is said, a baby when an infant, responds to the tone of how you address he or she, OM - IS THAT ENERGY! While I was receiving these forms of Ganesha that I have painted,, I was may be doped in that Ganesha energy,,, I could see the simplistic form of the Lord in shadows, folds of fabric, in my mind, and more .... My son was 2.5 years,,, when I painted my Ganeshas, as a small exercise of surprise I used to give him pencil every day as many times he wanted to, the fact that he could hold and scribble used to delight me, there were two scribbling which were like.... OHHH,,, THESE ARE GANESHAS! and I wanted to preserve them,, I got his scribbles enlarged and worked over them. This form is the attribute of the Lord as a manifestation of the divine sound OM!"

Her technical process finds her more inclined to linen canvases and oils, but she may also pick up pen and ink, waters and charcoal as fine ingredients for what she calls “my art curry”. It is a definely unique style melting borders between techniques in a strong and personal manner. “When I paint I try to bring into my oils what I love in waters, and texture and quality of a charcoal. It’s not conscious but it happens that way […] My art develops the best when I know where not to interfere.”

More info:

Website: https://infobansri.wixsite.com/bansri

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bansrichavda

11art: https://11art.gallery/bansri-chavda-gallery

Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/artist/bansri-chavda

Lost Histories: http://www.losthistories.co.uk/collaboration-project/

Artdefs: https://artdefs.com/artist/Bansri-Chavda/1?m=689#artist