Shiva's Bull Print - Limited Edition of 40

''Shiva's Bull'' is part of the collection entitled "The Greatness of Yantras" which includes ten Goddesses and one God. The idea of ​​this series of paintings started from the practice of yoga, meditation, using the yantra as a support. As an artist I wanted to bring yoga symbols closer to western culture and tried to associate them with universal symbols. Shiva is one of the supreme beings who creates, protects and transforms the universe. Shiva forms a duality of cosmic powers at a manifest level as the cosmic masculine force, along with his complimentary Shakti or feminine principle. Shiva is the male, the fire, the mountain, and power of stillness, as Shakti is the female, water, valley, and power of action. Shiva is symbolized as a bull, or his vehicle is the bull (Nandi). Yet this is not the bull as a mere symbol of virility but the bull of dharma or cosmic law. The bull represents the spirit or the Purusha, the enduring principle of awareness which holds all things together and gives significance to all