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Art highlights
Early Highlights
19 November 1974
Sri Chinmoy starts painting in a hotel room in Ottawa, Canada. His first painting is a red rose.
He uses the artistic pen-name ‘C.K.G.’ — for Sri Chinmoy Kumar Ghose
10 December 1974
Completes first 1,000 paintings
26 February 1975
Completes 1,000 paintings in 21 hours and completes first 10,000 paintings
11 April 1975
Completes eleven large paintings, 4’ x 8’ that are displayed at Columbia University on April 12
3 October 1975
Completes first 100,000 paintings in less than one year
16 November 1975
Completes 16,031 paintings in 24 hours
29 April 1976
Paints a 12’ x 27’ canvas entitled ‘Larger than the Largest’ in under 2 hours
30 April 1977
Paints a 13’ x 70’ canvas entitled ‘C.K.G. Transcends’
10 September 1977
Paints
a 13’ x 25’ canvas entitled ‘Journey’s Battle-Victory’ in 47 minutes
which is later exhibited on a billboard in California near Fisherman’s
Wharf sponsored by the Eyes and Ears Foundation
Cycling trip to Kerry
Ottawa International Self-Transcendence 24 Hour Race
