New Art Prints (Giclees) of Sri Sri Panca Tattva

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For the pleasure of the Vaisnavas: Stunning new sacred iconography of Gaura lila is now available.

 

Beautiful new fine-art prints on archival paper or canvas of Sri Sri Panca Tattva are now available for your home, office, temple, or shrine room. They are a wonderful gift for any of the upcoming Vaisnava holidays such as Balarama’s Appearance Day (Monday August 11th), Janmashtami (Tuesday August 19th), Prabhupada’s Appearance Day (Wednesday August 20th), and Radhastami (Wednesday September 3rd).

 

These giclees are reproductions of an original mixed-media work of sacred iconography. In a temple of intricately veined golden marble with delicate, precise latticework, Lord Gauranga and His eternal associates are framed by the newly rising sun. The classical curvilinear architecture above them is juxtaposed dramatically against a rain-laden sky of bluish-gray.

 

Sizes Available:

 

5x7 inch small giclee print on archival paper $11

 

8x10 inch medium giclee print on archival paper $21

 

12 x 16 inch giclee on canvas with protective varnish $108

 

For educational information on giclees, about Sri Sri Panca Tattva, the role of the Hawaiian Islands in Chaitanya lila, plus bio information on the artist, please keep on scrolling down. Your generous support will enable the artist to continue to produce and distribute more devotional images (sacred iconography) to people all over the world. To make an affordable art investment that is certain to appreciate in value, you can order these giclees using the order form below. For all other inquiries please contact richtergronross@earthlink.net

 

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payable to the artist:

Victoria Johnson

758 Kapahulu Avenue #508,

Honolulu Hawaii USA 96816

 

About Giclees:

 

How do you pronounce it? (zhee-clay)

 

Where does it come from and what does it mean?

 

Giclee is a French term, roughly translated as "a fine spray of ink." It is sometimes referred to as an "iris print," referring to an earlier technology that also delivered a continuous flow of ink.

 

What is a giclee?

 

A giclee is a high-resolution digital print made from an archival ink-and-media combination. Giclee is considered a fine-art-print category like lithographs and serigraphs. It is considered by both art collectors and art museums such as the Louvre to be the world’s best technique for reproducing original works of art.

 

How are these giclees made?

 

These giclees are fine art digital reproductions made on an Epson printer using the latest micro-piezo technology: an electrical charge is applied to crystals, causing them to vibrate, which helps to distribute an extremely fine spray of ink. The result is a highly detailed, vibrant print of outstanding quality.

 

What makes giclee prints better?

 

Giclee prints look and feel like original art. Pigment ink is used, not dye-based ink. Pigment ink can have a life of up to 150 years under controlled conditions, versus 70 years for dye-based inks.

 

About the Iconography:

 

In 1486, during the Renaissance in Europe, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (center) appeared in Bengal, India. This devotional art shows Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu surrounded by His expansions and eternal associates (l-r): Sri Adwaita (Maha-Vishnu), Sri Nityananda, (Balarama) Sri Caitanya (Krishna), Sri Gadadhara (Srimati Radharani), and Sri Srivasa (Narada Muni).

 

This iconography for a new age draws upon previously established stylistic conventions from Christian, Buddhist, and Hindu art. This imagery also has a mantra form, which can be used by those who follow the calligraphic and aniconic (non-pictoral) traditions of Islam and Judaism: jaya sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu nityananda sri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda.

 

Sri Chaitanya is immersed in the internal mood of Srimati Radharani. Gaura is a name for Krishna used when He incarnates with golden limbs (Gaura-anga) and the internal mood of Srimati Radharani. Thus "Gaura-premanande!" is a fervent benediction prayer for all living beings in the universe to be happy, immersed in spiritual bliss (ananda) and pure love (prema).

 

About Hawaii and Gaura Lila:

 

The Hawaiian Islands were affectionately named New Navadwipa by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami because the archipelago consists of nine major islands: Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Kauai, Molokini, Kahoolawe, and Niihau. Nava means "nine" and dwipa is "island" in Sanskrit. His Divine Grace explained that each one of the nine islands of Navadvipa corresponds to one of the nine processes of devotional service.

 

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami spent much time here translating his books. He also went on japa walks at various locations such as Magic Island at Ala Moana Beach Park and Waikiki. Today, six million tourists a year walk in the dust of the same places where His Divine Grace placed his lotus feet.

 

The first tulasi plants in the Western world were sprouted from seeds here and then distributed to all corners of the world. The first papier-maché Deities were made here and similarly distributed in a flood of nectar to the first temples in the West. When the first set of Panca Tattva Deities established by Srila Prabhupada began to disintegrate, They were lovingly placed into the ocean. Now the many millions of souls who come to Hawaii each year for a vacation and swim in the sea are literally immersed in Lord Chaitanya’s mercy.

 

These are just a few ways in which the mercy of the Panca Tattva has flooded the world from these tiny islands that are only a few specks in the ocean on a world map.

 

About the artist:

 

Ms Victoria Johnson received her Bachelors degree in Art as a summa cum laude Pacific Asian Scholar from the University of Hawaii in 1991, majoring in drawing. During this time she studied sacred iconography and art history under the guidance of Don Aanavi, PhD, the renowned curator of the multi-million dollar Laurence Rockefeller collection of Asian Art, located at the Mauna Kea Beach Resort on the island of Hawaii. Ms Johnson has been the winner of numerous art awards since childhood. Her work has been featured in juried exhibitions for the past two decades and can be found in permanent collections, galleries, and gift shops.

 

vancha-kalpatarubhyas ca

krpa-sindhubhya eva ca

patitanam pavanebhyo

vaisnavebhyo namo namah

 

With upraised arms I glorify and pray to all of Gauranga’s bhaktas in whichever country they may reside.

 

Holding a straw between my teeth, I submit myself at the feet of all of the servants of Mahaprabhu that ever were or will be.

 

I have heard their glorification in the Vedas and Puranas, which proclaim that each one of Gaura’s devotees has the power to deliver an entire universe

 

May All Beings Be Happy!