about art and creating illusions
A project that I am participating in involves exchanging paintings of portraits. Read more in A Portrait Swap.
Here’s a crop of the beautiful painting of me that’ll be here soon.
And below is the one I’ll be mailing out in a weeks time. Finished it a short while back and now waiting for it to dry. It’s 12″ X 12″ oil on canvas.
I guess I would have to classify myself as a “self taught” artist not having an MFA or a BFA degree. I am a happy mix of self learning and a bit more formally from artists in workshops and institutions. And after over 15 years of figuring things out, I wouldn’t want it any other way! The journey of understanding and making art, for me, is a continuous learning process: Improving existing skills, learning new ones and most of all growing with the experience. Drawing and painting are an integral part of my life, something I am passionate about. The blogs, Maya & draw the line, document the road traveled thus far. People, their moods, interactions and emotions are an ongoing source of curiosity and interest. What I’m searching for is their inner personalities, their thoughts and there are stories I build around them as I work. I like portraying feelings of people when they are alone, lost in their thoughts, caught unawares. Those are the special moments that appeal to me most. I love to experiment and use a variety of medium ranging from oil, charcoal, printmaking, clay to the digital medium. Regardless, my focus remains fixed on the human form. View more posts
Maya
Oh my god . what fabulous portraits.. would love to see more
regds nandini
Ujwala,
just discovered this. Your self-portrait is great !
Hi Shyamal, thanks for stopping by. I agree. Wanted to clarify though that the portrait of me has been painted by my portrait swap partner Lynn Digby and the one below it is the one that I painted of her.