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India
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 18 W x 18 H x 0.4 D in
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Lockdown Life Oil paint on canvas 18" * 18" I have used different painting techniques within the same canvas to differentiate and convey some of the myriad feelings of the subject painted. The last couple of months have been challenging for most of us. In addition to the threat of the virus, the disruption of plans and routines and the very isolation most of us have felt is unprecedented. We are social beings and without the daily interaction with people other than our immediate family, life has been crippling. Screens and technology have played a big part to keep us connected, informed, entertained and socially relevant. I've used three different rectangles with bits of the face painted in differing methods. This is to convey the importance of devices and technology while focusing on a human to convey this message.
Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:18 W x 18 H x 0.4 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Handling:Ships in a box. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines.
Ships From:India.
Customs:Shipments from India may experience delays due to country's regulations for exporting valuable artworks.
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I was born in Cochin, India but moved to Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa when I was 3 months old and grew up there. I have always sketched and painted through out my life. I am a self taught artist, though I do like attending short courses that help in improving my technique. Currently I like using oil paints and right now I'm fascinated by the idea that all of us are a mixture of different people or personalities, and that we unconsciously or consciously alter who we are depending on the person or situation we are dealing with. Most of my paintings are of faces that reflect the many personas we adopt. The face is like a mirror to our souls, conveying our deepest desires, fears and hopes. Sometimes we are able program our expressions and feelings to control how much we convey to the world like a well painted picture with the correct angles and symmetry of color. But occasionally it is impossible command our emotions and feelings into a semblance of disciplined expressions. I like using open and closed eyes, exaggerated lips, and different colors to convey these different mini persons in us. I also like toying with the idea that we are all not a hundred percent man or woman in the traditional classification of the genders. Parts of us will always be feminine, masculine or childish depending on how we want to be. The possibilities are fascinating. A couple of paintings I have tried to construct in a way that they can be hung in any orientation. This is continuation of the idea, that we have many facets to ourselves. Hence the change in orientation of presentation gives importance to that aspect of our inner self that is important at that point in time. I like to think that art is very subjective and gives meaning, expression and purpose not only to the artist who created it but also to the viewer or audience. By allowing the audience to choose the orientation (how the painting is hung) or combinations of canvases to arrange or rearrange as per their preferences, they too become a part of the artistic expressive process.
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