VIEW IN MY ROOM
India
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 20 W x 30 H x 1 D in
Ships in a Box
CONCEPT Often dreams turn into concepts for my paintings. However, I paint an interpretation of my dream rather than the dream itself. The two figures in my dream were in a strange place. As soon as I woke up, I made a line drawing of the then vivid dream and put it away. Every time I chanced upon the sketch it made me think and years later I realized that it was a flight into the future linked to a shift of residence which is a stressful job for us in Mumbai, India. When I finally found the new house, I remembered this dream and realized that a Guardian Angel was showing me the place where I would eventually shift. DETAIL: There is the clock with wings as the hands of the clock. This suggests the flight into future times. The placement of the walls is suggestive of a room or a place to stay. The stones lying around seem to say that the place is unoccupied for a long time. The open starry sky at the top tells me of a very open to nature type of place. The lines on the floor are like advancing roots which have reached far into a new place. The ethereal feel I gave to the painting is because I felt I got help from beyond. And the place I moved to and renovated had all the qualities I have described. BENEFIT: Everything has been planned for us and that’s the way it will unfold, so we need not stress, just work towards the goal and leave it at that. I hope that the viewers of this painting agree with me. Sharing a Poem by me describing the painting VISITATION In times of anxiety The Guardian Angels visit To protect & pray For those they have left behind Flying past time & space Crystallizing in a future place They show you the way Taking your worries away -Uma Ramakrishnan FRAME: Brown plastic moulded frame
Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:20 W x 30 H x 1 D in
Frame:Brown
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Ships From:India.
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BIRTH PLACE & INFLUENCE I was born in Chennai which was then called Madras and brought up in Bombay, now Mumbai. All the diverse cultures in India come together in Mumbai and I grew up in that mixed culture absorbing the essence of ‘Indian-ness’, whether it is in the clothes I wear or the language I speak or the designs I create. I call it the fusion culture and it is reflected in my art. In Mumbai, the over-crowded city, I could see how different cultures co-existed and complimented each other. In my art too styles co-exist. Though there will always be an underlying similarity in my art, I leave that part to the discerning eye of art lovers to explore and discover. STATEMENT My works are about my experiences in life and my interpretation of it, be it a dream, a thought or even words and phrases. I can resort to experiments too to satisfy my curious mind. Some of my subjects are elements of nature, the sea, relationships like parent and child, self-portrait, interpretations of my dreams, dance forms, stones, war, emotions etc. My subjects border on the philosophical and at times touch the spiritual. I vary my style to suit the topic. If need be, I switch to abstract too as I love the intrigue that abstracts afford. I do not use any visual references for my concept based art. It comes from deep within or from my own doodles. For Landscapes, I either sketch on the spot or make use of my own photographs of the place. When I paint, I am deeply lost, engrossed, in thought and one with the subject. I paint alone in the peace and silence of my home cum studio. I like my audiences to interpret my art in their own way and tell me what they see and feel in it. I love it if the viewer is drawn deep into the work and sees something more each time. My favourite historical artists are Vincent Van Gogh and Salvador Dali. I have been asked by some if I draw my Inspiration from Chagall and there are those who think there is an influence of Wassily Kandinsky. But I personally have no take on that. I leave it to my audiences to decide. As for myself, once I have the subject in mind, my hands automatically move in tune with the thought and that’s all that matters to me. POETRY Sometimes, inspired by the paintings, I write poetry too, often as explanations to the artwork. MEDIUM & MATERIALS Experimenting with medium and materials is always exciting for me and so is the mixing of two mediums in one canvas.
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