Paintings by Mody Thomas

World’s longest painting title

2010-05-24T12:38:00.002+05:30

‘The affection, admiration, abundance, compassion, composure, cheerfulness, contentment, courage, delight, excitement, fulfillment, gratefulness, harmony, interest, intimacy, integrity, modesty, relaxation and the togetherness of lovers standing under the bountifully elegant and outstandingly vivacious tree of goodness, richness and enchantment’.

(346 characters with space or 308 without space)

36 in x 48 in

(91 cm x 121cm)

Acrylic on canvas

Price on request

This painting has also received another

Record from the Limca Book of Records(India)

Please see the certificate below.

The delight and feeling of love is captured in a delicate mood in this painting. The gazes of the lovers are not into the eyes but all the way inside to their soul. The charming tree at the background is a symbolic representation of this lavishly graceful and refined emotion. Folds of woman’s dress is embellished with ‘I love you’ in 122 languages. The languages are written in alphabetic order starting from Afrikaans.

In several cases the language is not specified in the respective script. English script has been used, and the words are pronounced roughly as they are spelled. The first fold from left contains languages starting with letters A, B and C. For all languages mentioned, please refer the details below.

1^ST & 10^TH FOLD

1. Afrikaans
— Ek is lief vir jou

2. Akan (

Ghana

)
— Me dor wo

3. Albanian
— Te dashuroj

4. Alentejano (

Portugal

)
— Gosto de ti, porra!

5. Arabic
— Ana behibak (female to male)
— Ana behibek (male to female)

6. Armenian
— Yes kez si'rumem

7. Assamese (

India

)
— Moi tomak bhal pau

8. Basque
— Nere maitea (means "my love")
— Maite zaitut (means "I love you")

9. Bavarian
— I mog di narrisch gern

10. Bemba
— Ndikufuna

11. Bengali (

India

)
— Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi
— Ami tomay bhalobashi

12. Berber
— Lakh tirikh

13. Bolivian Quechua
— Qanta munani

14. Brazilian / Portuguese
— Eu te amo (pronounced 'eiu chee amu')

15. Bulgarian
— Obicham te

16. Burmese
— Chit pa de

17. Canadian French
— Je t'adore ("I love you")

18. Chinese
— Ngo oi ney (Cantonese dialect)
— Wo ay ni (Mandarin dialect)

2^ND FOLD

19. Creol
— Mi aime jou

20. Croatian (familiar)
— Ja te volim (used in proper speech)

21. Czech
— Miluji te

22. Danish
— Jeg elsker dig (see also dialect Friesian)

23. Dutch
— Ik hou van je

3^RD FOLD

24. Esperanto
— Mi amas vin

25. Farsi
— Tora dost daram ("I love you")

26. Filipino
— Mahal ka ta

27. Finnish
— Rakastan sinua

28. French
— Je t'aime

29. German
— Ich liebe dich

30. Greek
— S'ayapo (spoken "s'agapo",

31. Greenlandic
— Asavakit

32. Gujurati (

India

and

Pakistan

)
— Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.
— Hoon tuney chaoon chhoon ('n' is nasal,

33. Hausa (

Nigeria

)
— Ina sonki

34. Hawaiian
— Aloha wau ia 'oe

35. Hebrew
— Anee ohev otakh (male to female)
— Anee ohevet otkha (female to male)

36. Hindi (

India

)
Mai tumse pyar karta hoon (male to female)
Mai tumse pyar karti hoon (female to male)

