"Shiva - Dance of Creation"

Shiva, a major Hindu Deity, is a transformer and destroyer God among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine.

Shiva’s Nataraj’s Dance represents both the destruction and creation of the universe and reveals the cycles of death, birth and rebirth. His dance of Bliss is for the welfare of the world. Under his feet is the demon of ignorance. One hand is stretched across his chest and points towards an uplifted foot, indicating the release from earthly bondage of the devotee. The fire represents the final destruction of creation which arouses dormant energies and scatters the ashes of the Universe in a pattern that will be the design of the ensuing creation.
The musical symbols in two of the other hands, tap out the heart beat of time.

Most images of Shiva are sculptures cast in bronze. Raven Skye’s inspiration came from an ancient Shiva bronze in the St. Petersburg Museum. The artist has a great interest in the different religions of the world. The images in the background symbolize different forms of creation. The blue, sky and water, the gold represents earth and its creatures.