I am in an Andy Warhol state of mind these last six months, loving the bright colors of the pop art movement. I have been trying to do an oil painting about a bunch of ghosts in caves for a while now, but getting quite frustrated with the wet weather in Bangalore and consequent non-drying of the canvas. It has been a year almost since I touched oil paints and have forgotten the challenges of the medium, particularly at scale. This painting is an effort to stem the frustration a bit, get the colors out in a much easier medium - charcoals. It took me 30 minutes this morning to do this, on an A3 size paper.
It's like eating a fast food burger vs a slow cooked lamb. There is instant satisfaction, but in your heart you know you are cheating, the slow cooking is the real deal :-))
It's like eating a fast food burger vs a slow cooked lamb. There is instant satisfaction, but in your heart you know you are cheating, the slow cooking is the real deal :-))
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