4^TH FOLD

37. Hungarian
— Szeretlek -use this one

38. Ibaloi (Phillipines)
— Pip-piyan taha

39. Icelandic
— Eg elska thig (pronounced 'yeg l-ska thig')

40. Indonesian

— Saya cinta kamu

41. Italian
— Ti amo (relationship/lover/spouse)

42. Irish
— Taim i' ngra leat

43. Japanese
— Kimi o ai shiteru
— Aishiteru

44. Javanese
— Kulo tresno

45. Kannada (

India

)
— Naanu Ninnanu Preethisuthene

46. Kikongo
— Mono ke zola nge (mono ke' zola nge')

47. Klingon
— qamuSHa ("I love you")

48. Korean
— Tangsinul sarang ha o

49. Kurdish
— Min te xushvet

50. Lao
— Khoi hak jao

51. Luo (Kenia)
— Aheri

52. Luxembourgish
— Ech hun dech gar

53. Latin
— Te amo
— Vos amo

54. Latvian
— Es tevi milu (pronounced 'es tevy meelu')

55. Lebanese
— Bahibak

56. Lingala
— Nalingi yo

57. Lithuanian
— As tave myliu

58. Luxembourgish
— Ech hun dech gar

59. Maa
— Ilolenge

60. Madrid lingo
— Me molas, tronca!

61. Maiese
— Wa wa

62. Malay
— Saya cintamu

63. English
— I love you

64. Spanish
— Te amo

65. Russian
— Ya tyebya lyublyu

66. Malayalam (

India

)
— Njyaan ninne premikyunnu

67. Malaysian
— Saya cintamu

68. Marshallese
— Yokwe Yuk

69. Mohawk
— Konoronhkwa

70. Mongolian
— Be Chamad Hairtai (very personal)

71. Moroccan
— Kanbhik

72. Norwegian
— Jeg elsker deg

73. Nyanja
— Ninatemba

5^TH FOLD

74. Oriya (

India

)
— Moon Tumakoo Prema Kare

75. Marathi
— Mi tuzya var prem karato

76. Pakistani
— Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai

77. Punjabi (

India

)
— Mai taunu pyar Karda

78. Portuguese/Brazilian
— Eu te amo (pronounced 'eiu chee amu')

79. Polish
— Kocham cie

80. Osetian
— Aez dae warzyn

6^TH FOLD

81. Quenya
— Tye-melane

82. Romanian
— Te ador

83. Sanskrit
— Anurag

84. Serbian
— Ja te volim

85. Singhalese (

Sri Lanka

)
— Mama oyata adarei

86. Spanish (

Argentina

)
— Te re-quiero

87. Swahili
— Nakupenda

88. Swedish
— Jag alskar dig

89. Syrian/Lebanese
— Bhebbek (male to female)
— Bhebbak (female to male)

90. Tahitian
— Ua Here Vau Ia Oe

91. Tamil (

India

)
— Naan unnai kaathalikiren

92. Telugu (

India

)
— Nenu ninnu premistunnanu

93. Thai
— Khao raak thoe

94. Tunisian
— Ha eh bak

95. Turkish
— Sizi seviyorum

7^TH FOLD

96. Scot-Gaelic
— Tha gr`adh agam ort

97. Serbocroatian
— Volim te

98. Sesotho
— Kiyahurata (pronounced as Kee-ya--hoo-rata)

99. Shona
— Ndinokuda

100. Sioux
— Techihhila

101. Skopian
— Te ljubam

102. Slovak
— Lubim ta

103. Slovene
— Ljubim te

104. Somalian
— Waan ku jeclahay

105. Tswana
— Ke a go rata

106. Tshiluba
— Ndi mukusua

107. Tumbuka
— Nkhukutemwa

108. Twi (

Ghana

)
— Me dowapaa

109. Ukrainian
— Ja tebe kokhaju

110. Urdu (

India

and

Pakistan

)
— Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai

111. Vietnamese
— Anh yeu em (male to female)
— Em yeu anh (female to male)

112. Vai
— Na lia

113. Vulcan (Mr.Spock)
— Wani ra yana ro aisha

8^TH and 9^THFOLD

114. Welsh
— Rwy'n dy garu di.

115. Yugoslavian
— Ja te volim

116. Varmlandska
— Du ar gorgo te mag

117.

Venda

— Ndi a ni funa

118. Yiddish
— Kh'hob dikh lib

119. Yucatec Maya
— 'in k'aatech

120. Zazi (Kurdish)
— Ezhele hezdege

121. Zulu
— Ngiyakuthanda (pronounced NGee-ya--koo--tanda)

122. Zuni
— Tom ho'ichema

World's longest titled painting

2007-08-15T20:45:00.000+05:30

Based on the theme of Love, this art work has ‘I LOVE YOU’ illustrated in 122 languages

World's longest titled painting

(346 characters with space or 308 without space)

36 in x 48 in

(91 cm x 121cm)

2007

Acrylic on canvas

Price on request

This painting is a celebration of our most wonderful emotion called Love

The feeling of love

Under the tree of goodness, richness and enchantment

'I Love You' in 122 languages on the dress
(click on the image for a larger view)

Folds of woman’s dress is embellished with ‘I love you’ in 122 languages. The languages are written in alphabetic order starting from Afrikaans.

In several cases the language is not specified in the respective script. English script has been used, and the words are pronounced roughly as they are spelled.
The first fold from left contains languages starting with letters A, B and C. For all languages mentioned, please refer the details below.

