#Beej paintings

[dcpl73]

ARTIST BHARTI PRAJAPATI’S NEW SERIES EXPLORING BEEJ - THE SEED

After the tremendous success of artist Bharti Prajapati’s series Paanch Tattva, which she introduced in 2019, she has now embarked on a new series in 2024. The Paanch Tattva paintings connected the life stages of women to the five elements of water, earth, fire, air and space, which she discussed in a previous blog. Similarly, her recent canvases focus on another natural phenomenon, Beej — The Seed.

What follows are Bharti’s own words on the concept of the seed and its symbolic power in her latest series.

Artist Bharti Prajapati in her studio with Laasya Art founder Sonia Patwardhan.

BEEJ — THE SEED

by Bharti Prajapati

In Hinduism, the Sanskrit term for ‘Beej’ — literally meaning ‘seed’ — is used as a metaphor for the origin or cause of things. ‘Beej’ is a cognate with ‘bindu,’ or dot. For many years, I have been drawn towards the mystery of this powerful and potent creation of nature ‘Beej,’ the seed.

A casual visit to a rural market where women wore necklaces of various local seeds initiated a process of thoughts and ideas for my latest collection of paintings. The seeds strung around these women’s necks like pearls seemed to complete the portrait of an ever-powerful, life-giving force — a woman, like the earth, carries seeds of existence within her. To me, it seemed natural to draw a parallel story of both women’s and seed’s journeys, which are deeply connected and intertwined with each other.

The immense characteristic encompassed in a tiny form was something I desired to interpret in my paintings. My new series, Beej, is all about the journey of the seed within our physical and philosophical existence and its evolution in our surroundings.

 Women are an intrinsic part of rural farming in India, and their instinctive nature enables them to nurture the seed of life within and around them organically. As in my previous series exploring the synchronicity of the feminine and the natural, women are central figures in this series, too.

The earthen walls are aptly symbolic of our environment, and within the walls are seeds, like jewels sown in the land. With the right atmosphere, they will manifest into a new world with an immense bounty of treasures that we liberally receive as a gift from nature. We depend on the land for our survival and sustenance.

While the cosmos are an alluring mystery, I wish to look below, at the magic happening beneath our feet. From within the dark depths of the earth, when the rays of sun pierce the land, there is a beautiful drama of light and shadow playing out on the stage of life. As seasons change and time goes on, seeds and soil continuously create new life. This interplay of forms and patterns create a distinct mood, which I believe has a subconscious effect on our mind.

For more images and insight into her nature-inspired practice, please visit https://laasyaart.com/bharti-prajapati/ to browse our curated collection of contemporary paintings by Indian artist Bharti Prajapati. If you would like to make an appointment to see these works in person at our Indian art gallery in Palo Alto, please reach out at info@laasyaart.com or +1 650-770-9088.

[vyrtuosoart]

Guess who met Alex Brightman motherfuckers

But no seriously this was like brain chemistry altering holy fuck

[cxtxphile]

𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 imitates 𝑎𝑟𝑡

[greatgaspiads]

Chibis: Getting you places 5-7 business days faster since 1999

[volumebaixo]

Pink Hair Beej moment

Lil painted sketch i did for a moot in twitter!

[possum-quesadilla]

Sure! I thought I shared it before, lol.

The lighting is awkward due to one of my lightbulbs being out, but here’s the fanart corkboard! (The one that is censored is one I have not yet asked permission from the creator to publish)

Yeah, the fanart corkboard!

Omg show show I need to see

[raz-writes-the-thing]

More daddy dom Beetlejuice PLEASE you're so good at writing him 😭🥺❤️❤️❤️

Quick fix fix for you and your beautiful mind hehe

18+ only / fem!reader

BEETLEJUICE: @im-eating-rn @little-missscare-all @onyxvogel-official (send an ask to be added to a tag list!)

