Untitled Painting

As Being born and brought up in the cosmopolitan city Mumbai I have witnessed constant migration from every part of India. It is city of dream and having an ownership house in this city is like you achieved everything in life. So, fulfil these dreams you can see constant construction going on almost all pockets. As a result, we can see over flowing trains, buses, roads, polluted air, unbearable heat, unpredicted monsoon etc have become a preoccupation of subjective & objective achievement in my works. This work is Mixed Media on canvas. I created the dense texture with White cement and local manufactured glue which carpenter use for furniture. The dense (layer by layer) texture is created with comb. As significant of cultural object. First, I mixed white cement and permanent glue in the bowl and then application on the canvas either with palate knife or metal square squeezy technique. Since white cement has tendency of quick drying the lines need to be created when the mixture is wet. After creating desired texture or lines I give 12 to 18 hours for drying. After it is dried thoroughly I apply two to three layers white Acrylic emulsion so that I get proper white textured surface. Once the base is prepared I paint with Artist Acrylic colours. In this entire process I don’t take help of any assistant. My works are basically contention of redefining urban space where I have to live and breathe. The act of painting is vertical and horizontal speaks itself an element of visual culture. Matter painting play a major role in my works. I do not loose the grip of vertical and horizontal placement of the space when I do space activation over the void canvas. My works mainly minimalistic approach of oriental culture. I am personally practicing Reiki healer and following silence with solitude with predefined urban space.