The Sunset

Medium: Oil Pastels on Sandboard
Size: 18" X 16"

The inspiration behind this painting was Banaras. But I let the painting remain very abstract and that was achieved by using "less is more" approach. This was a sort of study where I tried to work with minimum strokes and played with colors. The use of red and orange for the boatman in foreground was deliberate for the obvious reason that warm colors appear nearer and therefore achieved depth. I took complete advantage of the excellent texture which the sandpaper provides.

It's Spring time

Medium: Glass Painting

This painting is all about the play of complimentary colors...violet to yellow and blue to orange. Painted the Tiger lilies varying the values of orange and yellow to add more depth, realism and interest in the composition. And I love the way butterfly stands out. I purposely made the flowers on the bottom left violet and blue in color to create harmony.

Calcutta Street Scene

Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas
Size: 10" X 8"

This is a miniature piece of art. Here I have used warm colors like browns and blacks and yellows...And this one was liked so much that I ended up making 2 extra copies. I generally do not repeat my work but this one turned out to be an exception.

Interesting thing here is...that the inspiration behind this painting was a photograph in the newspaper. Also I looked at some street photo from calcutta and I really liked it. The photograph was black and white and months later I made this painting. And I just love it.

It does not happen always that you try create something new and you finally like it and fall in love with it. But this is one main reason why I love painting !

Bull Finch

Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size : 16" X 12"

Bull Finch...looks so much like a sparrow yet so different... more colorful.....mostly green with little red...is what catches the eye. Happy with final outcome but the feathers...could have been done more loosely....Just wanted to complete it in one go......

Here and there I feel like making changes but something from within told me stop...else it will look overdone.....