EVERYTHING: @winchxters @calliopesdiary @xxxsugarcyanidexxx

"What's that, huh? You wanna be a good girl for me?" Beej said, smirking down at you where you knelt between his legs. He sat stretched out and comfortable on his two-seater lounge. A filthy old thing, but he loved it just the same.

You nodded, running your painted nails down the length of his thighs, digging in a little in the places you knew drove him at least a little crazy.

"Y'know what t'say then, dont'cha, babe," he all but purred, reaching out to brush a cool thumb over your cheek.

"Yes daddy," you breathed out, entranced by the look on his face and the bulge you could see growing in his trousers.

"Attagirl," he replied, reaching to undo his belt and guide your mouth towards him.

"That's it, such a good girl f'me, baby. Be good f'daddy."

[santoschristos]

Sarasvati (Hindu Goddess & Buddhist Deity).

Goddess of literature, poetry and wisdom. Lama Thanka Painting School

Saraswati Beej Mantra :-

The Saraswati Beej Mantra is chanted by devotees as an offering or salutations to Devi Saraswati.

ॐ ऐं महासरस्वत्यै नमः ||

Om Aing Mahasaraswatyai Namah |

Meaning: I meditate and bow to Maha Saraswati Devi.

Hindu Goddess Saraswati is revered and worshipped as the Mother of Vedas and of learning, music, craft, wisdom, arts and auspiciousness.

[rtfics]

My studio's Halloween decorations.

My painting is the original one created as the art for the 1990 Thermos Beetlejuice lunchbox.

Tiny Beej was a toy from the 1990 Beetlejuice Vanishing Vault. He's the only part I have left.

Burger King's 2-sided Beetlejuice Kids Meal toys, 1990. Plus two PVC figures from the same year.

Many Funkos, gathered over the years.

Tiki Mug Beetlejuice with Rock Candy Lydia.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Funkos.

My Underwood typewriter.

My attic studio's windows. I painted the Beetlejuice cartoon art a few years ago. I don't put them up every year.

You can't see them clearly, but in the window is a plush Lydia and Build-A-Bear Beetlejuice.

I made Delia way smaller than Charles, but what the hell, I didn't want to redo the whole thing.

Many Beejs. 1988 Talking Beetlejuice, 2012 Neca 18' Talking Beej, and Living Dead Doll Beej. Also Fanta Beej.

For Halloween my best friend gave me these cat toys.

Which my cat Kismet was immediately interested in.

[bunnys-beetlejuice-blog]

i think actually it makes sense to only have one historical story at a time so once i finish cowboy i can write a rumrunner au

stares very hard at my pile of wips. i should work on one of these. instead of creating a 1920's prohibition jazz age au. right?

[punkrockvalkyrie]

One afternoon...

*Lydia finds Y/N up in the attic with Adam. They have pieces of plywood, nails and hinges, brushes, a hammer, and some paint surrounding them*

Lydia: Hey guys. Whatcha doing up here?

Y/N: *looks up from her work* Oh hey Lyds. Adam's helping me make a proper container to protect my dice.

Adam: I'm pretty crafty when it comes to building things. I'm happy to help out

Lydia: Is this because Beetlejuice keeps trying to eat your dice?

Y/N: *sighs in frustration* Yeah. Not only has he ignored my requests for him to leave my stuff be, I actually caught him swallowing my blue tie-dye d12 yesterday. And I just bought it three days ago!

Lydia: He ate your new d12?! It didn't even look like candy, to me at least

Adam: *pats Y/N on the shoulder* Sorry about that kiddo

Y/N: Look, all I want is for Bug Juice to leave my dice alone and not eat them. *looks at her project* I'm hoping this box will act as a deterrent and keeps my dice collection safe

Lydia: *snickers at Y/N calling BJ 'Bug Juice', then looks towards the attic door* (softly) Oh, no

Y/N: What's 'oh, no' Lyds?

*She and Adam look up to see Beetlejuice holding a small handful of Y/N's dice, about to put a cherry-red d6 in his mouth*

BJ: *notices Y/N, Adam, and Lydia* What are ya lookin' at?

