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Aaron Staengl

I grew up in the mountains of Virginia.I have always loved to draw and paint other worldly things.The mysteries behind the mystery.In childhood I was inspired by many luced dreams,sci-fi,fantasy,and the effulgence of nature.Now I am inspired by deep feelings unfolding from the core of my being.I have been to Indea,Nepal,Singapore,Jamaica.I enjoy painting people and things from other cultures.I've been in New Mexico for the past few years studying Ayurveda and Tibetan painting.Thank's for checking out my pictures.

Hi, it’s been a while since I’ve uploaded anything onto my page. I just wanted to clarify the ideas about how my art with all of the traditional Indian and Tibetan deities fits in to the Fantasy art world. Actually this type of art is no more or less fantasy or religious art than any of the other types of numerous pictures of elves, ferries and dragons on this site. It is simply a matter of perception weather something is seen as fantasy or religious iconography. Elves, ferries, gnomes, and (European) Dragons come from ancient European Druid and Pagan religions, as well as folk tales and legends. All of this falls under the category of Mythology, similarly Tibetan Bodhisattvas and Indian Deities come from Eastern Mythologies. What makes something religious art is if one worships those images, and I do not do that although I love and respect the art forms. There are also numerous sites in Elfwood that have Egyptian, Greek and other Gods from different ancient religions. I love all Mythological art, I’m not criticizing anyone, I just want to say that if anyone thinks that my art is more religious than fantasy, it is a misconception of perception as I have clarified above.

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By the way, if anyone wants to use my art on a tour they are welcome to, no need to ask.

Commissions available on request.

To see more of check out:  http://www.yessy.com/aaronananta/gallery.html

Guestbook for Aaronstaengl

Date Name Comment   16 Jan 2005 Kaya 'Armana' Williams Loading... Hello. Believe it or not, I remember your artwork from Mama Lizardo's. It is very beautiful work and I can remember sitting there staring at it for the time that I was there. Great work! I like the snake by the way. 12 May 2005 Kaya 'Armana' Williams Loading... Hello again. In reply to your comment (thanks for it by the way, all are nice.) No Sara is not my mom, my mom's name is Jodie and she says she has/had some relation to you somewhere down the line. So yes perhaps I will see you in Floyd sometime. Until then, well keep the art coming. I'm not too good. -Kaya 14 Sep 2005 Kety/Draupadi <seraphim_world@yah...uk> Loading... Hare Krishna!!! 23 Sep 2006 Anne Wipf Loading... Amazing gallery. Asian art inspired you so brilliantly. Keep up the good work. 27 Dec 2006 Patricia Robin Woodruff <patwoodruff@mac...co Loading... Greetings from a fellow Floydian artist. We were hoping you'd be at Winter Fest again. We got some beautiful reproductions off of you last year. Please do a show at Black Water Loft (540-745-LOFT). I'd love to see your work all displayed in one place! 19 Apr 2007 Anonymous Loading... This is wounderful, keep going this can only get better and better 28 Jan 2008 Jeanette M. chanyi Loading... great work, i love all the detail. 29 Oct 2008 Guyl46 Loading... i like your art very much. it has real sense of spiritualism. i am also artist like you.can be a friends? lets meet on www.bhshh9@Gmail.com 27 Nov 2008 Anon. Loading... A LOT of nice,fluffy ,COLORS! 5 Feb 2009 Vineet Aggarwal Loading... Hi Aaron you have a beautiful gallery here!! loved all ur works especially the ones inspired by Indian mythology Page: [1] 2 3 4

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