FROM ONE TONGUE CAME THOUSANDS MORE 2022

Slippery Slope, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

As Above, So Below, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Hanging by a Thread, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Accidental Catfish, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Warping and Wefting, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Ambivalent Pansies, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Amphibious Encounters, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Alien Cowboy, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Petroglyph Parade, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Infinite Silk Pajamas, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Lily Ponderosa, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Overt Strategy, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Scrutinizing Conure, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Musical Raffia, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Deceptive Décolletage, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Presumptive Precipitation, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Cyclops, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Snack Bar, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Resurrection, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Naga Dreams, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 30"w x 42"h

Moral Compass, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 30"w x 42"h

Wildest Bird in Hand, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Sleepwalking Avatars, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Lowest Tide, 2022, Oil on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Due Diligence #1, 2022, Ink on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Prayer Sling, 2022, Ink on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Wild Bird in Hand, 2022, Ink on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Low Tide, 2022, Ink on Arches paper, 22"w x 30"h

Folk narrative and mythology about spiritual transformation, miracles, magic, and the paranormal fuel these paintings, drawings, and collages. Through the process of dismantling and reinvention, the images, colors, and patterns are fragmented and amalgamated into new form. To me, each of these images functions as a yantra - a depiction of mystical experience that can be returned to again and again...like a vehicle that takes us to a destination whenever we choose. Yantras function better as a group and believed to be more powerful that way. Therefore, my current body of work, "From One Tongue Came Thousands More” reimagines a group of deities, avatars, and personal experiences into a powerful machine of liberation.

Raghubir Kintisch, 2022