Mythical Tree 1

Title: Mythical Tree 1 (Not Available)
Size: 3 feet X 3 feet
Medium: Oil Paints on canvas
Date of creation: 2007

A thousand suns and a thousand moons
Born, reborn and turned to dust
But the tree remains unchanged, unseen and untouched

Mythical Tree 2

Title: Mythical Tree 2 (Not Available)
Size: 3 feet X 3 feet
Medium: Oil Paints on canvas
Date of creation: 2007

Long before man came to be, stood the ancient mythical tree
Long after man ceased to be, stood the ancient mythical tree

Dancing Dhol-beaters

Title: Dancing Dhol-beaters
Size: 3 feet X 3 feet
Medium: Oil Paints on canvas
Date of creation: 2007

Whirling to the rhythmic beats
Unmindful of man or beast
Are the dancing dhol-beaters

Horserider

Title: Horserider
Size: 3 feet X 3 feet
Medium: Oil Paints on canvas
Date of creation: 2007

As his past chases him
Through dust and haze he rides
Towards desperation and the coming storm

Two Birds

Title: Two Birds
Size: 3 feet X 3 feet
Medium: Acrylic Paints on canvas
Date of creation: 2007

Perched for action, they can hardly wait
To take, to gain, to celebrate

Bird

Title: Bird
Size: 3 feet X 3 feet
Medium: Acrylic Paints on canvas
Date of creation: 2007

Fruit amidst mandibles
Eyeing other edibles
It goes about its day

Tandav

Title: Tandav
Size: 3 feet X 3 feet
Medium: Acrylic Paints on canvas
Date of creation: 2007

In his ascetic form
He lightly takes a stance
And universes rise and fall

Bull

Title: Bull
Size: 3 feet X 3 feet
Medium: Acrylic Paints on canvas
Date of creation: 2007

What energies he gathers
What intent he harbours
You and I can only guess

Emerging

Title: Emerging
Size: 3 feet X 3 feet
Medium: Acrylic Paints on Canvas
Date of creation: 2007

And suddenly he is there
Emerging from the darkness
And you wonder how he came to be

Howling Wolf

Title: Howling Wolf
Size: 20 inches X 28 inches
Medium: Oil Paints on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2005

Dancer

Title: Dancer
Size: 20 inches X 28 inches
Medium: Oil Paints on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2005

In a moment of poetic grace, she pauses
Coaxing you to see her form, her self-assured stance

Load Carrier

Title: Load Carrier
Size: 20 inches X 28 inches
Medium: Oil Paints on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2005

Warrior Prince

Title: Warrior Prince
Size: 20 inches X 28 inches
Medium: Oil Paints on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2005

In Judgement

Title: In Judgement
Size: 36 inches X 36 inches
Medium: Oil Paints on Canvas
Date of creation: 2006

Haughty, fearsome and alone, sitting in judgement
Of what world, of what time, no one knows

The Thinker

Title: Thinker
Size: 20 inches X 28 inches
Medium: Oil Paints on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2005

Thinking thoughts we’ve all thought of
The thinker thinks of some more thoughts

Aggressor

Title: Aggressor
Size: 2 feet X 3 feet
Medium: Oil Paints on Canvas
Date of creation: 2006

Cold iron fury
Hard steel anger
Chanced upon a stranger

Men and Dancer

Title: Men and Dancer
Size: 2 feet X 3 feet
Medium: Oil Paints on Canvas
Date of creation: 2006

Playing with their minds, her payals chime alluringly
While they glare and feel the grip of passion

Bull and Rider

Title: Bull and rider
Size: 2 feet X 3 feet
Medium: Oil Paints on Canvas
Date of creation: 2006

Bull and rider become one
Mind and body fearsome

Meditating Man

Title: Meditating Man (Not Available)
Size: 13 inches X 19 inches
Medium: Oil Paints on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2005

A great distance away is he
For the casual onlooker
But close to all souls is he
For the spiritual seeker

Pilgrim by the banks

Title: Pilgrim by the banks
Size: 13 inches X 19 inches
Medium: Oil Paints on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2005

A calm patience in his mien
He surveys the heaving waters
In its deep rhythm he hears
The sweet sounds of liberation

Outcast Family

Title: Outcast Family
Size: 2 feet X 3 feet
Medium: Oil Paints on Canvas
Date of creation: 2006

Clutching on to each other, stunned by the wickedness
They wait silently, until they can clutch no more

