With or without you

A bullock cart is supposed to be pulled by bullocks. But bullocks seems to have deserted this man. So now its upto him to move his cart around. This rather peculiar moment was very well captured by Satyesh and you can see the post here. I found it really interesting and tried to focus on the man and his cart in this painting.

Title - WIth or without you

Size - 11 x 15 inch
Medium - Watercolor on paper
Photo - Satyesh Naik

Somedays back Crystal cook had posted some of her high school work and dared everybody else to post theirs. Recently I got hold of the photo of one of my paintings from high school. One of my friends from school took this picture and surprised me with it. It was done when I was 13. Its oil on canvas. The canvas is quiet huge. I guess around 3 x 4 ft. I remember when I was doing this painting the canvas was as big as I was. :). This painting still hangs in the ante rooms of my school.

I had done quiet a few paintings while I was in school. I really dont know where they are hung now. I hope to keep getting pleasant surprises like this one. :)

Doing my own stuff

A friend and former colleague of mine Mini once presented me with a book on Van Gogh. I did my next few original paintings after I read that book. So there is my version of sunflowers.

The other painting is that of the war memorial of Rashtriya Indian Millitary College (RIMC) where I did the bulk of my schooling. The war memorial is in a shape that represents a mother holding her child. Both are oil on canvas and both are high on Vincent Van Gogh.

The history

I learnt to paint everytime I paint. I have not done any course in arts; Never got an opportunity to. But I keep learning everyday. My paintings come out of my experince. Things that I see, hear, feel, think come into my paintings. I paint things that I identify with. At school I used to paint. But after that and after a long time I have started again and this time more passionate than ever. I dont do much oils now but thats how I started. Initially by copying old masters. Here are some of them.