[Anahata Ishaya]

Hi Everyone;

Here is my Artist Statement as I feel it now and I welcome any comments.

From an early age, I was always attempting to bring about color balance and beauty through  clothes and interior design. Producing early artworks copying masters’ paintings soon began my love affair with depicting Light and the sublime.

After a brief time at art school, I was led to study with a Buddhist master artist, Andy Weber, who taught me the ancient art of painting East Indian deities or Tibetan Thangkas.  I then learned another ancient process called iconography; the painting or ‘writing’ of Christian religious images.  I found myself connecting with these deities energetically and simply assisted them to materialize into form.  This moved me deeply into myself and started to shape my personal artistry.

These sacred processes first begin with a laying down of dark colors moving forwards into light, layer by layer; a metaphor for life.  This preparatory work also revealed my life’s purpose; that of presenting different aspects of the Divine or Source into the world through design.

These artworks are vehicles or signposts to help us connect more deeply with our Higher Sacred Self, each other, the world, and ourselves. Connecting has helped me evolve my approach to the work from art school processes to a more intuitive-based one. It also guided me to start expressing the artwork from doing only small minute detail works to broader brushwork and larger canvasses.  I am attempting to achieve intrigue, inner reflection, self-inquiry and assistance for the viewer to more clearly feel that deep ‘Longing to Know’.

[Anahata Ishaya]

Just wondering if anyone has read this book and if they felt it gave real world guidance for what we are trying to achieve through this wonderful course with Crista.
Selling Contemporary Art: How to Navigate the Evolving Market by Edward Winkleman