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<span class="text"><font color="#343434" class="text"> <p><br /> <img alt="" width="288" height="432" src="/users/TjeerdBest1413/Image/DSC_0016Aacc.jpg" /></p> <p><font color="#ffffcc" size="3"> </font><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><big><span style="color: blue"><font color="#ffffcc">D</font></span></big><span style="color: blue"><font color="#ffffcc">evadatta Tjeerd Arjen Haitjema Best, </font></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: blue"><font color="#ffffcc"><o:p></o:p></font></span><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span style="color: blue"><font color="#ffffcc">born in Friesland, the </font></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: blue"><font color="#ffffcc"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: larger"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">Netherlands, </span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">studied </span></span><o:p></o:p></font></span><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span style="color: blue"><font color="#ffffcc">Art in </font></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: blue"><font color="#ffffcc"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"></st1:city><span style="font-size: larger"><st1:city w:st="on"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">Melbourne</span></st1:city><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">, </span></span><st1:country-region w:st="on"></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style="font-size: larger"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">Australia</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">. </span></span><o:p></o:p></font></span><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span style="color: blue"><font color="#ffffcc">Here he received a degree in Sculpture. Devadatta spent years of meditation and contemplation in </font></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: blue"><font color="#ffffcc"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">India</span></span></st1:country-region></st1:place></font></span> <span style="font-family: Arial; color: blue"><font color="#ffffcc"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style="font-size: larger"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">and at the great Shree Muktananda Ashram in New York</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">. </span></span><o:p></o:p></font></span><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span style="color: blue"><font color="#ffffcc">He resides now, with his dear wife Jane, in sunny </font></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: blue"><font color="#ffffcc"><st1:place w:st="on"></st1:place></font></span><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: blue"><font color="#ffffcc"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">Southern California</span></st1:place></font><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><font color="#ffffcc">.</font></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span style="color: blue"><font color="#ffffcc">His artistic abilities are multifaceted. Besides being an outstanding </font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span style="color: blue"><font color="#ffffcc">art photographer, he also designs and builds</font></span></span></span><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span style="color: blue"><font color="#ffffcc">fine furniture, including custom meditation chairs.</font></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><font color="#ffffcc"><font color="#ffffcc">Inspired by the great sages of the East, his work evokes respect for creation. It allows you to recognize the sublime wonders that surround all of us. His photography leads one to inspired places within oneself.</font></font><big><font color="#ffffcc"> </font></big></span></span></p></font></span><br>
Contact Devadatta Best for numbered and signed prints: phone 1 (310) 922-3025
