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Yogis around the world experience unique versions of this state of being while in varying poses. Art and yoga are expressions of the human inner feeling. They are related and I want this painting to remind one that there is a deeper realization and emotion you can achieve through the path to the self healing journey. Yoga and art are just a part of it.
The heart opening camel pose, or ustrasana, is a deep backbend heart opening release of the body and mind. I chose to depict the state of freedom one can feel in this pose with the 2-D medium of oil paint. I came up with this vison a couple months back, completed a large scale version of it in water color, and decided to re-do it in my specialty medium.
This concept was felt to far deep within me to let it just exist as a watercolor, I needed oils to emerge it into a reality.