Strange Beauty Four
Sacred Images
Abstract Essentialist Portraits Jay Gard
Strange Beauty Photo Art by Jay Gard & Others
Strange Beauty: Portraits Strange Beauty II: Royalty & Celebrity Strange Beauty 3: Aquatics Strange Beauty Four: Icons - Sacred Images Strange Beauty Four: Icons 2 - Saint Sebastian Strange Beauty Four: Icons 3 - Abstract Essentialist Bible Strange Beauty Four: Icons 4 – Classical Mythology
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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