In My Dream

          Its must have been like two months, I was dreaming about colors. It was strange because, dreams, as I have remembered, were suppose to be in Black and White. This one was in all vibrant colors. Shades of all colors playing like a wave, though I can't exactly figure out what it was, as it didn't have a definite shape and thus born the "Flower Of Dreams." It's oil on canvas, and as in a dream, it doesn't have a clear defined shape or texture, just a flow. Of course, I didn't dream of any flowers, and in fact, the idea of a flower in it wasn't until I saw a painting online, it seems to give more character to the artwork.

Title: Flower of Dreams

Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 49x36 Inches

Painting is not for sale.

          The painting in itself has no definite meaning as like in a dream. No specific flower, no specific colors, no specific flow. Just a wave of colors to match up with what I saw in my dream. It's just the interpretation of my dreams on canvas before it fades away from my memory. I did tweet and facebook about these particular dream of mine, many times, but I guess putting down on a canvas was something else altogether. I feel very good after the painting was done and somehow these painting has become one of my favorite painting of all the paintings I did so far. So, join me in my dream and I hope it turns out as everyone's dream too.

Last words: This painting was not painted to be sold. So I might probably pass it down as a gift to someone I would want it to have it. Of course, if the owner decides to sell, its for them to decide. But I would really appreciate, if they decided to do so, some parts goes to charity.

The Story Of Salvation

          "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End" Revelation 22:23

Title:  The Story of Salvation 

Medium:   Oil on Canvas

Size: 36x46 Inches

Sold to a private collector from India.
Sign and dated at the bottom right corner.

           This painting is the depiction of the life and death of Jesus Christ and his ultimate sacrifice. The Salvation from sin.

          An abstract painting (Oil on Canvas) of the face of Jesus Christ, depicting his life on earth. Black background depicting the sins of mankind and evil and finally, the touch of  red pointed towards the eyes which is a representation of the blood of Jesus Christ shed when he was crucified on the cross. Thus saving mankind from their sins.

          The painting shows a troubled Jesus as he already knew his death, which is depicted by the touch of red which is pointed towards his eyes. "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." Luke 22:42.

          Rather a simple painting abstract painting but carries the story of the life of Jesus Christ on Earth and his ultimate sacrifice for mankind. His final words... 

          "When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit" John 10:30

Voka Inspiration...

             Must have been two years since the first time I came across an amazing artist whose style of painting was so amazing and the spontaneous play of colors that he plays with his baby was so very mesmerizing that it stayed with me till date and still is an inspiration to me and my art. Voka, an Australian Painter and the founder of Spontaneous Realism is one of the biggest name in the world of painting today. I wish I could afford one of his painting myself but this wish is not gonna happens in the very near future (Of course, unless Bill Gates decides to donate a hundred million dollar). Ahahaha...

             Well, I wont write much about Voka myself (If you've found inspiration, I suggest you visit him at www.voka.at) except that a small digital camera is his constant companion and often he presses the shutter indiscriminately, without even looking through the view-finder or focusing on a
particular point, this pictures later serves him as a memory, inspiration and subject for his next painting. Now, that's amazing, isn't it?

             In Voka's own word, 
"If I knew in advance how the finished painting would look, it would be too boring to paint it in the first place", and that's very true as an artist myself. I always paint not even knowing what will it turn out at the end, just following my memories. Finally, I thought of sharing a youtube video of Voka painting live but I'm little confused here now, because all his paintings are too amazing that's its very hard for me to chose one for you. I hope Marilyn Monroe will do the honor and anyway, you can browse it yourself later.

             Busy!!! Busy!!! Busy!!! but thought I should take a break and write something about an amazing artist whose style of painting (by coincidence) happens to be somewhat similar to how I would paint. The only difference is, Voka usually paints with a picture (that he capture himself with his digital camera) in front him, but in my case, I trace back the picture withing my head from my experience, childhood memories, random thoughts or anything that had once captures my fancy. 

             I hope Voka was an inspiration. And be blessed :)

Let's Play Color

          Color have always been a part of me. Once as a kid, I slept off during an art (Drawing) test and the bigger irony was, my teacher didn't woke me up the whole time. I just took it as she didn't see me sleeping or was she asleep as well. So when I woke up from my awesome sleep, I was just left with a few minutes to finish my test. It was a disaster and a beginning of my play with colors.

Untitled

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 36x24 Inches

Price:Please contact the artist directly.

Signed and dated at the bottom right hand corner.

