Goa Series VII - On Mandovi

The road to Old Goa from Panjim is quiet a drive. The road runs parallel to river Mandovi and you'll find some small restaurants like this on the road side. The service is generally very slow and you are sure to have a really 'leisurely' meal here. The experience however is great.

The sketch for the painting posted too. The sketch was done sitting on a chair and the painting was done sitting on top of a table. :)

Goa Series VI - Sunset at Baga creek

The painting is called "sunset at Baga creek" (Pun intended too). This is an extension of the scene in the last painting I posted.

I have started feeling that my paintings are becoming too 'plastic'. They are not capturing any sort of feel. To deal with it lately I have not been looking at the reference while painting. I just use the reference to draw and then paint from impression that I had got from the reference.

But still they are becoming too conformal, too bounded, less free and less expressive. Its becoming more of engineering drawing instead of painting. There is logic going into it, rather than intuition. Its becoming bounded by rules rather than breaking away from it.

Goa Series V - Chilling at Baga Creek

This is a section of a shack/restaurant at Baga Creek. Baga beach is one of the most famous beaches in Goa (Northern part of Goa). Just besides it there is a less crowded and more peaceful place, the Baga creek. This view is from Baga beach.

Goa Series IV - Miramar

This place is just behind Kala Academy on Miramar beach at Panjim, the capital of Goa. The beach was boring, but this view was good.

Goa Series III - Fort Aguada

This is the lighthouse of fort Aguada. Its a very old structure. I tried to capture that old and aged feel of the lighthouse.

Goa series II - View from Aguada

Fort Aguada is one of the more famous tourists spots in Goa. Its on a small hill and it probably used to be a jail in old times. One can get a bird's eye view of the vast expanse of Arabian sea dotted with steamers and boats from here. This view is from one corner of the fort.

Inspired by Goa - I

I had made a short trip to Goa 2 weeks back. It was my first visit to Goa and I was floored. Goa was very inspirational. It made me want to paint almost everything out there. I had taken some pictures and planning to turn a few of them into paintings. This is the first of the series.

This was a house behind my Hotel. It had enough space around it and it was filled with greenery. It had a certain calmness around it.