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As promised, a closer look into the work currently on display. Enjoy!

Flowers of Life I 22" X 30"

Transparent watercolor on handmade paper. Shown in Texas; Berlin, Germany; and New Mexico. Award: 1994. First of four in series about a Shiva/Shakti myth. ©1994

Flowers of Life II 22" X 30"

Transparent watercolor on handmade paper. Shown in Texas and Berlin, Germany. Second of four in series. ©1994

Flowers of Life III 22" X 30"

Transparent watercolor on handmade paper. Shown in Texas and Berlin, Germany. Third of four in series. ©1996

Flowers of Life IV 22" X 30"

Transparent watercolor on handmade paper. Shown in Texas and Berlin, Germany. Fourth of four in series. ©1996

Dreamline Gavotte 11 3/4" X 11 3/4" X 5 1/8"

Large hand formed whiteware bowl with added foot. Abstracted foliate sgraffito drawing through light blue terra sigillata with colored oxide inlay. Clear glazed. Food safe. ©2003

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Dilemma 23" X 31 1/2"

Pastel on paper. Shown in Texas; New Mexico; Kansas; and Berlin, Germany. ©1993

No.43- Sweet Dreams 7” X 5” X 1 ¾”

Mixed media on painting board. © 2011

NO.62-Blue Horse 7” X 5” X 1 ¾”

Mixed media on painting board. © 2011

Kentucky Memory 5 5/8" X 6 1/4 X 3 3/4"

Hand built whiteware vessel with added foot and handles. Engraved patterns loosely based on African textile motifs. Engraving stained with cobalt oxide under milk white glaze. Food safe. © 2003

No.59-Follow Your Heart 7” X 5” X 1 ¾”

Mixed media on painting board. © 2011

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No.75-By the Seaside 7” X 5” X 1 ¾”

Mixed media on painting board. © 2011

No.64-Light, Love, Life 7” X 5” X 1 ¾”

Mixed media on painting board. © 2011

Susanna, with Lily 23” X 29”

Graphite and prisma stix on paper. ©2011

Syncopation 11 5/8" x 13" x 3 7/8"

Large hand formed, hand colored stoneware bowl, with added foot and handles. Base clay colored hot pinkish orange by the addition of colored oxides. Painted and stained in green, burgundy, maroon, and purple. clear glazed. Food safe. ©2005

Summer Heat 13" X 12 3/4" X 3 3/4"

Hand formed whiteware unfooted vessel with pinched rim. Slip painted in greens and blues, then carved through slips to white ground in foliate motifs interior and exterior. Food safe. ©2003

Critical Juncture 29 1/2" X 22"

Transparent watercolor on paper. Shown in Arizona. ©1991

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No.32-Summer Songs 7” X 5” X 1 ¾”

Mixed media on painting board. © 2011

Sign/Symbol 9 1/2" X 10 1/2" X 3"

Hand formed whiteware bowl with added foot and pinched rim. Sgraffito drawing through grey green base. Signs/symbols painted in multiple colors. Clear glazed. Food safe. © 2004

No.70-Jade Horse 7” X 5” X 1 ¾”

Mixed media on painting board. © 2011

Vijay reading Agni and Usha his work from River of Light ©2011

AGNI AND USHA

Are you not weary of being just plain human?

With irritating limitations of body and mind

Pestilence, ignorance and indifference unkind

Not to mention the finitude of space and time

Let us be the god and the goddess we once were

Before we chose to play this sorry play of humans

By the scenery most spectacular, we got smitten, not realizing

That the plot lacked imagination and the script was poorly written

Let us, yet again, god and goddess be, you be

Usha the goddess of dawn, the mistress of light

And I be Agni, the god of fire, the lord of heat

Of course, even though of different wavelengths,

In our essence we are the same; just for the play,

We pretend to be different, take on separate names

Just let me know, by what river, on what mountain

You wish us to meet; there will I fly in just a moment

We will re-enact our union, so ancient but still so very sweet