It is a joy to present the newest works, they have been an especially vibrant experience. Sometimes they take much longer and others much shorter. No matter, an artists listens to the painting in order to fully be present and in confidence of what they are creating to be true to self. In InI case “self” is Us, and that is why this is called ” Soulful Reminisces. ”
I have to remember many of you reading haven’t personally met me, and it seems funny when I meet people who don’t know my life is art. Its like they haven’t heard me speak and they think they know me…To the point, Love is Life, Life is Art, Art is Revolution, Revolution is what you make it…but you will come to where you began..and will hopefully remember who you really are. I have been painting for longer than I can remember and it is inborn. I work everyday on it, and it takes hours of stillness and thought on top of technique to create good art. Love and sacrifice are intertwined, if you won’t suffer for it and work hard you don’t really love it. Art has been an amazing journey for InI, and it Itinues to become Joy-tings more than Pain-tings, it has also opened up many ways of thinking about life differently.
1. Important lesson art has taught InI: Babylon wants us to compete, and to conform to their ideas of beauty as well as detail, they are obsessed with details, to be a true artist, we have to stop creating for anyone other than Our Highest Vision of The Creator. This means simply, that is about doing what you never thought you could in contrast to making something that is a replica of something else. It means that your not trying to make the most photo real piece, that you aren’t as concerned about exacts, you allow art to be free. You don’t want to be someone else, you aren’t competing with anyone.
2. Once we have stopped competing are you ready to make art that has a place in substance and its form is awkward. How ok are you with awkward…? Art makes ones comfortable and uncomfortable, it is an experience where the process is more awkward that not, being that the finished product took many phases of not being complete before one can get to that place of saying “yes”. It that process sometimes the message and substance trumps the visual attractiveness that ones would like to see when they are relaxing. What about when it doesn’t matter, and all that matters is the message, as an artist can you be uncomfortable and still comfortable in a job well done in its delivery. Telling the story well is more important than the cameras used to film it…
3. Being Free means being free! it also means that not knowing is ok, and that having faith that the answers will come in time is crucial. As Sound is the Father of Music so are The Vibrations the Mother of art. Sound and Vibrations do not have a responsibility to be harmonious to you, they do not have to have a rational. It is up to us to see what is somewhat understandable and be a vehicle of the voice of the erratic. Art is about liberation and when it comes to the methods, being free mentally allows one to take art to a spiritual level. To be able to allow the Most High to speak to you through your meditation and openness. Allowing oneself to be a vessel and ear of Jah, and to be a soulful dreamcatcher. Making room for waves and patterns that correspond to a sense of identity that is rich and hidden deep below a surface. When you get there, it is a bountiful place with eyes of ancestors peering at you from a canvas that has always stared from within, but now, it is there for the world to stare at and consider its expression.
With that here are the newest pieces, I hope you enjoy. If you see something you like, remember the name and simply message InI that you would like a print.
“Beaming Light” By Ras Elijah Tafari
” The Father and The Son” By Ras Elijah Tafari
Acrylic and Indian ink, 3.5 ft x4.5 ft. on canvas
” Peaceful Warriors ” by Ras Elijah Tafari
This piece, is the first painting I have done with Reggae artist and mystic Dre-Z Melodi..inspired by a painting he did 20 years ago that influenced InI. Give thanks Dre-Z
” Lightening King” By Ras Elijah Tafari and Dre-Z 36″ x24″
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” Ethio ” by Ras Elijah Tafari
“Thoughtful Lion” by Ras Elijah Tafari
” Reading in Zion ” by Ras Elijah Tafari
” Neo ” By Ras Elijah Tafari
“Ethiopian Evening” By Ras Elijah Tafari