          When I painted this painting, I was a little confused and down due to many reasons. First, my third exhibition was near the corner and I was a little panicking and confused. It was some months after I left my day job to pursue painting and honestly, I was even a little broke at that time. Lastly, I couldn't find my inspiration of what to paint. Maybe it was the worst time for an artist but anyway, I knew that I had to break free. So, I look at my bizarre childhood for an inspiration and came up with this piece. I wanted play colors.

          The final result of all my moods and bizarre childhood is a metallic finish in almost pink, matching up with a intricate and precisely mixed colors. One have to get close to the painting to really see the effect of mixing colors like the one when one drops a drop of color in a concentrated liquid. The dropped colors spreading out slowly to its surroundings.

          Some says, it looks ten times better in real life. Other says, it looks like a group of angels and that I should give a name. I decided not to named it.

Be blessed.

Denny Dent, Give Us Wings...!!!

          If I tell you this, that a person painted two paintings of Presidents to performing at the Rock & Roll Hall of fame to the stage of the Woodstock '94 concert, do I get your attention? If I did, then here is "Denny Dent" whose repertoire featured Denny's renderings of John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Elton John, Mick Jagger, Billy Joel, Frank Sinatra, and Tina Turner, to name a few.

          Denny Dent was born and raised and in Oakland on April 5, 1948 and spend his final days in Denver, where he finally died at the age of 55 due to kidney and heart complications, on March 29, 2004, leaving behind his greatest work, "Brian Olsen" (his student) to continue on with his legacy. Described as the world's only "Rock and Roll Painter", Denny Dent invented a new form of performing art, of what we call it today as "Speed Painting" in 80's and since then the world couldn't look away.

          Well, I will not even try to explain who or what Denny Dent or his art form is, because in a million years my words will never do Denny or his art form, a justice. Let Denny do that himself with a video of him painting live (of Jimi Hendrik) at U.W Oshkosh Wisconsin. Thank me later for this video. Do take time and watch the video, you will appreciate it.

          If Pablo Picasso is considered as the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, to the world, then Denny Dent is to me. And it would be unfair on my part to claim that I don't have a artist icon (which necessarily doesn't mean I paint like him or inspired by his works). Of course, when I started as a kid I hardly knew any famous artist (Or even none). But time passed and youtube came into the picture.

Here We Are...

          "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..." A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Title:  The Lady with the Piano 

Medium:  Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 36x24 Inches

Sold to a private collector from India.
Sign and dated at the right bottom corner.

          This piece of work is a representation of the modern world where we live in today. Where confusion, chaos, frustration etc. lives among us in the suppose to be a perfect world. Virtually we think the world today should be a perfect place with perfect rhythm because of all the convenience surrounding us and our daily lives. Globalization, connectivity, social order, education etc. Perfect lines at the backgrounds depicts this. But in reality, we are more disturbed, confused, frustrated and restless then ever. That is being depicted by the crisscross overlaying above the perfect lines.

         Also I felt this way, the world today has turned into more of a feminist with music everywhere and where every other person you know wants to become a pop or a rock star or at the least, in their way of dressing. The touch of Pink and an abstract figure of a lady playing a piano (which one has to observe to see it) depicting this. I just hope we don't lose our identity in the process.

Last words: I love pink and I love being a humanist.

Unfinished or is it???

          So, I started off with a painting and then got lazy. By the time of my third exhibition, it was still unfinished. Anyway, I decided to put it ON during the exhibition as it was already dry. So it went live.

Title: The Lady at the Bar

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Size: 30x24 Inches

SOLD.

          So now, I would guess you already know that this is the one I was talking about. To me it was not a completed work when it was exhibited but the buyer says, "Its complete for me. This is just the way I like it". Its sold.

          This piece is a depiction of all the many reasons why a person would go to a bar. Maybe because, the person is sad. Or maybe the person just wanted to relax. Or even maybe, the person was confused etc etc...

          Well, that is it. But the fact remains, the mood that I wanted to finished is not finished. Maybe that's the beauty or even maybe I will finish it one day soon. However, you can still see the different mood and personality in the lady in the painting.

Last Words: You know, you have seen this character somewhere, without the hand and the cigarette!!!

Journey Unknown.....Or Maybe Not...!!!

          Its been a while since the last time I have written a post on my blog and I am really sorry if you one among many who follows my blog. Hope it doesn't continue this way in future, I admit, I am such a lazy a**. Anyway, here we are and I am doing good. Hope its the same at that end of yours too.

          Well, officially I haven't got much to share as I haven't done much lately. Four new paintings done and that's all, but unfortunately, I ain't posting those pics here (or anywhere) very soon or until my next exhibition. So, lets talk unofficially. In the mean time, so that you don't get bored with my crappy style of writing and also because, many of my friends wanted me to post it, I am posting some sketches of some T-Shirt designs that I have done recently for a fest. Consider it a Pro Bono project.

