Smita Daryanani

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Paintings & Miniature Etchings

Abstract painting with vibrant colors and geometric shapes.
Thermal image showing a person and surroundings with heat signatures.
Abstract painting with vibrant shapes and bold colors.
Colorful edited image of a riverside town with boats and buildings under a vibrant sky.

Ganga Miniatures Series -Etchings (December/2011)

Ganga Minature III

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Minature I

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Minature IV

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Minature VI

Ink /water 4” (L) X 6” (W)

Ganga Minature VII

Ink /water 4” (L) X 6” (W)

Ganga Minature XIV

Ink /water 4” (L) X 6” (W)

Ganga Minature VIII

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Minature IX

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Minature XVIII

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Minature V

Ink /water 4” (L) X 6” (W)

Ganga Minature XVIII

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Minature XII

Ink /water 4” (L) X 6” (W)

Ganga Miniatures Series 2- Etchings (January/2012)

Ganga Minature XV

Ink /water 4” (L) X 6” (W)

Ganga Minature XVI

Ink /water 4” (L) X 6” (W)

Ganga Minature XVII

Ink /water 4” (L) X 6” (W)

Ganga Minature XIX

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Minature XXI

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Minature XX

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Minature XXV

Ink /water 4” (L) X 6” (W)

Ganga Minature XXIV

Ink /water 4” (L) X 6” (W)

Ganga Minature XXVI

Ink /water 4” (L) X 6” (W)

Ganga Minature XXVII

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Minature XXIII

Ink /water 4” (L) X 6” (W)

Ganga Minature XXIV

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga MiniaturesSeries 3- Etchings (January/2014)

Ganga Minature XXX

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Thermal image showing a person and surroundings with heat signatures.

Ganga Minature XXIX

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Minature XXXI

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Minature XXXIII

Ink /water 4” (L) X 6” (W)

Colorful edited image of a riverside town with boats and buildings under a vibrant sky.

Ganga Minature XXXV

Ink /water 4” (L) X 6” (W)

Ganga Minature XXXVIII

Ink /water 4” (L) X 6” (W)

Ganga Minature XXXIV

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Minature XXXIX

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Minature XXXII

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Minature XXXVI

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Minature XL

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Minature XXXVII

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Miniatures Series 4 - Etchings (January/2014)

Ganga Minature XLII

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Minature XLIII

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Minature XLIV

Ink /water 4” (L) X 6” (W)

Ganga Minature XLV

Ink /water 4” (L) X 6” (W)

Ganga Minature XLVI

Ink /water 4” (L) X 6” (W)

Ganga Minature XLVII

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Ganga Minature XLVIII

Ink /water 6” (L) X 4” (W)

Vrtti Series

Vrtti I

Oil on Canvas

January 2013

36” (L) X 36” (W)

Can be viewed on any angle

Abstract painting with vibrant shapes and bold colors.

Vrtti II

Oil on Canvas

May 2013

36” (L) X 36” (W)

Can be viewed on any angle

Abstract painting with vibrant colors and geometric shapes.

Vrtti III

Oil on Canvas

September 2013

36” (L) X 36” (W)

Can be viewed on any angle

Vrtti V

Oil on Canvas

May 2015

36” (L) X 36” (W)

Vrtti VI

Oil on Canvas

August 2015

36” (L) X 36” (W)

Can be viewed on any angle

Vrtti VII

Oil on Canvas

May 2016

36” (L) X 36” (W)

Can be viewed on any angle

Vrtti XIV

Oil on Canvas

May 2023

36” (L) X 36” (W)

Kathā Series

Kathā III

Oil on Canvas

September 2014

36” (L) X 36” (W) X 2

Diptych connects on all 4 angles 

Kathā IV

Oil on Canvas

October 2014

36” (L) X 36” (W) X 2 

Kathā IV

Oil on Canvas

January 2015

36” (L) X 36” (W) X 2

Diptych connects on all 4 angles 

Kathā IV

Oil on Canvas 

May 2022

25” (L) X 25” (W) X 2

Older Paintings

Undercurrents

Oil on Canvas

December 2009

48” (L) X 60” (W) 


SOLD

 

Emerald Haze

Oil on Canvas

January 2009

48” (L) X 60” (W)


SOLD 

 

Color Codes I

Oil on Canvas

March 2010

48” (L) X 58” (W)


 

 

Color Codes III

Oil on Canvas

May 2011

48” (L) X 86” (W)


 

 

Om Sattvic

Oil on Canvas

June 2010

40” (L) X 30” (W)


 

 

Rūpa Ārūpa

Oil on Canvas

June 2011

60” (L) X 48” (W)


 

 

Statement

Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. (I try to  act in the  gap between the two)” - Robert Rauschenberg- 1959 

Vrtti Series. (Turnings)

Yogaścittavrtti nirodhah (1.2 Yoga Sutras)

Yoga is the stilling of the turnings of the mind.


The square shaped paintings were rotated multiple times during the course of their creation. Colors, shapes, textures, transparencies act as metaphors for the tens of thousands of thoughts we humans have each day. This exploration is a an effort to witness these thoughts, these fluctuations and notice them for what they are… just turnings of the mind as they go around and around.


(Many paintings can be turned or displayed on any angle)




Kathā Series (Conversations)

These individual turnings took on a life of their own and wanted a dialogue with each other on each of the four angles. Often  the two square panels started speaking in the language of dualities: love & fear; triumph & disaster; tear & smile; human & angel; freind & foe; jealousy & generosity.


Thus the painter and the viewer become  witnesses or eaves-droppers to the soundless dialogue exploring these dualities in their on-going conversations.


(Some diptychs can be rotated on all 4 angles

matching up- allowing the viewer to experience the full expression of the work.)




Statement-Continued

Ganga Minatures

“The photographs fell from her hands into the lap of Ganga Ma”


A modern take on on my fascination with Indian miniature

paintings. This series came  about as a consequence of exploring Richter’s O’Brist, my trips to Varanasi and Rei Kawakubo’s meditation on imperfection. I imagine these photo-etchings were a result of accidentally slipping from my hands into the lap of the Ganges River and the results, are a destruction and simultaneous re-birth.







Older Paintings

These explore color fields, texture and an uncomplicated aesthetic.

Scale plays a major factor, with catalysts for these works coming from nature and mediation along a with a nod to the Abstract Expressionists.




Bio

SHOWS

2010- Group exhibit Charming wall Gallery, NYC


2010- Solo exhibit

Bowery & Vine, NYC


2012- Group exhibit

Spring Street Studio NYC


2019- Ganga Minatures featured in The Kinabalu-

festival Edition.

Interview: https://www.thekitab.in/photobook-interviews/











PUBLICATIONS

2011- Namarupa (December 2011)


2018- Ganga Minatures

Art Book











Contact Me

Open to any questions and commissions

Much love and gratitude in viewing the site and supporting the work. Happy to connect.

Smitadaryanani@gmail.com

Drop me a line!

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