Solitude! If I Must Thee Accept - Limited Edition of 25 Print

The following, written on the completion of the work itself, in February 2016: There is a lot that could be said on the subject of solitude; my views on it, change every hour, suggesting, if I observe carefully, my reluctance with it, dread of it. It is like that, in my weakest moments, I imagine, as of a lamb having just realised, that it is being led to its slaughter, and which trembles and cries but in vain; its agitation is irrational, but it cannot see it. However splendidly supreme the acquiescing in it may be, in one's loneliness, it is acquiescing nevertheless. This is the first picture I have made for which I find myself clouded in my mind to such an extent that words truly do fail me; producing anything less than tomes and tomes of the deepest poetry- the absolutely highest Romance, seems to be insufficient, lacking in the seething sharpness that is really felt. But whatever be the case, I am convinced, that it is prerequisite for many important things. All farthest-reaching significance can be achieved only by the true individual, who must not, never, despite everything, surrender truth for merely happiness. I'm afraid I can say nothing more at the moment, not because I have nothing to say, but rather too much, and not because I expect un-thought-out sympathy, but because I have begun to loathe it. It is only due to the last shreds of that delusion which sees art as a profession, I admit, left in me, that I make myself still public in this way, knowing in my more honest self, that it is not in fact much more than delaying what must be done. This, should be the last instance of such self inflicted humiliation; until I can see more clearly, there is no point in my sharing this pathological wallowing in melancholy. What has been seen, cannot be forgotten, but it can, I have faith, be transcended. The original not being on sale, high quality giclée prints are available on archival 310 GSM Hahnemühle paper, 1:1; printed using archival inks, these prints will last one a lifetime. Though, really, it does not make much sense in limiting the number of editions of a digital print, as I also indeed wish to control what aspects of quality I can (by way of supervising printing myself, and thereby being excluded from being able to sell open edition on Saatchi), I have decided to limit them to 25. As regards the costing rationale: having attempted selling my prints, previously, at their cost prices themselves, and having left the evaluation of my labour upon my customers to decide- and consequently, not having been able to make ends meet, I have decided, for the first time, to set a fixed profit for myself, in keeping with current practice. Wishing to remain entirely honest however, I must add that it costs me ₹475 per square foot to have the print printed, and ₹100 to have the original scanned, besides which packaging can be accounted for by adding another ₹1000. Entirely unable myself to set a price upon my work, I have chosen what I've seen on Saatchi itself being set for other similarly sized prints (choosing to remain still on the more reasonable side of things). It is for me, really, I must admit, an experiment, this.

Printmaking:Watercolor on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:25

Size:14.8 W x 22 H x 0 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.