Girls T-Shirt Design 1

           First, I am an artist and that means I have to put in a lots of hard work within the boundaries of being alone for hours, to just come up with a piece of work. Its not a very fancy thing to fancy about. Sometimes its really very hard. Well, I am not complaining about it, but here is a rough picture of what it takes me to come up with a painting.

          What/How I do is, come up with a blur picture in my head (a time consuming process), then make a rough pencil blueprint of it on the canvas (sometimes this is really frustrating for me because of my very bad shaky hands), now make an under paints of it and decide what stays and what not, then the serious paintings and finally, the final touch. Sometimes a painting can take like a month and at times it just take 2/3 days. Well, that's when things goes right (which usually does) but at times things doesn't turn out the way I picture and that's when my mind is like, "why don't I just pick up a knife and tear the whole things into pieces" (I wish I could do that).

Girls T-Shirt Design 2

          Now, you are wondering why I wrote this. This maybe a little funny and to be honest, I really hate to talk about this. But lately, I started to feel that its kinda absolutely necessary for a struggling artist like myself to discuss this and set the message clear. Believe it or not, but lately many people (rather friends) had express their desire to own one of my works. This is supposed to be good right? Well, it's not when they wanted me to paint them for free.  Now I am kinda in a situation where I don't even want to pick the phone calls. Yes, the last exhibition was followed by a Cover Page by a magazine, two National Daily newspapers and some more local newspapers coverage and a TV channel broadcast. Since then, I have made a lot of new friends and also came in touch with a lot of old lost friends. Its a very good feeling and specially when they appreciate my art, but this doesn't mean that I can now stop paying the bills. At the end of the day I still have to pay my bills, eat my daily meal and survive. And when I say I am a struggling artist, I mean it. Why don't these people realize that this is my work and my livelihood, exactly like the way they go on to their daily work schedule. What would their answer be if I ask, "Can I take your one month paycheck because I really like your work?". Well, I hope now you get my point.

          Yes, I do free paintings but that's for charity purpose where I am supporting some genuine cause through some NGO's and will do so in future whenever or wherever I feel the need to. But please, yes please don't come and ask me to paint one for free for you. Just think about the price of a 250 ml tube of oil colors. Its anywhere between 300-500 bucks depending on the color for Christ Sake. Now let me not mention the price of brush, canvas, thinner etc.

Men's T-Shirt Design 1

          Well, that's about it and apart from that, recently me and some friends had decided to start an online business for online shopping and have been pretty much busy with the said business thingy. I should say, its going well on that side but as you know it, like any business, its in the initial stage and we are just hoping it works out well. For now its just investment and investment and advertisement , can't wait for the returns to happen...hahaha (Just kidding).

          As I said earlier, apart from the four paintings mentioned above, I did two more paintings but that's for charity purpose and I don't want to reveal much information on it. I prefer it that way. And one more painting as a gift to someone who has been very kind and help me and my friends a lot when we started out as an artist. Well, this person deserve it because where I came from, art is like a canyon in the desert and it has not been very easy for us in our journey, but this person has help us in reaching out to many people and also to our own people and it has been going good so far and we are so very much oblige.

Men's T-Shirt Design 2

          Apart from art and business thing, for sometime I have had some bad Insomnia bug caught up with me for over two months and did had some real frustrating times. Well, that's me every summer and I really wish this goes away from my body. But fortunately, today is the 8th day with proper sleep and so, I guess my mind is working perfectly good. Now, a little writing on the collection of short stories I am working on is what I plan to do along with the next art exhibition which me and my friends are planning and looking forward in the month of October/November if things work out the way we have planned. Please pray for us as were are meeting up a lot of people, advertising and also looking out for help from wherever possible. Some meetings has turned out to be very good but to be honest some of the meetings have really piss us off. I think that's the part of the game and there isn't much to complain about it for now. And yeah, I really miss my family these days. Its been over 6 months since the last time I met them and I really look forward to this Christmas to see them again. If you are from here, you know the reason why and if you aren't from here, then its just a long and boring story.

Men's T-Shirt Design 3

          And finally, these days I am also trying to save up some money as I am thinking of an art show back home from where I came from early next year.

          Its just a thought for now but I will talk more about it very soon. For now its better this thing stay in the dark because it will not make much sense to you right now if you aren't from around here (my place). And yes, I haven't wrote much about myself or where I came from to make things easier for you to understand. But these I will not do today, but I will very soon, I promise. Then you will understand what these lines really means to me or us. And oh...What do you think about these T-Shirts designs?

          And be blessed.