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Untitled
(90-20) 1990
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 14"x 11.5" $275; 20"x 16.5" $500;
24"x 20" $575; 30"x 25" $650
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Eternal One
(99-11) 1999
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 20"x 16.25" $500; 30"x 24.25" $650;
40"x 32.5" $850
One of a series minimizing the background - emphasizing Baba's facial features.
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The Silent Master
(82-3) 1982
Original: Oil on Canvas
Giclée Print: 20"x 16.75" $500; 24"x 20" $575;
30"x 25" $650
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Fire in His Eye
(87-16) 1987
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 20"x 16" $500; 24"x 18.25" $575;
30"x 24" $650; 40"x 32" $850;
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Good Work
(99-3) 1999
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 16"x 12.75" $375; 20"x 16" $500; 24"x 18.25" $575;
24"x 19.25" $575; 30"x 24" $650;
Baba shows His satisfaction after a successful work session with a mast. Painted with a painting knife.
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London, from Imai Studio
(89-12) 1989
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 14"x 11" $275; 20"x 16" $500
30"x 25" $650
Done from one of a series of photos that were taken at Imai Studio in London before Baba's trip to the United States."
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His Kingdom
(89-15) 1989
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 16"x 12" $375; 20"x 16" $500
Done in a semi-impressionist style, this small painting suggests the infinite scale of Baba's "Kingdom."
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Norina's Coat
(05-8) 2005
Original: Oil on Canvas
Giclée Print: 14"x 11" $275; 18"x 14.25" $375
How many times do we see Baba borrowing clothing from his fortunate ones?
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Eruch
(09-2) 2009
Original: Oil on Canvas
Giclée Print: 14"x 11.25" $275; 20"x 16" $500;
24"x 19.25" $550
What can one say of Eruch, the one chosen to speak for the Avatar?
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Birthday Party No.3
(09-1) 2009
Original: Oil on Canvas
Giclée Print: 11.25"x 14" $275; 16"x 20" $500;
19.25"x 24" $550
Baba's personal "off-stage" glance was captured with a Brownie camera by 11yr. old Deedee Eaton at the
Children's Birthday Party at Meher Center in 1958.
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Avatar of the Age
(93-3) 1993
Original: Oil Glaze over Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 20"x 16" $500; 25"x 20" $575;
30"x 24" $650
This was painted in a traditional medieval technique - all features rendered in fast drying burnt umber
and white. All color was then added in a nearly transparent oil glaze.
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Mahableshwar
(90-7) 1990
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 24"x 18.5" $575; 30"x 22.75" $650;
40"x 30" $850; 48"x 36" $1000
This welcoming image is familiar to visitors of the Myrtle Beach Center where it is seen at the Meeting
Place. Mahableshwar was a retreat area for Baba and His Mandali during the warmest months.
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At the Samadhi
(08-4) 2008
Original: Oil on Canvas
Giclée Print: 39"x 50" $1050; 28"x 36" $850;
23"x 29.5" $650
A recent commission of the well-known pose on the gadi in front of the samadhi.
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Ahmednagar, 1926
(91-14) 1991
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 56"x 45" $1250; 42"x 34" $900;
30"x 23" $650
When He viewed the photographic proofs taken in an Ahmednagar studio, Baba simply stated, "This is the real Me."
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Kitty's Baba
(86-2) 1986
Original: Oil on Canvas
Giclée Print: 24"x 20" $575; 20"x 16.5" $500;
16"x 13" $375
This spontaneous oil study of Baba was acquired by Kitty Davey, one of Baba's close disciples.
Completed in just a few hours, it seemed to paint itself.
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My Home is Your Home
(01-3) 2001
Original: Oil on Canvas
Giclée Print: 30"x 24" $650; 24"x 19" $575;
20"x 16" $500
New visitors to Meher Spiritual Center, Baba's home in the west, find this welcoming image of Baba
in the Gateway.
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The God in You
(89-13) 1989
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 16"x 12" $375; 12"x 9" $225
During the Three Incredible Weeks, Baba bowed down to the men assembled and said,
"Not as man to man, but as God to God, I bow down to you."
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My Great Uncle
(08-1) 2001
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 52"x 40" $1050; 40"x 30" $850;
24"x 20" $575
I titled this after thinking about how fortunate we are that the Divine One is as near, as
available, and as constant as a favorite family member.
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Hands-on
(99-2) 1999
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 20"x 16" $500; 16"x 12.75" $375
The Perfect prasad is handed to a fortunate devotee.