The Party

Title: The Party (Not Available)
Size: 13 inches X 19 inches
Medium: Oil Pastels on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2004

Anything less than Paris
Anything less than Gucci
Is beneath their hollow conversations
For they are the party goers

Praying to the Light

Title: Praying to the Light
Size: 2 feet X 3 feet
Medium: Oil Paints on Canvas
Date of creation: 2006

Blindly they pray to the light
Enlightenment farthest from their minds

Alpha Manimal

Title: Alpha Manimal
Size: 13 inches X 19 inches
Medium: Oil Paints on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2005

In human garb he stalks
Seeking to cause pain
Slaughtering any creature
That dares to stand upright

Two Piece Performance

Title: Two Piece Performance (Not Available)
Size: 13 inches X 19 inches
Medium: Oil Pastels on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2004

One is a Czech
One is a Pole
They perform from their soul
Lost to the world, lost to themselves

Which Woman

Title: Which Woman (Not Available)
Size: 13 inches X 19 inches
Medium: Oil Paints on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2005

Which woman is she
Is she familiar to me
Is she sweet and inviting
Does she hide a knife
Which woman is she

Joker

Title: The Joker
Size: 20 inches X 28 inches
Medium: Oil Paints on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2005

Waddling to the spotlight
He smiles gravely, and laughs loudly

Ancient Rites 1

Title: Ancient Rites 1 (Not Available)
Size: 13 inches X 19 inches
Medium: Oil Pastels on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2005

Buried in long forgotten memories
Sometimes they arise
Strange wailing creatures
Embedded in ancient rites

Ancient Rites 2

Title: Ancient Rites 2 (Not Available)
Size: 13 inches X 19 inches
Medium: Oil Pastels on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2005

They rise like all-consuming vapor From the bogs of primeval memories
Men with strange magic
Men with strange music

Chessmen

Title: Chessmen (Not Available)
Size: 13 inches X 19 inches
Medium: Oil Pastels on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2004

The battle is real, the chessmen are alive
They contort with rage, they distort with intrigue

Worried Man

Title: Man with worries
Size: 13 inches X 19 inches
Medium: Oil Paints on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2004

Layers upon layers unfold, of worries he has stored
Worries he spends his time, worrying and fretting about
The worried man

Confused Man

Title: Confused Man
Size: 13 inches X 19 inches
Medium: Oil Pastels on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2004

He has no option, but to be muddled
His indecision rises, as he changes his mind anew

Caught in the Web of Life

Title: Caught in the Web of Life
Size: 13 inches X 19 inches
Medium: Oil Pastels on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2004

Strong ropes bind him, strong desires pull him
He stretches out for one, and is caught by another

Bald Socialite

Title: Bald Socialite
Size: 13 inches X 19 inches
Medium: Oil Paints on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2005

Oh how she sacrifices
Her hair to the cause
To the cause of making a statement
To society’s upper crust

Brutish Manimal

Title: Brutish Manimal
Size: 13 inches X 19 inches
Medium: Oil Paints on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2005

It looks you over with an evil eye
Human only from the outside
It writhes in craven abominations
It shuffles in mindless desperation

Smug Housewife

Title: Smug Housewife
Size: 14 inches X 21 inches
Medium: Oil Pastels on Rough Paper
Date of creation: 2004

She bides her time patiently
Awaiting the arrival of her man
She has gathered her words and sharpened her claws
She awaits her man

Lakeside Sunset

Title: Lakeside Sunset
Size: 13 inches X 19 inches
Medium: Oil Pastels on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2004

The shimmering lake
The glimmering sun
The quivering trees
Make this vision unreal
Make my sight blurry

Music Conductor

Title: Music Conductor
Size: 14 inches X 21 inches
Medium: Oil Pastels on Rough Paper
Date of creation: 2004

Dare a soul even breathe loudly
When he conducts his music
For he is above all, yes above all
He is the conductor of great music

Vain Woman

Title: Vain Woman
Size: 13 inches X 19 inches
Medium: Oil Paints on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2004

She looks at herself again, and again
Not satisfied, she looks again

Watching the Web of Life

Title: Watching the Web of Life
Size: 13 inches X 19 inches
Medium: Oil Pastels on Oil Paper
Date of creation: 2004

The wise watch, the watchers notice
The flimsy strings, the gauzy world

Alexa Info

Hi,
To the people in Alexa, please note that my email id is:
sanjeev.saikia@gmail (dot) com
Regards,

Sanjeev