Art Exhibition

Divine Attributes within the Astrological Wheel coinciding with each day in conjunction with its overpowering letter manifestation starting with the letter “Alif”(1): 1.Divine Essence, 2.The One Who Calls Forth, 3.The Hidden, 4.The Last, 5.The Manifest, 6.The Wise, 7.The One Who Encompasses All, 8.The Grateful, 9.The Independent, 10.The Powerful, 11.The Lord, 12.The Knowing, 13.The Victorious, 14.The Light, 15.The Giver of Forms, 16.The Reckoner, 17.The Evident, 18.The One Who Causes Contraction, 19.The Living, 20.The One Who Gives Life, 21.The One Who Stays, 22.The Precious, 23.The One Who Nourishes, 24.The One Who Humbles, 25.The Strong, 26.The Subtle, 27.The One Who Gathers, 28.The One Who Possesses Sublime Degrees The Wheel also includes the corresponding sun sign for each period and moon phases for each day, along with the planet and element that rules. All create a certain energy that manifests certain outcomes for that day. Above All: God’s Will Be Done

Oh, you who believe: Obey Allah, obey the Messenger, and obey those in authority among you. (Holy Qur’an: Chapter 4, Verse 59) The ship is symbolic of the testing one must go through in life to achieve perfection of self. The disciplining of ego is the ultimate sacrifice and is the essence of the Islamic message of submission. It is achieved through the means of obeying those above us in authority; one’s sincerity and level of devotion is revealed through one’s level of obedience. This verse expresses the qualities of having trust and faith in a higher power that supports us like water, that holds up a ship in an ocean, in our ultimate journey of reaching perfection. The three stations towards perfection are expressed in this verse: Ihsan (sincerity); Iman (faith); Islam (submission).

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Are you awakening to the Shams in you? Guiding each step to align you better with your own immaculate light — To the light of your own light. Like an illuminated mirror shining through you. As the light brightens, the soul enlightens to the greater hidden wisdoms and knowledge of your own being. What makes you uniquely you beyond conditioning? What is the sky in you that shines bright in the light of you? A light, a portal by your side — Until all that is left that is really you but light itself. Reach for your true home, your new beginning, in every new moment. God bless the birds for expressing that, and the dancing humans who remember that. Acrylic ink, gold mica, on watercolor paper

Medium: Acrylic paint, Satin Varnish Size: 11x14 inches Surface: Canvas Board Colors: Blues, Greys, Black, Yellow

Medium: Acrylic Paint on Canvas Board Size: 14x18 inches Colors: Blue, White, Rust, Gold

Medium: Acrylic Paint, Sand, Varnish Size: 16x20 inches Surface: Stretched Canvas Colors: Blue, Creamy White, Brown, Gold

Within This Infinite Moment, 2021 Pen and watercolor on watercolor paper with black glitter paper mat How easy it is for us to fixate on the past, or get lost in neurotic efforts to control the unknowable future. In mindful awareness, we return fully to the present moment. This moment is endlessly vibrant, infinitely vast; it is ALL that IS. Can we embrace this moment in its fullness, can we surrender ourselves to it as utterly we would our most intimate lover? This piece symbolizes that ineffable beauty which is NOW. In opening our hearts to this moment, we open ourselves to all opportunity, to all possibility. We surrender to death in order to be radiantly reborn.

This piece came into being through a meditation on a sunflower. Prevalent throughout my meditation was a feeling of empathy with the sunflower’s abiding love for the sun. Although rooted to the earth, it raises itself ever higher, growing as tall as it can to be closer to the sun’s warmth and radiance. “Sunflower” is representative of how love can be the impetus for extraordinary growth. It also reminds us that perceived physical limitations can serve as the means to unique forms of self-expression.

Inspired by a passage relating to the astral dimension in Autobiography of a Yogi, “Thousand-Petal Lotus Brain” is an exploration into realms vast and far. This piece was created spontaneously. Rather than trying to engineer the structure of the piece from start to finish, the form emerged organically from moment to moment as I simply allowed the piece to take the direction it wanted to. “Thousand-Petal” is a study into the bridge between the conscious and subconscious mind. Surrendering to the creative urge gives us the opportunity to explore and bear witness to the mysterious depths of our subconscious.

Some cities around the world are also places where spiritual energies intensely intersect. They have a character of their own and have a special spirit. For this reason, they have attracted people for centuries and invited them to solve their secrets. This journey we take towards unravelling the mysteries of the city is also a journey we take to unravel the secrets hidden within ourselves.

Every big passage in creation is through a tunnel. Metaphorically or literally. Birth and death, wormholes or metro tunnels. There’s always a continuity, a cycle of existence. Greek oracles always spoke from within caves. One way or another, tunnels remind us of the subtle ways we get to the other side of trouble.

In Islamic dream interpretation tradition, a door is the symbol of secrets. Whenever we see a closed door, in general our instinct is to open it, see what’s hidden behind. Throughout our lives, many different doors appear before us. We shape it according to whether we pass through these doors and what we do with what is behind the door.