Lydia: You might wanna drop the dice Beej, like now

Y/N: *slowly getting to her feet* I've told you time and time again: STOP. EATING. MY. DICE!!!

BJ: *shrugs* That sounds like a you problem, Babes.

*Y/N lets out a anger-fueled shriek and lunges at BJ*

*Adam and Lydia look at each other and sigh in exasperation*

Adam: I'll grab the band-aids and disinfectant... again

[howlingdemon13]

You could use a buddy~!

Guys, you have no idea how happy I am that this is complete! You know I'm gonna be supper obnoxious now that I can turn into a demonic ghost with mommy issues. 🤪 Anyway, some notes and thoughts on this cosplay that no one asked for and no one wants~!

First and foremost, this cosplay is sort of a clonesona. I feel like (if given the chance), Beetlejuice would play around with how his clones look. Obviously on stage it’s impossible to find actors who look identical to the lead, but I like that the fandom has embraced BJ being unable/unwilling to create clones that are a 100% physical match. If that’s the case, I’m sure he throws in a more fem-presenting clone once in a while.

This doubles as a feminine-presenting form for Beetlejuice himself, too (Toonjuice has no issue changing his gender presentation at will in a bunch of scenarios, and I like to think that Musicaljuice would be the same/similar). I guess a version of Beetlejuice that’s female would be fun, but I prefer the idea of BJ shapeshifting to look and present the way he wants to (or to have fun with unsuspecting victims).

Even from the early development of this cosplay all the way back in October, choosing between a dress and a suit was like pulling teeth. I love the suit an unhealthy amount, but I wanted something distinct from other interpretations. That, and I was hesitant to lean into the hyper-sexualized looks I’ve seen from officially licensed offshoots of the character. Beetlejuice, while a self-proclaimed sexual being, doesn’t read as the kind of entity to go from generally masc-presenting all the way to hyper-sexual fem-presenting. Also, where the hell is the grime on all these fem designs???? Why does she look clean? Cowards!

I think BJ would settle on a fem-presenting form in a suit, but I also think he’s just as comfortable in a dress regardless of the pronouns/physical characteristics he’s using at any given moment. He likes his dresses and we love him for it.

Anyway-

I wanted a dress that felt “old” but not dated,so I settled on a shirt dress. They came about in the 1920’s, but didn’t become super popular until the 50’s. The cut of Beetlejuice’s suit is somewhere between modern and a style that would have been popular in the 50’s, too.

I also think shirt dresses are pretty “neutral” in that they aren’t form-fitting and they read more like a shirt from the waist up. I didn’t want anything dainty, but I wanted some movement to the fabric, and a dress does that a bit better than a suit imo. It’s why I love Beetlejuice’s first 15 minutes on stage in the trench coat. I know it’s a callback to when we first see him in the movie, but it adds a ton of secondary movement and looks cartoony when coupled with very exaggerated movements typical of a stage show. It’s why I love watching Collette especially bounce around on stage because istg he knows this (or that him growing up with the cartoon make him really lean into over the top body language and the trench coat just adds to it).

Like, look at that! Are you seeing what I’m saying? If I could animate, that would be a dream shot!

Oops, can’t go 15 minutes without thinking of the silly.

All that is to say that movement and form in an outfit, especially one for a character as chaotic as Beetlejuice, was super important to me. It’s also why I settled on long, curly hair, kept the tie, and added a bow. All of that breaks up patterns, adds movement, and is something I can put moss on. Anyway, this cosplay has a lot of little nods to the musical, cartoon, and film (but is mostly based off of the musical).

Cartoon: bugs!! Toonjuice is sometimes seen with small beetles chilling on his suit (which he inevitably snacks on). I love the idea of Beej being covered in bugs, so I felt compelled to include them on the dress and hat. It's a subtle reference, but one that I really wanted. They’re made out of scrap polymer clay and painted. Here are a few:

Film: The guide hat! It's iconic. I know that the hat made it into very early versions of the musical and promotional materials, but how it got thrown by the wayside is beyond me.

