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Kiran Rai-Bhullar

Portfolio · Series of 4

Maharani Mentality

Maharani means queen, or divine being. The four paintings are named for how she carries herself: with humility, patience, wisdom and courage.

Acrylic on canvas · 2021

Shown

  • Maharani Mentality: The Internal Divine, solo exhibition, The Hub Gallery at artsPlace, Canmore, June 2021
Kiran Rai-Bhullar standing in The Hub Gallery at artsPlace, the four Maharani Mentality paintings on the wall to the left and two black and white portraits to the right
Maharani Mentality: The Internal Divine, The Hub Gallery at artsPlace, Canmore, 2021. Photograph by Alvin Pham.

Side by side

  • Humility, from the Maharani Mentality series by Kiran Rai-Bhullar
  • Patience, from the Maharani Mentality series by Kiran Rai-Bhullar
  • Wisdom, from the Maharani Mentality series by Kiran Rai-Bhullar
  • Courage, from the Maharani Mentality series by Kiran Rai-Bhullar

The paintings

Humility, from the Maharani Mentality series by Kiran Rai-Bhullar

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Humility

2021
Acrylic on canvas
60 × 48 in (152 × 122 cm)

Details: Humility
Patience, from the Maharani Mentality series by Kiran Rai-Bhullar

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Patience

2021
Acrylic on canvas
60 × 48 in (152 × 122 cm)

Details: Patience
Wisdom, from the Maharani Mentality series by Kiran Rai-Bhullar

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Wisdom

2021
Acrylic on canvas
60 × 48 in (152 × 122 cm)

Details: Wisdom
Courage, from the Maharani Mentality series by Kiran Rai-Bhullar

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Courage

2021
Acrylic on canvas
60 × 48 in (152 × 122 cm)

Details: Courage
The four Maharani Mentality paintings hanging in a row at The Hub Gallery at artsPlace, Canmore
The four paintings at The Hub Gallery at artsPlace, Canmore, 2021. Photograph by Alvin Pham.

In the gallery

Love for Humanity installed across the end wall of the gallery, with a black and white portrait on each side
Love for Humanity in the gallery.
Kiran Rai-Bhullar in the gallery between the black and white paintings Masked Maharani and Make Up Your Mind Maharani
With Masked Maharani and Make Up Your Mind Maharani. Photograph by Alvin Pham.
Kiran Rai-Bhullar talking with two young visitors beside the Maharani Mentality title wall
Visitors walking through the exhibition, the four paintings on the wall to the left
Guests gathered in front of the Love for Humanity mural on opening night
Opening night, in front of Love for Humanity.
Kiran Rai-Bhullar beside Love for Humanity, a mural of farmers working the land under a rising sun
Love for Humanity, 8 × 16 ft, acrylic on wood, painted for the show. Photograph by Alvin Pham.

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