"Kālakūṭa"
2016 Acrylic on Wood 24”x40” ~ Original available.
"Kālakūṭa" is named after a world-destroying poison of Hindu Mythology. In a myth regarding the procession of the equinoxes, dubbed the "Churning of the Milky Ocean” – arguably a myth regarding the precession of the equinoxes - the forces of light and darkness, in their quest for the elixir of immortality also create "Kālakūṭa" - a deadly poison that begins to choke off the various asuras and devas.
In the end, It is Shiva and his bull Nandi (pictured as a holographic overlay over the Taurus constellation) who drink the p...
2016 Acrylic on Wood 24”x40” ~ Original available.
"Kālakūṭa" is named after a world-destroying poison of Hindu Mythology. In a myth regarding the procession of the equinoxes, dubbed the "Churning of the Milky Ocean” – arguably a myth regarding the precession of the equinoxes - the forces of light and darkness, in their quest for the elixir of immortality also create "Kālakūṭa" - a deadly poison that begins to choke off the various asuras and devas.
In the end, It is Shiva and his bull Nandi (pictured as a holographic overlay over the Taurus constellation) who drink the p...
Shiva's bull Nandi overlaid over the Taurid constellation. The point in which the meteor stream enters our atmosphere twice a year is located between Taurus and the Pleiades.
Original sketch for "Kalakuta"
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