Saturday 9 May 2020

The Elephant God... a pencil study


Ganesh, Ganapathy, Vigneswaren, Pillaiyar... many names for this deity from the Hindu pantheon. Yet images/statues have been found as far afield as China.
In Tamil literature and devotional poems he is described either as "he with the elephant face" or as being "with the head of an elephant". These studies are inspired by the latter.
I had sketched two versions focusing on the elephant aspects.
Black Saintograph China Marker on white paper as you can see from the photo below.


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