Satguru's Jayanti Painting
For one of this years jayanti gifts, the monks hired our island’s award-winning tattoo artist and oil painter, Jarod Powell, to paint a portrait of Satguru Bodhinatha. Jarod is the owner of Farsyde Tattoo Parlor in Koloa, Kauai, and regularly does professional photography for the local department of tourism by shooting beautiful island spots for brochures. You can find his main body of work at Farsyde Tattoo.
The monastery knows Jarod quite well as he has photographed Iraivan Temple. Before doing the secret painting, he requested to learn as much as he could about Bodhinatha so he would understand how the portray him on canvas. The monks gave Jarod a digital photo of Satguru and the painting was finished after roughly 30 hours of work. This is Jarod’s first canvas portrait but he has done many on skin with his tattoo work.
We were surprised and delighted to see the unusual style of creating a rain effect in the painting, with Satguru being the only object left untouched. Jarod felt that satguru’s face should hold the most prominence and that while the wet world around him changes, the guru remains perfectly poised and clear. Jarod is not your average artist and we couldn’t be happier with the results.
For a full size download of the painting, please click HERE and save from your browser.
7 Responses to “Satguru's Jayanti Painting”
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November 4th, 2016 at 10:56 pm
The artist gave us so much to look at in one painting! A feast for the eyes, drawing us deeper into Satguru’s gaze. Aum Namasivaya!
November 4th, 2016 at 11:12 pm
wow!!!
November 4th, 2016 at 11:50 pm
Lovely depiction and description.
So fortunate to have Bodhinatha in our lives.
Well said ” poised and clear” Siva’s state
November 5th, 2016 at 4:31 am
Aumsivaya,
Merci beaucoup Jarod !
De toute L’Ile Maurice.
Adi Sankara.
November 5th, 2016 at 5:02 am
Jai Ganesha.
What a wonderful present for our Satguru who guides our lives with so much love and understanding.
Happy Skanda Shashti to all.
November 6th, 2016 at 4:20 am
Very nice painting! Awesome work.
November 7th, 2016 at 11:20 pm
Jai Bodhinatha!
Aum Namah Sivaya!