Navaji David Nava translates spiritual practice, clairvoyant perception, and the study of esoteric science directly into painted form.
His canvases map the human soul, transcendental realms, and spiritual evolution through luminous color, layered symbols, and shifting states of light. The work is at once object, meditation, and energetic record.
Influences move across Anthroposophy, Sufism, Egyptian spirituality, Zoroastrianism, and Navaji’s own lived encounters with the unseen—held together by a visual language that is unmistakably his.
Inside the practice
A studio alive with inquiry.
Material studyPreparing the paletteStudio supervisorAnu with paintbrush
Collection 01Three states
Multi-dimensional pigments
Paintings of light.
A single canvas becomes several worlds.
UV-sensitive and phosphorescent pigments allow these works to transform under natural light, ultraviolet light, and darkness. The changing image is not an effect added to the painting; it is part of the painting’s meaning—a material analogue for changing states of consciousness.
Choose a light state beneath each work.
Light Work 01Mixed-media acrylic on canvas
RA
Light Work 02Mixed-media acrylic on canvas
The Powers
Light Work 03Mixed-media acrylic on canvas
Kalkin Chakra
Selected paintings · Archive 02
Vibrant acrylic layers turn canvas into luminous space- and soulscapes. Primary and complementary colors create both tension and radiance, while recurring geometries hold the work between symbol, vision, and lived spiritual experience.
Cosmologies in color.
01 · The Thunder BirdAcrylic on canvas02 · Divine GraceAcrylic on canvas03 · The Sea of LightningMixed-media acrylic on canvas04 · Astral Study IMixed-media acrylic on canvas05 · Astral Study IIMixed-media acrylic on canvas
Digital illustration · Archive 03
The soul made visible.
The cosmic language of the paintings enters the pages of A Soul’s Life.
Created digitally in Procreate, these full-page illustrations do not adopt a separate commercial style. They translate the same metaphysical vision into an intimate visual language for children—softening abstract spiritual figures into luminous companions and pairing saturated cosmic color with philosophical poetry.
01Near-death imageryFlight, embodiment, and the remembered weight of physical existence.
02Luminous colorDeep-space fields held against warm, vivid character forms.
03The soul as characterThe invisible Atma becomes a gentle figure a child can follow.
04Philosophical poetryAncient symbolism becomes an accessible language of belonging.
Plate IA Soul’s Life · Book 1: The SoulPlate IIA Soul’s Life · Book 1: The SoulPlate IIIA Soul’s Life · Book 1: The SoulPlate IVA Soul’s Life · Book 1: The Soul
The written archive
Every image has a life beyond its surface.
Many paintings continue into essays and journal entries: records of the visions, questions, symbols, and spiritual studies from which they emerged. As this living portfolio grows, those writings can be linked directly beneath their corresponding works.
For now, the Journal gathers Navaji’s longer reflections on art, consciousness, transformation, and the discipline of bringing the unseen into form.
Navaji welcomes thoughtful inquiries from curators, publishers, cultural institutions, collectors, and aligned collaborators interested in work with conceptual depth and spiritual consequence.
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