about art and creating illusions
Exciting times. I’ve enrolled for a short term course at UODA under the guidance of Shahid Kabir, renowned Bangladeshi Printmaker and Painter. For a while at least, the finished pieces getting on to this blog are likely to be prints.
Enjoying painting with oil and hope I can pick it up again after the printmaking course.
Lost in thought, 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
This is masterful! I’d like to take the time to just look at leisure at the original and be suffused with th delicious variation of the paint passages. i love the energy/subtlety in this one. Brava! G
I wish I could have you here for feedback and c&c! Thank you for the lovely comment.
love the softness of this painting and the way his eyes are hidden.
you have a very unique style of painting it’s very eyecatching, good work.