Musical: the grime and disrepair! I was heavily inspired by an early suit that is absolutely covered in moss!

I also added a lot of grime to the shoulders and hem as a callback to later versions of the suit and especially the tour version of it. I also added some x stitches since I really like the way they look on the current tour suit!

Oh, and the banjolele! Can't forget my favorite prop!

Miscellaneous: I love giving supernatural characters pointy ears and fangs, so you best believe I’m going to do the same for BJ. Slightly related, but I love the tour makeup so much. The makeup artists really lean into Beetlejuice being corpsey and I’m here for it (I essentially combine the tour and film makeup to get the look I’m after).

Oh! And snap bracelets! I remember hardcore stimming with these as a kid to the point of destroying them (then it was goodbye snap bracelets), and you cannot tell me Beetlejuice, neurodivergent-coded demon ghost, wouldn’t be the same way. Full disclosure, I had to wrap them around metal bands because these snaps are rubber and the texture is a nightmare for me, but I was determined to include them. They’re also a substitute for Beetlejuice’s watches in the film.

God/Satan, that was a lot of rambling. If you survived all that, thanks for reading!

[xxghost-zombie-jesus]

I would love to hear your opinions on Beej and Charles' relationship... Its always so fun to explore

dont mind me answering this two years later. i don't have an excuse im just a lil slow. it got long so it's under a readmore!

i like to think things are super rocky right off the bat. charles distrusts been the most in the beginning, after all, when he looks at the demon all he can remember is how he tried to marry his daughter, drove her and subsequently him to the netherworld, tried to kill delia, adam, and barbara, and made a mess of the house and their lives. so he isn't exactly please when beej is unceremoniously dumped onto his literal front steps. he is... cordial to the demon, not wanting to accidentally set Beetlejuice off and cause another Incident.

beej avoids charles a lot in the beginning. he has Mommy and Daddy issues, mainly from juno being, well, herself and his father not being around. (and honestly beej isn't sure if his father left him or was eaten by his mother, but he still holds out hope.) so another parent, especially someone who is genuinely angry and distrustful of him, and not in a 'god you're so annoying' way but in a 'you are a threat to my family way'. like, delia gets spooked by him easily, but she was probably the least affected by his outburst, and he helped her realize otho was a scam artist. the maitlands aren't exactly threatened by him, and quickly come to realize he's kind of... harmless. and lydia still considers him her best friend, even after the whole sham wedding/trying to kill everyone/killing him ordeal. but Charles? he's the only one who is not willing to deal with beej and his antics, nor does the man seem willing to move past the, well, past.

so, yeah, things are tense between them in the beginning. both of them feel threatened, and while beej is prone to lashing out when he feels threatened, charles is the quiet, calculating, take no shit. unstoppable force, immovable object. the few times they interact one-on-one doesn't go well, usually ends up in an argument, or worse, and the threat of sending beej back to the netherworld hangs heavy.

but, charles sees how beetlejuice acts around lydia, how he acts around the maitlands, hell, how he acts around delia. he's completely different than when charles originally met the demon. he's actually... more like a person than the mindless killing machine that charles thinks he is, and while he loaths to change his mind about the being who caused so much havoc and pain for his family, charles starts to doubt that he may have been wrong about beetlejuice. and then when delia implores that he just try and bond with beej, he really isn't so bad, they have a lot more in common that charles would think, he finally gives in and tries.