1^ST & 10^TH FOLD

1. Afrikaans
— Ek is lief vir jou

2. Akan (Ghana)
— Me dor wo

3. Albanian
— Te dashuroj

4. Alentejano (Portugal)
— Gosto de ti, porra!

5. Arabic
— Ana behibak (female to male)
— Ana behibek (male to female)

6. Armenian
— Yes kez si'rumem

7. Assamese (India)
— Moi tomak bhal pau

8. Basque
— Nere maitea (means "my love")
— Maite zaitut (means "I love you")

9. Bavarian
— I mog di narrisch gern

10. Bemba
— Ndikufuna

11. Bengali (India)
— Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi
— Ami tomay bhalobashi

12. Berber
— Lakh tirikh

13. Bolivian Quechua
— Qanta munani

14. Brazilian / Portuguese
— Eu te amo (pronounced 'eiu chee amu')

15. Bulgarian
— Obicham te

16. Burmese
— Chit pa de

17. Canadian French
— Je t'adore ("I love you")

18. Chinese
— Ngo oi ney (Cantonese dialect)
— Wo ay ni (Mandarin dialect)

2^ND FOLD

19. Creol
— Mi aime jou

20. Croatian (familiar)
— Ja te volim (used in proper speech)

21. Czech
— Miluji te

22. Danish
— Jeg elsker dig

23. Dutch
— Ik hou van je

3^RD FOLD

24. Esperanto
— Mi amas vin

25. Farsi
— Tora dost daram ("I love you")

26. Filipino
— Mahal ka ta

27. Finnish
— Rakastan sinua

28. French
— Je t'aime

29. German
— Ich liebe dich

30. Greek
— S'ayapo (spoken "s'agapo",

31. Greenlandic
— Asavakit

32. Gujurati (India and Pakistan)
— Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.
— Hoon tuney chaoon chhoon ('n' is nasal,

33. Hausa (Nigeria)
— Ina sonki

34. Hawaiian
— Aloha wau ia 'oe

35. Hebrew
— Anee ohev otakh (male to female)
— Anee ohevet otkha (female to male)

36. Hindi (India)
Mai tumse pyar karta hoon (male to female)
Mai tumse pyar karti hoon (female to male)

4^TH FOLD

37. Hungarian
— Szeretlek -use this one

38. Ibaloi (Phillipines)
— Pip-piyan taha

39. Icelandic
— Eg elska thig (pronounced 'yeg l-ska thig')

40. Indonesian

— Saya cinta kamu

41. Italian
— Ti amo (relationship/lover/spouse)

42. Irish
— Taim i' ngra leat

43. Japanese
— Kimi o ai shiteru
— Aishiteru

44. Javanese
— Kulo tresno

45. Kannada (India)
— Naanu Ninnanu Preethisuthene

46. Kikongo
— Mono ke zola nge (mono ke' zola nge')

47. Klingon
— qamuSHa ("I love you")

48. Korean
— Tangsinul sarang ha o

49. Kurdish
— Min te xushvet

50. Lao
— Khoi hak jao

51. Luo (Kenia)
— Aheri

52. Luxembourgish
— Ech hun dech gar

53. Latin
— Te amo
— Vos amo

54. Latvian
— Es tevi milu (pronounced 'es tevy meelu')

55. Lebanese
— Bahibak

56. Lingala
— Nalingi yo

57. Lithuanian
— As tave myliu

58. Luxembourgish
— Ech hun dech gar

59. Maa
— Ilolenge

60. Madrid lingo
— Me molas, tronca!

61. Maiese
— Wa wa

62. Malay
— Saya cintamu

63. English
— I love you

64. Spanish
— Te amo

65. Russian
— Ya tyebya lyublyu

66. Malayalam (India)
— Njyaan ninne premikyunnu

67. Malaysian
— Saya cintamu

68. Marshallese
— Yokwe Yuk

69. Mohawk
— Konoronhkwa

70. Mongolian
— Be Chamad Hairtai (very personal)

71. Moroccan
— Kanbhik

72. Norwegian
— Jeg elsker deg

73. Nyanja
— Ninatemba

5^TH FOLD

74. Oriya (India)
— Moon Tumakoo Prema Kare

75. Marathi
— Mi tuzya var prem karato

76. Pakistani
— Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai

77. Punjabi (India)
— Mai taunu pyar Karda

78. Portuguese/Brazilian
— Eu te amo (pronounced 'eiu chee amu')

79. Polish
— Kocham cie

80. Osetian
— Aez dae warzyn

6^TH FOLD

81. Quenya
— Tye-melane

82. Romanian
— Te ador

83. Sanskrit
— Anurag

84. Serbian
— Ja te volim

85. Singhalese (Sri Lanka)
— Mama oyata adarei

86. Spanish (Argentina)
— Te re-quiero

87. Swahili
— Nakupenda

88. Swedish
— Jag alskar dig

89. Syrian/Lebanese
— Bhebbek (male to female)
— Bhebbak (female to male)

90. Tahitian
— Ua Here Vau Ia Oe

91. Tamil (India)
— Naan unnai kaathalikiren

92. Telugu (India)
— Nenu ninnu premistunnanu

93. Thai
— Khao raak thoe

94. Tunisian
— Ha eh bak

95. Turkish
— Sizi seviyorum

7^TH FOLD

96. Scot-Gaelic
— Tha gr`adh agam ort

97. Serbocroatian
— Volim te

98. Sesotho
— Kiyahurata

(pronounced Kee-ya--hoo-rata)

