Masked to survive 2 Painting

This is a post COVID art created to document the new reality of our existence. It is one in a series of painting that depicts how COVID 19 has affected the everyday life of ‘Lords and commoners.’ This painting is executed with oil paints on canvas. My art is a potpourri of style. It tends towards abstract expressionism movement of the late 1940s and the modernism of colour field painters. It has a highly textured surface executed with a painting knife. For this painting I used oil because of its slow drying process and flexibility. The key or predominant colour is yellow ochre tinted to provide soft supporting background figures to the main figure of a woman returning home from her farm with fire wood on her bicycle carrier and three children riding with her. They are all masked up to prevent infection; hence the title Masked to Survive. The painting is unframed. However, my style of leaving an edge on the canvas is to depict that the painting is a pinup on a flat surface. The four dots at the edges are symbolic nails used to pin the painting to a background. The texture on the surface is created by etching out with a painting knife, from a heavy paint application, crisscrossing marks on the background and on the figures. This is a predominant concept in most of my works. The edges are properly finished and may not require additional frame if one choses that option. It can be mounted like any other art work, no special attention is required. The series of paintings documents history for future reference since I strongly believe that art has a purpose other than being decorative. Therefore I draw inspiration from people and their interaction with the environment. Pictures and events I see daily do have influence on my art. Viewers who look at this painting will see the determination of the human spirit to conquer whatever challenge life may hurl at them

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:28 W x 32 H x 0 D in

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