likewise, beetlejuice sees how charles acts around the rest of the household, the easy coparenting routines that he and the maitlands have developed regarding lydia. the calm discussions in the morning and the shared tv times in the evenings. he sees how charles is with delia, the gentleness and the love that's visible even to beetlejuice, eugh. the willingless to play along with her ideas and life coaching. he sees how charles is with lydia, the near desperation in his actions to make his daughter feel seen, feel loved, feel like he will always be there for her. how he begrudgingly builds her a dark room and allows her to paint her bedroom walls black. and he'd never say he was jealous, not if his undead life depended on it, but, honestly, he is. he wants so badly for charles to like him, hasn't what he's done to atone enough? hasn't he changed enough? but, fine, if charles won't like him, he can play along and make the man's life a living hell with pranks and comments and toeing the line of what is and isn't allowed.

and then charles finds out that despite being over 1000 years old, his age roughly correlates with that of a young adult, college-aged, even. charles, honestly, isn't sure that beej would even be of age for drinking, if he were human. he realizes that the demon's lashing out and acting up around him wasn't because he hates charles, its because he's a shitty young adult who has no idea who he is other than how others perceive him, who obviously got little to no parental love and guidance, who is fiercely protective of lydia, has taken her under his wing and would do just about anything in his power to make her happy. charles notices him eagerly playing along with delia's beliefs, never shutting her down or making her feel like she's crazy, but instead encouraging her to life her life how she wants to. he sees how beetlejuice had toned down the sexual jokes and innuendos at their behest, how he's done a complete 180 when he realized that they didn't enjoy his advances. he wants to be included but has stopped pushing and prodding for their attention.

and its when charles realizes that beej is basically just a hurt, scard, kind of angry yet doubtlessly kind kid that beetlejuice gets himself into some deep shit, and charles has to go save his ass. and its not for lydia's sake, well, at first it was, he'd hate to disappoint his daughter by letting something happen to the demon she's basically adopted as an older brother, but when he sees how genuinely hurt and upset beej is, something changes in their dynamic.

charles stops being so closed off to beej, starts including him in things, talking to him of his own accord, trying to be there for the demon like he is lydia. after all, he's no longer a freeloader, a dangerous demon on a hair trigger to charles anymore. he's just a troubled 20-something who just happens to be a demon. this doesn't exactly go well, beej isn't quick to judge, and the sudden change is so offputting to him that he thinks that charles is Up To Something.

because whenever juno started being nice to him, well, she either wanted something from him, or was about to make his life a living hell and fuck him over one hundred and one ways. so charles, someone he's lowkey started to think as a surrogate father even if he won't even admit it to himself let alone anyone else, suddenly acting like he wanted beej around, like he likes the demon? no he doesn't trust that. so he ups his antics tenfold, trying to piss charles off, trying to make things go back to how they were before.

and then this fic happens and, well, beej has to admit that charles does like him, and is trying to show it, and isn't out to get him, or kick him out, or kill him. its hard for both of them, but its a lot more positive than it had been before.

all this to say, i think they have a kind of father-son relationship, though not at first, and not for a hot second. both of them are resistant of getting along until both internal and external forces make them change, and even from there charles trying to kind of mother hen beej doesn't go well at first. but they figure things out

[mastersprogram]

BEEJ SKETCH DUMP 💚🪲

- Figuring Out the style of how I draw him (mainly with His Hair, as you can See)

Reference sketches! (weren’t for the limit of pics I’d share which ones I used!)

My trolljuice design back again :D

And for last I used my Grabie Paint Pens!

[freakydeakyshoe]

Musicalbabes where they paint each other's nails and wake each other up with kisses and bake together. Musicalbabes where Beej age regresses and Lydia is "Momma". Musicalbabes where Lydia cuts/dyes BJ's hair because he has a hard time with sharp objects. Musicalbabes where they whisper how much they love each other and fall asleep in each other's arms

Musicalbabes 😭 😭 😭 /pos

[prismatica-the-strange]

Graveyard Flowers | Too Much for the Club to Take

Warnings: 18+, smut, oral (fem receiving), masturbation, death, blood

This goes just before the end of A Few Stipulations

Earthquake by Family Force 5

"That's it, sweetheart," He murmurs in her ear, his ands holding her hips from behind, "Y'know you're actually pretty good at this."

