Fine Arts Gallery, professional portraits painted in oils

portrait painting, modern and traditional

Welcome to the Fine Arts Gallery of artist Jeremy Wheeler. Here you will discover a selection of art mainly Artist Jeremy Wheeler

painted in oils using the traditional methods of the old masters. Occasionally there will be works for sale, however most work is privately commissioned.

Artist’s Biography
Born in Bath Somerset in 1954 Jeremy Wheeler attended the Bath Art School. During his life he has been involved in various professions, including company director for Indica Shop Fitting in Bath during the early1980’s. Moving to Nottingham in the late 1980’s Jeremy practiced as a fulltime hypnotherapist and then as an international professional stage hypnotist up until the mid 1990’s. He then retired as a hypnotist, and furthered his studies in the healing arts, and meditation. He has been a member of numerous esoteric schools including the Self-Realization Fellowship, Rosicrucians, Arcane School, Institute of Inner Studies and Astara. He is a member of National Federation of Spiritual healers, and also MCKS Pranic Healing I.I.S.. He is a practicing Arhatic yogi, and has recently begun devoting part of his life to art.

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GANDHI Oil on canvas 30 x 40 inches
(un-framed)

The Hidden Side of Things by CW. Lead Beater
A matter in which a man has usually much greater liberty is the decoration of his room, and it is one of considerable importance to him. For example, the pictures which we hang on the walls of our homes are exercising all the while an unnoticed influence upon us, not only because they keep the expression of certain ideas constantly before our eyes, but also because the artist puts a great deal of himself, of his inmost thought and feeling, into his work, and the effect of all that thought and feeling inheres in the picture and radiates from it just as surely as scent inheres in and radiates from a rose.
There is a hidden side to every picture-- the conception which was in the artist' s mind and heart. That conception, when he formed it, expressed itself clearly in astral and mental matter, even though he may have succeeded but partially in bringing his idea down to the physical world.
Every true artist will acknowledge that, however excellent his work may be, it invariably falls short of what he intended and expected. Yet the conception, as he thought it out, exists really and vividly in the mental world, and the feelings and emotions which he endeavoured to express exist in the astral realm, and these, which we may call the unseen counterparts of the picture, are always radiating vibrations of their own character, whatever that may be, and are therefore producing a never-ceasing effect upon those who live within their influence.

Shaktipat or Saktipata is a Sanscrit word in the Hindu spiritual tradition that refers to the act of a guru or spiritual teacher conferring a form of spiritual "power" or awakening on a disciple/student. Shaktipat can be intermediated by the spiritually enlightened master either by transmission of a sacred word or mantra, a look, a thought or by touch. The touch is usually given to the ajana chakra or third eye of the disciple. Shaktipat can also be transmitted in person or at a distance via telephone or letter, or even through an object such as a flower, fruit, or other artifacts.