99. Shona
— Ndinokuda

100. Sioux
— Techihhila

101. Skopian
— Te ljubam

102. Slovak
— Lubim ta

103. Slovene
— Ljubim te

104. Somalian
— Waan ku jeclahay

105. Tswana
— Ke a go rata

106. Tshiluba
— Ndi mukusua

107. Tumbuka
— Nkhukutemwa

108. Twi (Ghana)
— Me dowapaa

109. Ukrainian
— Ja tebe kokhaju

110. Urdu (India and Pakistan)
— Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai

111. Vietnamese
— Anh yeu em (male to female)
— Em yeu anh (female to male)

112. Vai
— Na lia

113. Vulcan (Mr.Spock)
— Wani ra yana ro aisha

8^TH FOLD & 9^THFOLD

114. Welsh
— Rwy'n dy garu di.

115. Yugoslavian
— Ja te volim

116. Varmlandska
— Du ar gorgo te mag

117. Venda — Ndi a ni funa

118. Yiddish
— Kh'hob dikh lib

119. Yucatec Maya
— 'in k'aatech

120. Zazi (Kurdish)
— Ezhele hezdege

121. Zulu
— Ngiyakuthanda (pronounced NGee-ya--koo--tanda)

122. Zuni
— Tom ho'ichema

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Scattering rainbow

2007-07-24T02:07:00.000+05:30

scattering rainbow

22 in x 23 in

Owned by Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam,
Former President of India

Paintings from my 'sexta hora' (noon) & 'Mriya' series

2007-07-06T22:41:00.000+05:30

Kathakali (2005)

22” x 25”

Acrylic on canvas

Man I have not seen at noon (2005)

23” x 28”

Acrylic on canvas

Series: noon

Story teller at noon (2005)

22” x 28”

Acrylic on canvas

Series: noon

Cognition

20" x 24"

Acrylic on canvas

Series: mriya

Sexta hora, the theme

2007-04-17T23:19:00.000+05:30

Sexta hora is the Spanish for noon

Every moment has a tale to tell. To narrate the moment that has gone by, even before I could unfold my fist, I have chosen to stand by as a spectator.

I have been there and seen it …………… to my observation the event was incomplete. There were images I have not seen …..I am yet to see……….at noon.

Mriya

2007-04-17T00:10:00.000+05:30

Mriya is the Ukrainian word for dream

Mriya is an attempt on the part of the unconscious to bring about

our most wonderful potentials as human beings. The tints and

shades of Mriya have been imbued by the hues of fashion. This social

association has encouraged me to seek a cognitive approach

in interpreting Mriya in its full richness and depth.

Transformation

2007-04-14T22:25:00.000+05:30

Transformation
2004
20 in x 24 in
series: Mriya

sold

Ego

2007-04-10T00:29:00.001+05:30

Ego
2004
20 in x 24 in
acrylic on canvas
series: Mriya

sold

Drizzle

2007-03-14T03:58:00.000+05:30

Drizzle
2006
20 in x 30 in
acrylic on canvas
series : sexta hora

sold

Awakening

2007-03-12T05:09:00.000+05:30

Awakening

2006

20 in x 24 in

acrylic on canvas
series: noon

Faces

2007-03-04T04:58:00.000+05:30

Faces
2005
23 in x 22 in
acrylic on canvas
series: sexta hora

Couple at noon

2007-03-02T02:31:00.000+05:30

Couple
2005
acrylic on canvas
22 in x 28 in
series: sexta hora

Dot and Polka dots

2007-02-24T03:19:00.000+05:30

Dot and Polka dots

2005

23 in x 28 in

acrylic on canvas

series: Sexta hora

Trees I have not seen at Noon

2007-02-24T02:40:00.000+05:30

Trees I have not seen at Noon
2005
acrylic on canvas
24 in x 28 in
series: sexta hora

Psychograph

2007-02-24T02:20:00.000+05:30

Psychograph
2005
acrylic on canvas
24 in x 28 in
series : sexta hora