Cross roads

Its been 2 months now since I entered the blogging world and I must say, I am thoroughly enjoying myself :-) ! Addicted to posting and checking others blogs - do a daily round -up of a bunch of blogs for updates and have great thrill in doing this sneakily at office hours :)) Ok, all those from Goldman here, please put your hands up NOW!

The blog in the meantime seems to have taken a life of its own. Yet another lesson in the futility of grandiose mission statements :-) Didn't plan for this to be an "arty farty blog" of sorts when I started, promise! However, here I am, caught in a loop of actively painting every free minute and excitedly posting thereafter. The original intention of starting the blog has however gotten lost in the midst of my little colorful world. Separately, over the past few weeks, inkognito's identity has been revealed: partly self inflicted and partly unintended.

So, have decide to split paths now. Henceforth, this blog will be a focused play ie only about the paintings, in an attempt to avoid clutter with the travelogue, poetry, opinions, other random blogs and also to hopefully keep this side alive. I am starting a new blog to keep the journey going.......new blog to be under the cover of anonymity again, yes, plain cowardice at one level and too much familiarity of the space interfering with a feeling of being free at another....

Muchos gracias to all my lovely visitors here for all the wonderful encouraging comments....truly kept me going.

Tra la la......here's to a new road...a new song....

Boulders

Twilight

Its that time of the day I am not the most fond of and have tried to paint the way I feel at this time: mostly gloomy, a sense of endings and the lowest ebb of energy and exuberance. I am very much a night person, I love the mystery, the blankness, the limitless possibilities of the dark.

Still life #3 (Pomegranates)

Suprabhatam (Auspicious Dawn)

MS Subhalakshmi's melodious voice was ringing in my ears when I painted this.....

Still life #2 (Pineapple)

Didn't use brushes for this still life ...only a knife...loved the rough texture of the pineapple skin.

View from the parachute

..from a parasailing attempt! This is the view while almost landing..its pretty much the vast expanse of the sea beneath and a faint pair of hands waving :)

Still life #1 (Two pots and a candlestand)

A still life of 2 pots and a candle stand on an Ikea table in my house.....

Moonlight

My most romantic memories...lying by the sea under the moonlight, listening to the sound of the waves....

Here's an attempt to relive the magic of those moments of the night......the long midnight walks..the endless chatter..the deep silences....the voices in the dark..

Here's to old times. To precious times.

Peasant girl with basket...

An older one...done during idyllic days on IIMA campus...

yay!

After 3 months of inactivity, finally managed to start painting again :))

Now normally, each painting takes about a couple of months for me to complete.....redoing parts a zillion times until almost satisfied (have hardly ever reached a fully satisfied stage for any painting, except perhaps one). Have decided from now on to attempt a new style : rough cut, semi finished versions but done very quickly, leaving detail aside.

Heres the first one of the series :)) : a bouquet of white and pink pretty roses that caught my attention on the way home ..............done in an hour..yipee!! :))