SHE Cares - painting for a cause - Online Art Show - 'SHE' - Woman'ess and Beyond

 Proud to be a part of an art show created for the cause of ' Right to quality education for the children of Dream School Foundation - and NGO of Bengaluru. 

I painted this Mother and Child specially for this purpose and is now displayed on the Online Group Art Show called ' SHE' - Woman'ess and Beyond. This is an initiative by Mrs Shyamala Ramanand - Creative Head of Akanksha Group Art Shows and Festivals. In this show which celebrates the Women's Day of March 2021, all artists have pledged 40% of their proceeds of the show to the Dream School Foundation NGO and the show starting 8th March will go through for one month till 8th April 2021. Visit Akanksha Art to view 41 paintings of 41 participating artists. 

 

SHE Cares

30x20 inches

Acrylic on canvas

Akanksha Online Art Show - 'SHE'- Woman'ess and Beyond

I have portrayed on canvas using a limited palette of just Cerulean Blue and Cadmium Orange - A young woman loveingly cares and is carryling her child on her slim waist. This being a normal way to carrying a child in our society. A child indeed feels the warmth the mother's love and also has the advantage of viewing the world from a higher plane seated on it's mother's arms.

It is a very comfortable way of taking care of child for the Mom too, as she can carry on with most of her duties this way. Some of us may have experienced this beautiful stage of life on Mother's Arms.

Breeze Through - Abstract Painting

Delving into the abstraction of Nature. As Nature itself is a true abstract, how does one get going with it?
It was fun painting this piece.

Breeze through

Original Abstract Painting

Acrylic on stretched canvas

size 16x20 inches

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Sankey Tank painting

I visited the Sankey Tank of Bengaluru for the first time when an art show was arranged by 'Namma Bangaluru'. I was given a stall to display my paintings. As most of my paintings are inspired by the 'Lal Bagh' of Bengaluru, I had displayed just them.

Most of the visitors to the show were locals who were living in and around Sankey Tank, and one of them commented ' Your paintings are mostly of 'Lal Bagh'. Why not paintings of Sankey Tank?'

This was already in my mind when I saw the beautiful surroundings of this artificial Lake created during the British Raj in 1882, and even named after Col Sankey who built it to cater to the water requirement of Bengaluru.

I clicked many photos and decided to use them as reference to create a body of works called 'Sankey Tank'.

Here is the first one of them, which I decided to paint abstractly reminding me of

 the colorful and festive time I had there during the show.

Sankey Tank 1
acrylic painting on canvas
Size 17x23 inches

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Yellow Sensation - painting

Painting a rose is a very challenging experience for me. The rose brings along with it - the mood, the scent, a visual treat and a wonderful sensation of happiness.

Yellow Sensation

acrylic painting on canvas panel

size - 8x10 inches

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Mangoes and Bananas - Fruit Bowl - Still Life Painting

Just easing up this Summer with delicious mangoes - both in the dining room as well as on canvas.

The market is flooded with so many varieties of Mangoes this year. This tempted me to go ahead and paint a Still Life Painting of a fruit bowl with Raspuri Mangoes and Elakki Bale bananas.





Mangoes and Bananas
acrylic painting on canvas board
size: 7x5 inches

The Lal Bagh Lake Panoramic View- Diptych painting

The Lal Bagh of Bangalore has been an inspiration for me for a long time, and the inspiration continues. Here is a diptych painting that I did of the Lal Bagh Lake - a panoramic view.


A Diptych is a drawing or a painting in two parts. The format of the pictures may be landscape or portrait, but they will usually be the same size. It is sometimes a continuous, but divided image, or may be composed of separate, closely related images.

Lal Bagh Lake Panorama

Diptych painting

   

Lal Bagh Panorama 1

size: 12x9 inches

acrylic on canvas

Left half of the Diptych meant to be displayed along with Lal Bagh Panorama 2

                                                        

Lal Bagh Panorama 2

size: 12x9 inches

acrylic on canvas

Right half of the Diptych meant to be displayed along with Lal Bagh Panorama 1

'Namma Bengaluru Habba' Festival at Sankey Tank Bengaluru

So happy to be a part of the upcoming 'Namma Bengaluru Habba' Festival to be held on Sunday 20th August 2017 at the famed Sankey Tank of Bengaluru. Organized by the tourism department, it is a green initiative that will be creating awareness about environment preservation.

If you happen to be around don't miss this festival and do visit my stall in which I will be displaying my 'Landscape Paintings' which are mostly inspired by our 'Lal Bagh' Park. Some are framed paintings and some are not yet framed as they are newly created paintings, and I have not had the time to even mount them at the least. As a result, all these paintings will be available at very reasonable prices for the benefit of the Collectors.

Here is a sneak peek into some of my paintings that will be displayed at the Namma Bengaluru Habba.

Bamboo Blues

acrylic on canvas

9x12 inches

In the Shade

acrylic on canvas

9x12 inches

Reflections in purple

acrylic on canvas

9x12 inches

Coconut Que

acrylic on canvas

9x12 inches

Black and White paintings - Impasto - Lal Bagh series

Here are a few more of the series ' Lal Bagh Lake Reflections'. Did these paintings using only black and white artist acrylic paints, applied with a palette knife. The technique is called 'impasto'. Thick paint is lifted using a palette knife and applied on the canvas just like applying butter on bread. Love this technique. Note the beautiful shadows formed when clicked with a camera.

