Wish You An Inspired New Year 2017!

"What would you attempt to do,

if you knew,

You Could Not Fail?"

This Christmas, I noticed this amazing quote outside a church.

It got me thinking. 

Instantly. 

It was as if some angel stood behind me, softly whispering those words in my ear...

The answers to her question were many. Actually more than I had thought!

Later, I searched the web, and found out that the quote is by American pastor Robert Schuller.

This very simple query presented before us by the late pastor has a very clear message.

When we take the fear of failing, out of our equation, and then ask ourselves this question, then only we know of our true aspirations. :)

New Year is all about new dreams and new possibilities! So I decided to share this quote with all, and design a very special wallpaper for subscribers and readers of Lensdepictions, hoping, that it will help you welcome your New Year 2017 in a truly inspired way! 

The next step was to decide one of my photographs to use for the wallpaper.

Now, to me, nature has always been a strong source of inspiration, even motivation, for my creative endeavors. 

I always try to see some great lessons quietly hiding in those seemingly simple things in nature.

My “Conceptual - Nature” gallery of photographs is made with some of such moments where I had stopped to observe and learn. I can write a blog post about my contemplation over each of them (and I certainly plan to do so whenever time permits :P).

For now, I picked this, one of my all time favorite compositions made by me, for the wallpaper!

It was in the outskirts of Larnaca Cyprus... I had stepped inside a farm to take some pictures of hay rolls. 

That’s where I had spotted this tiny yellow wildflower attempting its way up and out of the tall wild grass blades it was surrounded by…The surreal feel of the scene has still not stopped to amaze and inspire me... :) 

Her attempt resonates so well with the question:

"What would you attempt to do,

if you knew,

You Could Not Fail?"

I wish your New Year is all about knowing the answer to above question and pursuing those answers with all your heart!

WISH YOU A FABULOUS 2017! :)

Download this HD wallpaper for your Desktop Here!

Copyright ©2016 Gyaneshwari Dave

Jan 2017 Free Calendar Wallpapers - Celebrating folk art of Kenya!

This year I had this great chance of visiting one of the most beautiful cities I have ever been to, the Washington D.C.

Apart from tons of History about the country, the American capital boasts of some excellent national museums of Art.

One of them is of course, the very intriguing, National Museum of African Art!

The art particular to any region or country fascinates me a lot. It so effortlessly speaks volumes of the culture and people of that part of the world…

You can actually learn a great deal about the place by simply observing their art, the materials they use and the sources of their inspiration.

Africa is not considered as one of the most developed continents on the planet. Some countries of Africa are just primitive at the best. And so I was most curious and eager to check out the art from this continent still stuck in old age...

All the artifacts there - the ceramics, multimedia art, fabrics and paintings are so strongly connected to earth and nature. Rustic and tribal as I expected, and yet very beautiful with inspiring details at the same time.

If art museums interests you, and you want to see something other than the European Art or the modern art of the west, I would recommend this museum in DC. It’s a must visit place... :)

I saw these adorable African safari animals carved out of stone, imported from Kenya in the gift shop of the museum.

I took an instant liking to them! 

Never envisioned the wildlife from Africa in this Avatar! 

I just loved the simplicity of the craft.

Very simply put, to me, these handcrafted animal figurines convey the goodness in human hearts, and, happiness! You cannot look at these heartily handcrafted stone animals without a smile! So I decided to cherish this little known folk art of Africa by designing the first calendar of the year with these adorable animal figurines...

You can download these HD wallpaper for free here! Until the end of January 2017! :)

P.S: I made it a point to buy the art for myself too. 

Well, this cute fatty Hippo...he works as a paper weight in my work space! :)

Copyright ©2016 Gyaneshwari Dave

Free Printable Greeting Cards & Gift Tags! - Year End 2016

Year-end holidays and New Year is a time to wish those special people in our lives.

In this era of Mobile Messenger Apps, Emails and electronic greeting cards, Written Words have acquired a value and charm like never before.

Even a simple card with our hand written notes makes our loved ones feel special and bring to them a unique joy…

However, sometimes you simply don’t have time to go to a shop and buy the greeting card, or, the shops are closed and there is no time left to wait till they open…How many times this has happened to you? :)

Well, in that case, a printable card comes handy, and the sweetest thing is, you can use them as many times as you wish!

As a Holiday gift for the subscribers of Lensdepictions, I designed this simple and cute printable greeting cards series, called -  

"Gift A Feeling Flower!"

Each of the five cards series has this Big and Bright Sunny flower with a different expression and matching gift tag to use with your gift boxes!

You Can Pick Cards For:

1. Choose Joy!

2.Thank You!

3. I Am Sorry!

4. Hearty Congrats!

&

5. With Love!

Here is my design at sketch stage:

Simply Download the PDFs for high quality prints...Then Print, Cut and Show your love for your loved ones!

I intentionally kept the colors refreshingly subtle, and the background white, so that you can print them at home with ease! 

My tip would be to use thick A4/Letter size paper for the happiest results! :)

Hope you enjoy these cards as much as I have enjoyed designing them.

Wish You Very Happy Holidays from Lensdepictions!

FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY!

Commercial redistribution of these cards and/or the artwork on them, in any manner is not permitted and would be a violation of Copyrights.

Illustration/Art ©2016 Gyaneshwari Dave

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