Strange Beauty Four: Icons - Sacred Images

Strange Beauty Four

Sacred Images

Abstract Essentialist Portraits Jay Gard

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Cover Illustration: Krishna playing a flute

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Contents Deities 4 Indian Gods & Goddesses 5 Buddhas 48

Devotees 60 Hindus 61 Sikh Gurus 80 Buddhists 96 Jews 124 Christians 150 Muslims 196 Rastafarians 209

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Beauty lies not in The eye of the beholder But in the hand Of the Creator Otherwise there could be no Beauty at all, Merely opinion

These images are intended to give pleasure. No breach of copyright and no offence to any faith or to any person, living or dead, is intended.

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Deities

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Indian Gods & Goddesses

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Vishnu 1

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Vishnu 2 7

Vishnu 3 8

Vishnu 4 9

Vishnu 5

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Krishna 1

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Krishna 2

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Krishna 3

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Krishna 4

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Krishna 5

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Krishna 6

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Krishna 7

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Krishna 8 & 9

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Syama Krishna

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Radha Krishna 1

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Radha Krishna 2

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Radha Krishna 3

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Radha Krishna 4

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Radha Krishna 5

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Radha Krishna 6

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Krishna & a Girl 1 26

Krishna & a Girl 2 27

Krishna & a Girl 3 28

Krishna & a Girl 4

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Krishna & a Girl 5

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Krishna & a Girl 6

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Rama

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Shiva 1

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Shiva 2

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Shiva 3

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Shiva 4

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Shiva 5 37

Kali

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Ardhanarishvara Androgynous Deity 1

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Ardhanarishvara Androgynous Deity 2

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Sarasvati 1

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Sarasvati 2

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Hanuman 1 43

Hanuman 2 44

Ganesh 1 45

Ganesh 2

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Ganesh 3

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Buddhas

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Golden Buddha

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The Buddha Teaching

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Buddha with Blue Sky

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Stone Buddha 1

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Stone Buddha 2

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Buddha with Lotus

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Buddha in Red & Gold 1 & 2

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Buddha in Brown 1 & 2 56

Gautama Buddha

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Black Mahakala-tangkha

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White Tara

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Devotees

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Hindus

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Fakir

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Holy Man

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Saddhu 1 64

Saddhu 2 65

Saddhu 3

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Saddhu 4

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Yellow Saddhu 68

Saddhu with Red & Yellow 69

Young Saddhu 1 70

Young Saddhu 2 71

Young Saddhu 3 72

Young Saddhu 4 73

Young Saddhu 5 & 6 74

Young Saddhu 7

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Young Saddhu 8

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Young Saddhu 9 77

Young Naga Saddhu 1 78

Young Naga Saddhu 2 79

Sikh Gurus

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1st Guru: Nanak Dev Ji 1

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1st Guru: Nanak Dev Ji 2

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2nd Guru: Angad Dev Ji

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3rd Guru: Amar Das 1

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3rd Guru: Amar Das 2

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4th Guru: Ram Das Ji 86

5th Guru: Arjun Dev Ji

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6th Guru: Hargobind 1 88

6th Guru: Hargobind 2

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7th Guru: Har Rai

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8th Guru: Har Krishan 1

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8th Guru: Har Krishan 2

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9th Guru: 9 Guru Teg Bahadur

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10th Guru: Guru Gobind Sing Ji 1

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10th Guru: Gobind Sing Ji 2

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Buddhists

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Buddhist Priests

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Buddhist Monk 1 98

Buddhist Monk 2 99

Buddhist Monk 3 100

Buddhist Monk 5 101

Thai Monk

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Burmese Monk 103

Buddhists

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Fat Monk

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Monk with a Tiger 1

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Monk with a Tiger 2

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Monk with a Cat

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Young Monk 1 109

Young Monk 2 110

Young Monk 3

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Young Monk 4

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Young Monk 5

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Young Monk 6 114

Young Monk 7 115

Young Monk 8 116

Young Monk 9

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Young Monk 10

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Young Monk 11

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Young Monk - Myanmar

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Old Monk

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Aged Cambodian Priest

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Shinto Priest

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Jews

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Orthodox Rabbi 1

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Orthodox Rabbi 1

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Orthodox Rabbi 2

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Rabbi with beard

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Rabbi with Hat 1

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Rabbi with Hat 2

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Bar Mitzva 1

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Bar Mitzvah 2

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Bar Mitzvah 3

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Bar Mitzvah 4

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Bar Mitzvah 5

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Bar Mitzvah 6

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Bar Mitzvah 7

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Young Orthodox Jew 1

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Young Orthodox Jew 2

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Young Orthodox Jew 3

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Young Orthodox Jew 4 141

Young Orthodox Jew 5 142

Young Orthodox Jew 6 143

Young Orthodox Jew 7 144

Three Jewish Boys

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Hasidic boys

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Hasidic Jews

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Hasidic Jew in a Fur Hat 148

Orthodox Jew 149

Christians

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Dominican Friar

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Pope Alexander VI

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Pope Julius II

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Martin Luther

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John Calvin 1

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John Calvin 2

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John Calvin 3

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Theodore Beza

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Ulrich Zwingli 159

Theresa of Avila

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Patriarch Kyrill

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The Ecumenical Patriarch 162

The Patriarch of Eritrea

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Patriarch Bartholomew 1 164

Patriarch Bartholomew 2 165

The Patriarch of Syria 1

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The Patriarch of Syria 2

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Mar Ignatius Ephrem II the Head the Syrian Orthodox Church

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Greek Orthodox Priest 1 & 2

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Pope Pius XII 170

Pope John Paul II 1

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Pope John Paul II 2

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Pope Benedict XVI

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The Patriarch & the Pope

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The Pope & Archbishop Williams 1 & 2 175

Archbishop Rowan Williams 1

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Archbishop Rowan Williams 2

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Archbishop Rowan Williams 3

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Archbishop Rowan Williams 4 179

Archbishop Rowan Williams 5 180

Archbishop Justin Welby 1

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Archbishop Justin Welby 2

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Archbishop Justin Welby 3

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Billy Graham

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Mother Theresa 1

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Mother Theresa 2

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Gerry Falwell

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Nun 1

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Nun 2

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Nun 3

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Nuns 1

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Nuns 2

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Nuns 3

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Crucified Woman 1

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Crucified Woman 2

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Muslims

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Dervish 1 197

Dervish 2 198

Dervish 3 199

Dervishes 1

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Dervishes 2

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Dervishes 4 & 5

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Women in Burkas 1 & 2

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Women in Burkas 3

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Women in Burkas 4

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Women in Burkas 5

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Women in Burkas 6

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Woman in a Burka 1 & 2 208

Rastafarians

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Haile Selassie

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Rastafarian 1

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Rastafarian 2 & 3

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Rastafarian 4

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Rastafarian 6

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Voodoo Witch Doctor

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Strange Beauty Four

Sacred Images

Striking, colourful, amusing and astonishing images of deities and their devotees – Strange Beauty Four: Icons is the first part of a four volume collection of abstract essentialist portraits relating to religious themes. Well-received on Deviant Art these fabulous artistic creations are now available as a collection in eBook format.

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