Lal Bagh Lake Reflections 5

10x8 inches

Black and White series - impasto

acrylic on Blick canvas board

Lal Bagh Lake Reflections 6

10x8 inches

Black and White series - impasto

acrylic on Blick canvas board

Lal Bagh Lake Reflections 7

10x8 inches

Black and White series - impasto

acrylic on Blick canvas board

Study of landscape painting in various styles has always been my love. Nature is so wonderful and full of bounty and gives me a free hand in trying her out, and helps me to keep discovering her again and again in various forms to my hearts content. 

Recently I did a study of some landscapes in an abstract point of view, trying to discover the hidden colors and natural designs in them.

Willowy

9x12 inches

acrylic on canvas

Colors of nature

9x12inches

acrylic on canvas

Springtime

9x12inches

acrylic on canvas

Black and White paintings

My recent group art show at Venkatappa Art Gallery called 'Black and White' inspired me to paint a number of smaller paintings. The subject matter is the famed 'Lal Bagh Lake' of Bengaluru. Executed in the 'impasto' style, these paintings are not only visual, they can also be felt by running the fingers across the canvas.

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Lal Bagh Lake Reflections is Black and White 3

Size 8x10 inches

medium - acrylic on canvas board

Lal Bagh Lake Reflections is Black and White 2

Size 8x10 inches

medium - acrylic on canvas board

Lal Bagh Lake Reflections is Black and White1

Size 8x10 inches

medium - acrylic on canvas board

Fathomless - Black and White painting

Fathomless

acrylic painting on stretched canvas - gallery wrap

painted on the sides

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The beautiful and serene Lal Bagh Lake is the inspiration for this painting. For regular morning walkers at Lal Bagh, this is a familiar sight while walking on the jogger's path around the Lake. Loved capturing the reflections on canvas. This time made away with the brush, and used a palette knife to spread the buttery paints on the canvas. You can see the strokes, and even feel the raised surface by running your fingers on the canvas.

By the way, Lal Bagh is the famed park situated in the heart of Bengluru city- a breath of fresh air for the ever busy Bangaloreans. 

This painting was recently displayed at my group art show called 'Black and White', held at Venkatappa Art Gallery Bengaluru.

Infinity in Black and White - acrylic painitng

The Lal Bagh Park and the Lake has always been an inspiration for many of my paintings. But this time it is a visualization of this beautiful park in 'Black and White'. Is nature any less beautiful without its colors?  Never. We can still enjoy its hidden shapes and shades. 

I have executed this painting using the palette knife and large blobs of paint, forgetting for some time that the paint in the pot was disappearing fast. It was a large surface to cover - 28x34 inches in fact. But it was just an amazing experience painting this with palette knife.

Ongoing group exhibition 'Exprima Frais' at Reves Art Gallery - Bangalore

If you happen to be at Bangalore don't miss 'Exprima Frais' a group exhibition of paintings going on at Reves Art Gallery started 26th July and will go on up till 5th August 2015.


View invitation

Some beautiful moments at the inauguration of the 'Exprima Frais' group art show at Reves Art Gallery.

View three of my paintings from the  'Love in Lal Bagh' series displayed at 'Exprima Frais' group art show at Reves Art Gallery Bangalore.

The 'Love in Lal Bagh' series is about those blessed lovers that I usually see during my morning walks in lovely and serene surroundings at the lovely Lal Bagh Park of Bangalore.  

Love in Lal Bagh

18x24 inches

acrylic painting on canvas board

framed

price Rs 25K

Love in Lal Bagh

18x24 inches

acrylic painting on canvas board

framed

price Rs 25K

Love in Lal Bagh

18x24 inches

acrylic painting on canvas board

framed

price Rs 25K

Love in Lal Bagh 6 - acrylic painting on canvas

Love in Lal Bagh

acrylic painting on canvas

size: 24x18 inches

frame - blue-green color

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size of painting including the frame is 25x19 inches

Love in Lal Bagh 5 - acrylic painting on canvas

Love in Lal Bagh 5

acrylic painting on canvas board

size 24x18 inches

Framed - Yellow frame.

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Love in Lal Bagh 4 - acrylic painting on canvas

Love in Lal Bagh

acrylic painting on canvas board

size 18x24 inches

framed (black)

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Love in Lal Bagh 3 - acrylic painting on canvas

Love in Lal Bagh 3

Acrylic painting on canvas board, framed (white)

Size 18x24 inches 

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Love in Lal Bagh 2 - Acrylic painting on canvas board

Love in Lal Bagh 2

acrylic painting on canvas board

Blue Framed

Size 18x24 inches

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Love in Lal Bagh1 - Acrylic painting on canvas

This is the first painting of the 'Love in Lal Bagh' series that I created for display at the recently concluded mega group art show called 'Akanksha 2'.

My early morning walks at the Lal Bagh Gardens - Bangalore, inspired me into painting this series.

A Cozy couple who have eyes only for each other, in deep conversation, probably with proposals of life long commitments taking place here. Nature has offered her support of the couple in the form of beautifully flowering- gigantic trees of Lal Bagh, thus creating an aura of romance in the air.

Love in Lal Bagh 1

Size: 18x24 inches

Acrylic painting on canvas board

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Size: 19x25 inches including the white fiber frame