Glass, camphor smoke, gouache
16 x 12 in
I lit camphor incense and swiveled a pane of glass above the tall flame, catching rolls of black smoke on the surface. I painted onto the soot-covered glass a study of a painting by Gaganendranath Tagore: a frog dressed in British finery atop a lotus leaf, “striking” bamboo, and “shy” mimosa trees, all look up to a floating Jagadish Chandra Bose who is enlightened with a third eye.