THE MINISTRY OF JESUS

The sermon on the Mount, Jesus talking to the woman at the well, cleansing the Temple, and washing the feet of his disciples at the last supper, when John lent his head against the Lord's breast: these are images of Jesus the Guru.

THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES

The sorrowful mysteries are close to the meditation on the Stations of the Cross. Some of the images in this series relate to stations of the cross that I did for the Church in Esslingen in Germany in 1984, just after completing the long panel in Katpadi, Mangalore.

THE RESURRECTION

Scenes from the Resurrection narratives, like Jesus with Mary of Magdala, or Jesus and Thomas, and when he entered the closed room where the disciples were gathered, and breathed on them, have the quality of Creation stories. It is as though here a new creation is being imaged.

RISEN CHRIST ON WAY TO EMMAUS

Pictures related to the way to Emmaus (in the Rosary series) and the meal at Emmaus with the two disciples (in the Kristha Katha series) connect with a number of images that I have painted on this theme.

MARY TAKEN UP TO HEAVEN

This image of the Soul of Mary being taken up to heaven did not appear in the original Kristha Katha series of Mangalore

ASCENSION, PENTECOST AND MARY CROWNED

These images are related to the Glorious mysteries of the Rosary.

COSMIC IMAGE OF FOOD

THE SELF WOUNDING PELICAN
The picture which accompanies the Phoenix, or fire bird, is the Pelican. This was a traditional symbol of the self wounding image of Providence that gives of its own life to sustain its young. The bird is in a way the waters of life, and the nest is the whirl pool in the waters, where the fledglings wait for their food. The image of food is also mixed with the idea of death--something has to die in order that others might be given sustenance for life. This is the ambiguity in the very concept of "Just food". The fish which fill the waters of life, are killed in order that the fledglings might have life. The bird is also linked to air--to the turbulence which gives rise to clouds, and the very monsoons that are so important for life on the
land. The tail of the descending bird, that hovers over the waters, could also be thought of as smoke.