The Interconnectedness of Life

The Los Altos community and visitors helped paint this new, temporary mural at the Los Altos Arts & Wine Festival, July 2025. Volunteers for Arts Los Altos recently installed the mural located on the side of the State Street Market facing Third Street.

Rastogi’s art has been highly influenced by the tribal and folk arts of her native India.  Her art ranges from wall murals, to large and small mandala canvases, chalk mandalas on pavement, henna decorations on skin, smaller craft projects and to food art.  Rastogi’s art is elegant, boldly colored and enhanced by fine detail.  She is particularly drawn to the mandala which she sees as a motif of completeness and integrity.  She begins the design with a central circle which radiates out to bigger and fuller patterns.

The Arts Los Altos mural painting at the Arts and Wine Festival was designed to allow several painters to work simultaneously, each completing a small mural section. It was exciting to watch brilliant colors and intricate patterns emerging on the canvas as painters as young as 7 years old participated.

Come and take a look at how powerful the mandala looks in this wonderful location. The little mirrors create quite a reflection.