Sri Chinmoy's Artwork

His works  have been exhibited in North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia. His abstract oil paintings, acrylics and pen and ink drawings almost certainly represent the largest artistic outpouring ever by one individual.

In 1974 Sri Chinmoy began his journey in the art-world with a painting of a single rose.  To date he has completed more than 230,000drawings and paintings, from huge mural-size acrylics to tiny ink sketches. He calls his paintings “Jharna-Kala,” which is Bengali for “Fountain Art”, a name evoking the fountain of creative energy from which they arise.

An especially appealing branch of Sri Chinmoy’s art is a series of over 15 million little bird-drawings which he calls Dream-Freedom-Peace-Birds. Some are individual drawings, while others flock together with as many as 96,000 on a single canvas. The beauty, subtlety and charm of the soul-birds offer immediate joy, making them perhaps the most accessible and favourite of Sri Chinmoy’s creations.

The source of Sri Chinmoy's astonishing creativity lies in meditation: when the mind is quiet and the peace and calm that reside in the depths of the heart are accessible. Sri Chinmoy expresses this serene consciousness in art, acting as an instrument, not the deliberator. He speaks of “no mind, no form” as he paints, much as the Zen monk painters in China and Japan spoke of “no method” and simply painted the exhilaration of their hearts.

Please visit the Jharna-Kala Gallery and Selected Exhibitions.