European and Italian Renaissance influences, together with Indian decorative elements and a spiritual ethos ? Elaborately drawn and brightly colored suite articulates the great heroic epic The epic Mahabharata, eulogized and worshiped by devotees worldwide, takes center stage in the artists current creative repertoire. Tomassettis paintings, mostly in large size and bold colors, engage with the phenomenal Sanskrit epic of ancient India. As the title suggests it is a mahan (great) narration about bharatbaraga (descendants of Bharat/India), inscribed millennia ago by rishi Vyasadeva, around 400 BCE. Revered as a significant civilizational marker, the Mahabharata is the longest epic poem ever written. In its original, full form, it contains