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'PORTRAIT OF RAM DASS'
by
Martina Hoffmann
- An exclusive Fine Art Print -
Please contact me directly for any additional questions.
The print is based on the original oil painting, created in 2010, size 25" x 24" / 64 x 61 cm.
For the serious art collector:
The original painting is still with the artist and available upon request.
The Creation:
"In 2009 I was invited to paint a portrait of Ram Dass.
When I started the project in 2010, he and several long conversations, allowing me to get to know him better. This is a preliminary process I greatly enjoy in preparation for creating a portrait as it allows me to feel my subject through their sharing. There was great synchronicity in the timing as my father had just passed away unexpectedly and my husband Robert Venosa was entering the last year of his life. This brought great focus to the questions of life and death and I could not have wished for a better person to address them with. Ram Dass' calm, compassionate, and honest demeanor created a harmonious set and setting for our conversations. This ultimately allowed me to connect with the man behind the legend and find a mutual loving understanding and appreciation.
It is an honor to have had the opportunity to immortalize one of the great consciousness pioneers of our time. The creation of this painting is based on the essence of our exchange and the subtle unspoken have flowed into the final painting.
It is my pleasure to share it with you.
🙏
Martina Hoffmann, September 2010
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Dr. Richard Alpert became known for his innovative conscious research with entheogens at Harvard University. Later, after his legendary trip to India and his encounter with his Guru, Neem Karoli Baba, he returned to the US as Ram Dass and became one of the 'counter culture's' outstanding spiritual leaders.
When asked to sum up his life's message Ram Dass replied, "I help people as a way to work on myself, and I work on myself to help people... To me, that's what the emerging game is all about."
Ram Dass was awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award in August 1991
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Print Details:
• Fine Art Print in a Limited Edition of 50 paper prints.
• Print size: 25" x 24" / 64 x 61 cm
• Printed with archival colors on archival paper.
• Coated with an archival print shield.
• Each print is hand-numbered and hand-signed by Martina Hoffmann, and Ram Dass.
• A certificate of authenticity, signed by the artist, will be issued for each limited edition print.
• Half of the print edition was gifted to Ram Dass by Martina Hoffmann, to benefit a beloved elder and consciousness pioneer, Ram Dass, during his lifetime.
• Produced and handled with loving care and special intention by the artist.
Edition Details:
Tier 1: # 2 - # 10 $3000.
Tier 2: # 11 - # 20 $2500.
Tier 3: # 21 - # 30 $2000.
Tier 4: # 31 - # 40 $1500.
Tier 5: # 41 - # 50 $1000.