Landscape 1 Painting

I am an artist from Goa & based in Bangalore. Being born and brought up in the coastal abode of Goa, living its laid-back yet vibrant life, in the lush green monsoons and humid sweaty summers, my paintings reflect incidents of a life in Goa. The old world charm of ancestral Goan houses, its inhabitants living a very simple yet complex social life and stories in it, is what inspires me. I focus on one story which becomes the crux of a work. A school life, a childhood, a life in the studio, an empty ancestral house have formed part of the narrative. My works are filled with objects either direct or symbolic, juxtaposed in each other or amalgamations, each portion telling a tale. I create a world of contrast, a fantasy and reality, an anguish and calm, a lot happening yet nothing happening. A visual woven from different perspectives and telling mundane yet riveting tales of a life spent in Goa. My works are very detailed and take several months, esp. the oil on canvas. I’m rooted in conventional practices but my colours are unconventional, bright and vibrant. My narratives tell a story, go back in time, and touch chords of the past. Cycling in coconut strewn fields, bunch of cousins meeting every holiday, days when childhood was outdoors and not locked infront of monitors, joint families were moving into nuclear setups, when materialism was flushing in and not in abundance, my paintings flow from a time revolving around a life in direct touch with its sensory perceptions, still untouched by the magnanimous virtual world.