"Would you shut it?" She snaps, "I'm trying to concentrate."

"Right, right..." He leans slightly closer and nips at her earlobe, making her jump.

The startle causes a a lightbulb down the hall to pop and one of the window panels she'd been frosting to crack.

"Wh-who the hell are you?"

"Great," She huffs, "He can see us now. Happy?"

The three of them share a look and Beetlejuice rights himself and straightens his suit, "I'll take care of this, toots."

"What the hell did you just call me?" She scoffs, "How many times do I have to tell you to stop calling me that?"

He stops mid-step and turns back to look at her, "Is now really the time?"

"It never is with you!"

"Now? You wanna do this now?" It takes a second, but he sees a familiar fire in her eyes he hasn't seen since he was tethered to their old house, "Ah, so that's what this is about."

Her feet slide across the floor until she's right in front of him and his hands are back on her hips.

"Beej..."

He snorts and leans in close to her face, "I gotcha all hot and bothered, didn't I?"

"Shut the fuck up," She murmurs before she pulls him against her by his tie. She tugs at his bottom lip, making him groan.

They hear footsteps rapidly running off.

"He's gettin' away."

"The doors are locked, where's he gonna go?"

He snaps his fingers and the guy, she doesn't think they ever got a name, but he come flying down the hallway, screaming and landing heavily in an armchair. He struggles when the upholstery comes to life and secures him there. When he tries to yell for help, his mouth completely vanishes from his face.

"Now," He turns back to Ro, "Where were we- whoa! Hey!"

Tendrils wrap around his wrists and throat and pull him back against the wall.

"I should probably tell you, my safeword is Honolulu," He grins.

She's rough as she undoes his pants, rubbing him through his underwear.

"You get hard when I so much as breathe in you're direction, do you really think you get to be a tease when you finally get a rise out of me?" She taunts and he shudders under her touch.

She's suddenly the one pressed against the wall as he holds her face and kisses her messily. He groans into her mouth when she squeezes him and she feels her back slide up the wall.

She kicks off and slams his back into the ceiling, making him chuckle. Her clothes fall all at once, in a pile on the floor beneath them as she straddles his waist.

This time when he makes a move for her tits she doesn't slap him, but arches into his touch.

"There's my slut," A second set of hands grip her hips and pull her up his body, "You're in for a wild ride, sweetcheeks."

He doesn't ease her in, just pins her thighs to his face and goes to town on her cunt.

The room shakes when she gasps and she falls forward against the ceiling tiles.

"Fuck- Beej!" Her nails leave deep gouges, cracking through the hard material at the feeling of his tongue.

It's not long before she's fucking herself on his face, the whole building shaking with every rock of her hips.

Every little sound and movement makes his cock throb and he can't help himself when one of his duplicate hands pulls it out and starts jacking it.

He moans against her clit and she grips his hair, chest heaving at the feeling of her quickly approaching orgasm.

"Beetlejuice!" Her mouth falls open, vision going white when she cums.

The way she gushes on his tongue pushes him over the edge and he paints her back with his own cum.

Windows rattle and crack when he doesn't let up, and the building shudders. There's a clink and the sound of a muffled scream as the chandelier beside them falls.

They both freeze and look down at the breather they were sent to scare, now dead under the lighting fixture.

Between heavy breaths, Ro manages an exasperated, "Fuck."

"And that's when the chandelier fell?"

Beej and Rosie are sat across the desk from Wolf, their clothes and hair still mussed from their earlier physical exertions.

"Yeah, something like that," Beetlejuice shrugs, trying not to grin too hard.

The detective pauses for a moment.

"On the ceiling?"

"She's a freak, this one," He chuckles and Ro doubles over in her chair to hide her face in her hands, "Took me by surprise too."

"Shut up, Beej!"

Wolf shakes his head slightly, "Hell of a way to die."

"Got a hell of a show."

"Beetlejuice!"