India Paint Brush by Joe DiSabatino
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Joe DiSabatino paints impressionist and abstract landscapes of the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, and Meherabad, Meherazad, India. Working with oils and acrylics, he uses subtle color harmonies to try to capture “the envelope of divine light and love that surrounds and permeates the natural and man-made objects at these Meher Baba retreats”. His style is “painterly” meaning free, loose brushwork that is not overly rendered or literal. He wants the viewer’s imagination to step into the scene and experience the magical play of light so often seen at the Baba retreats, light that seems to come from another realm.
India Paint Brush by Joe Disabatino
Joe is a self-taught artist. Even when working from photographs, he paints outdoors near his home in Clearwater, Florida. He enjoys the feeling of expansiveness that comes from painting outside, and the natural daylight helps him to remember that special Meher Baba light he strives to capture in his artwork. He is currently working on a series called “Samadhi abstracts”. In these he wants to convey the powerful, invisible energy he imagines radiates down into the earth and up into the sky beneath and above Baba’s Tomb, as if the Tomb is transmitting powerful currents of divine energy into the whole planet from below and above.
In addition to the landscapes and abstracts, he will also soon be adding a series of paintings called “Still Lifes with Baba”. These will be still lifes with fruit, flowers, wines bottles, etc. and each will have a framed photo of Baba on the table. Why a painting of a framed photo, why not just paint Baba? Joe says he wants to paint the intimate ways we bring Baba into our homes–our kitchen, our bedrooms, our living rooms. In other words, the photos of the Beloved within the context of our everyday lives.
Check back to his web site often because he will be adding new works on a regular basis. Read his blog if you’re interested in the musings of a painter of the sacred scenes we are all familiar with.
(Excerpt from email)
Tags: Joe Disabatino, Meher Baba Paintings
