About

Krishna Swamy (aka) Guru Prasad is a Artist born and brought up in Srivaishnava family at Bangalore. Art according to him is "Devotional service inspired by divine expirience"  "anubhava janitha prIti kArita kainkaryam" - a phrase from gadhyatrayam of SrI rAmAnujAcharya Most of his arts are based on traditional hindu scriptures; Agamas, purAnAs, etc. Secret of Good art according to him is paying obeisance to preceptors and listening to discourses on the rUpa-guNa-chEShTita (form,qualities and actrions/adventures) of devata which is subject of art. For instance, the Sri Ranganatha painting was done listening to a discourse on Sriranga mahatmiyam.

Contemplative Art : 

• Form(rUpa) of the Divine is considered a easy way to control our senses, concentrate and contemplate.
  rUpa is hailed as subhAshraya(सुभाश्रय) - a secure shelter for our senses.
• Usually mantra used for contemplation is associated with a presiding deity described in a dhyana sloka (verse of contemplation) who is the subject of contemplation.
• Most of these his sketches are based on forms described in dhyAna slOkas. Thus these arts are actually contemplation of a particular form of the Lord