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Baba on the S.S. Circassia, 1937
(91-05) 1991
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 56"x 35" $1150; 40"x 25" $850; 30"x 19" $650
Meher Baba, traveling incognito, on the return trip to India following His 1937 European visit.
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S.S. Bremen, 1932
(99-8) 1999
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 20"x 16" $500; 16"x 12" $375
In 1932, aboard the S.S. Bremen in New York, Meher Baba offers a news interview.
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The Patient Master
(89-11) 1989
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 30"x 24" $650; 20"x 16" $500
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Quetta, 1923
(90-23) 1990
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 56"x 35" $1150; 48"x 30" $1,000; 30"x 18" $650
Baba traveled to Quetta in present day Pakistan to visit Rustom and Sorab Irani, the parents of women mandali Katie and Goher. Rustom gave Baba this fur coat for the
cool Quetta nights.
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Seclusion Darshan
(99-7) 1999
Original: Acrylic and Oil on Canvas
Giclée Print: 52"x 40" $1050; 36"x 27" $850; 24"x 18" $575
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Blue Bus Tour
(88-7) 1988
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 40"x 48" $1000; 24"x 30" $650; 16"x 20" $500
This painting is inspired from a photo believed to have been taken during the Blue Bus tour 1938-1939.
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Birthday Party, Meher Center
(01-2) 2001
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 11"x 14" $275
In 1958, a "birthday party" was given for the children at Meher Center - cake, presents, and a hug from the Beloved.
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London, 1931
(82-0) 1982
Original: Oil on Canvas
Giclée Print: 30"x 24" $650; 24"x 18" $575; 20"x 16" $500
This painting, in Baba's bedroom in Meherazad, was done from a photo taken in London in 1931, the same
year Baba sat for the oil portrait now in Myrtle Beach, painted by Julian Lamar. On observing the similar lighting and
angle, one might conclude that Lamar probably used the London photo for additional reference. The photo can be seen on
page 1 of Kitty Davy's book Love Alone Prevails.
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In the Garden
(91-23) 1991
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 56"x 44.5" $1150; 40"x 32" $850; 20"x 16" $500
Baba's first mast ashram was in Rahuri, 23 miles from Meherabad. Baba called masts "God-intoxicated" souls. He bathed and fed them and worked with them on spiritual levels for eight months at Rahuri.
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Divine Darshan
(08-3) 2008
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 20"x 16" $500; 14"x 11.25" $275
The brush allows the rendition of delicate detail and nuances of shadow and color. Sometimes the artist
tires of such narrative expression. Loose brushwork creates a more suggestive form and encourages
the viewer's eye to complete the image.
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Inner Work
(99-6) 1999
Original: Oil, Acrylic, and Charcoal Pencil on Canvas
Giclée Print: 14"x 11" $275; 20"x 15.75" $500
Working with this image provided a sense of privilege, as if being allowed to observe a very private moment.
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By the Picket Fence
(89-19) 1989
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 40"x 30" $850; 24"x 18" $575; 16"x 12" $375
The bright colors and the fence Baba is leaning on suggest a springtime visit to the west.
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Divine Labor Day
(89-27) 1989
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 16"x 12" $375; 20"x 15" $500
Some of Meher Baba's "work days" were physically draining. This image was probably taken from a day of bathing the lepers. The painting itself was a breeze; it seemed to paint itself.
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Seclusion Hill
(89-26) 1989
Original: Acrylic on Canvas
Giclée Print: 51"x 40" $1050; 30"x 23.5" $650; 24"x 18.5" $575
Seclusion Hill, adjacent to Meherazad, is where Baba stayed in 1947 for His special work. Ali Shah, the mast, stayed nearby in another hut where Baba visited him several mornings during that time.
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Mehera
(93-2) 1993
Original: Oil on Canvas
Giclée Print: 30"x 24" $650; 24"x 19" $575; 20"x 16" $500
"Mehera loves Me as I should be loved."
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Mani
(98-3) 1998
Original: Oil on Canvas
Giclée Print: 24"x 20" $575; 20"x 16.75" $500; 14"x 11.5" $275
Bright, humorous, and as fun-loving as a child, Baba's sister Mani lovingly helped communicate for Baba and the mandali with her regular letters to the West.
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Padri
(07-1) 2007
Original: Oil on Canvas
Giclée Print: 20"x 16" $500; 14"x 11.25" $275
One of Baba's "Pillars of Meherazad," Padri's stern demeanor hid a great heart. Painted from a photograph by Isabel Ellis taken in the mid 70's.
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