Origins of Bahamoot

For UK residents: Please allow up to 14 business days for your print to arrive.

Please note that artworks are printed within quoted dimensions (A3, A4) . This may result in an irregular border, or the image not filling the entire page. Mounting and framing can resolve this issue if you prefer a uniform border around the image.

The Origins of Bahamoot can be purchased as a limited  (1st Edition)  Giclee print, signed by the artist, Yasmin Hayat. 

Each artwork has been printed on archival Hahnemuhle, Bamboo, soft-textured, matte paper and comes with its own archival backing board and sleeve.

Each print is made to order and packaged with great care. Once you have placed an order we will try to do our best to ensure the prints are dispatched as soon as possible. Generally, we aim to have your print dispatched and posted within 14 days of placing an order.

Painting Inspiration:
This painting is inspired by the original manuscripts that served as the initial inspiration for this entire body of work.

I found the depiction of whale, cow, angel, rock and heavens utterly compelling. I resonated with the story, both the pictorial depiction of a vast, lonely whale bearing the weight of profound responsibility. And the zoomorphic representation of land, sea and man.

I have painted the story of Bahamoot according to its historical, hierarchal telling of a whale-carrying bull, bull-carrying angel and angel-carrying rock (made of emerald or ruby depending on the narrator). Above lies the heavens and below the abyss. 

I created a bespoke background colour, blending indigo, colbats and crushed hematite. Bahamoot the Whale is a melody of indigo with a dusting of moon gold that covers his body in tribute to his mystical and cosmological origins. The bull has horns made of hematite, handmade gold paint cuffs his ankles and rains. The bull was painted using a single-haired squirrel brush, allowing me to dry-brush each hair on his body. Between his horns sits the rock painted with malachite. At its centre sits a circle of genuine crushed ruby.

Above the bull is the angel, painted in the early miniature style as a tribute to the age of the story. The angel's wings are hematite, and the dress is embellished with handmade, genuine gold paint. Above the angel is a 23.5-carat gold panel to represent the heavens.

Due to the  dimensions of the original painting, an A3 print size is recommended over A4.

NOTE
All prints  (unless specified)  are delivered unframed. 

Gold variants are hand-finished by the artist using genuine gold