An offbeat work from my private collection.

An offbeat work of mine that i love. (its in my private collection) There are very few I remember that explore man-woman-animal relationship. It was done in 1990

One more year of Bhopal Gas Tragedy - 25th year this time

One more year of Gas tragedy has elapsed. and this time we will be having its 25th Year.

It pains to even remember those moments. As I mentioned in my earlier posts here. It has been horrible. Just imagine that the people still have not got what was due to them.

As I mentioned in my earlier posts about my writeup. I wanted to put a decently typed version for all of my readers. Unfortunately, most typists of Bhopal only have English Keyboards. Eventually I did fish a guy in Old City who did type it for me and took print outs. (God bless him) . But before he could give me the soft copy his computer went down with Virus. Even second day he was unable to recover his data and that soft copy. Hence Just posting the pics of those printouts for those interested in reading my personal experience of those days in Hindi. (Its english translation will take some time to come) .

Although my medium is colors and not text still I am hopeful you are able to appreciate the hindi version . Attached here (6MB - 3 pics )

Studio at present

Big Black and Whilte canvas at the right hand was hanging in my drawing room since quite long time. Felt like making a few more works on the theme.

Do you notice that there is a tiny speck of red on that black and white painting.

Last time I was sitting with an astrologer he mentioned my Kundali has something that points to this behavior. India is incredible. People fish out relationships from strange places.

Perhaps its men's quest to find meaning in everything. otherwise how do you explain my behavior. I just can not finish a painting which does not have at least a tiny speck of RED in it.

Meetup on 13th Nov at my Studio

Yesterday had invited a group of artists to my studio to showcase my works. I sincerely hope to make it a yearly event.

Bhopal has really matured in all these years as an Art hub. At least now its not very difficult to find serious creative artists. Something that was very difficult say before Bharat Bhawan put Bhopal on the art map for India.

I believe I have refused to be a slave to style. and have experimented with various techniques. Size has never been a hinderance So you will find a small 12x8 inch work along side a few huge 72x 108.

Ganesha , Horses, Wave, poetry in Colour and Landscapes are already what you might be familier with, Of all these works which are not in the website are Benares Series, which is very close to my heart

Horses on the run ..

have been working on a few horses. Here is a work in progress.

Bhopal Gas Tragedy - an old writeup

Those who know India might be aware that Diwali/Dussehra is the time of the year when we do a thorough cleanup of entire home.. Its a messy affair so lets get straight to point.

I found an old writeup while doing the yearly cleanup. This should be around the some time after the Bhopal gas disaster. I still remember the melancholy hidden in every stroke. Reading it, felt bittersweet.

The write up (in my mother tongue - Hindi is definately better) contains the similar thoughts i had crudely translated in my older post (dec2 2008). Do follow the link if you want to see the paintings that ensued.

Windmills

(click on photograph to enjoy the high res image)

It was raining cats and dogs while travelling via Dewas from Indore to Bhopal.

The windmills were shrouded in rain clouds and an atmosphere like above ensued.

Returned from Trip to Pune and Nasik

Just returned from my trip from Pune and Triyambhakeshwar. Nashik.
A memorable trip. Nature and the Landscapes were as if coming alive for/from my paintings.

A fallen tree was like a giant sculpture.

My Yesterday

Yesterday was Makar Sankranti as well as Sakat Chouth

Sakat Chouth and makar sankranti means 2 kind of Khichdis (white/yelllow) the taste is magically superior compared to any other day. Also lot of Til Gud. It was also my grad daughters birthday. Simply marvelous stuff.

So many things to celebrate so little time. Thats how is India.

ArtScape- India Art Gallery

ArtScapes, show of India Art Gallery has begin - on till 15 Jan 09.

These guys are really doing some amazing work to promote Indian Artists. The 'thing' I like is that they provide such a eclectica of works that their exhibition are really a feast for the eyes. They have a mix of figurative as well as abstract art. Sculptures as well. I guess their gallery space should be one of the largest in Maharastra replete with fabulous lighting arrangement. Recently they did an exhibition of works by Shantiniketan artists.

One of my Horse trio is on display in Pune at IndiaArt Gallery.

A work I earlier blogged about here and here has appeared on the brochure as well. Unfortunately, due to some issues it was not framed.



There is no substitute to visiting the gallery in person at

Indiaart Gallery
At Kala Chhaya,
270/D, Patrakar Nagar Road,
Opp. Vikhe Patil School,
Off Senapati Bapat Road,
Pune 411016
India

However they have also kept an online show here

Enjoy :)