Wet Road and its WIP

'Wet Road'

Watercolor on paper

15 x 11 in.

Wet Street

Watercolor on paper

15 x 20 in.

Dear friends, hearing very little from you all nowadays...wonder why?

This is another from my rainy streetscape series. Hope you like this. All critiques and comments welcome :)

A Rainy Day

Watercolor on paper

14 x 20 in.

Rainy Reflections

Watercolor on paper

15 x 20 in.

Its monsoon season now in Tamilnadu. I love painting rainy scenes such as this one! This is a scene from my city and the colorful reflections made such an interesting subject!

Its also the time to celebrate our biggest festival, the festival of lights- DIWALI. So here's wishing all my friends a very happy and a safe Diwali :)

Kerala Landscape

Watercolor on paper

11 x 15 in.

This was somewhere near Palakad in Kerala. The whole painting was done using wet in wet technique to capture the mood of the rainy and misty atmosphere.

Pink Bicycle

Watercolor, 15 x 20 in.

Came across this interesting scene in fort Kochi...

Jetty at Cochin Marine Drive

Watercolor, 11 x 15 in.

SOLD

The marine drive in Cochin, Kerala is a very beautiful promenade and a popular hangout place for tourists and the local people. Its built facing the backwaters and there are several boat jetties, like the one I have painted, along its walkway.

After Rains

Watercolor, 15 x 20 in.

SOLD

Another one from my Kerala trip...The name of this road is Gujarati Road as there are many gujaratis living in this part of Cochin, known as Fort Kochi!

P.S. I am not able to post any comment on my blog...seems theres some problem. So I wish to convey my thanks to all of you for your valuable comments! They are much appreciated.

Chinese Fishing Nets

Watercolor on paper

15 x 20 in.

A scene from Fort Kochi beach in Kerala. These fishing nets are a popular tourist attraction in Kochi ( Cochin). It is believed that these nets are chinese in origin and that the nets were introduced by the chinese explorer Zheng He. The nets were brought to Kerala between 1350 and 1450.

I did this from a photograph that I took during my recent trip to Kerala.

SOLD

"Shimmering Water"

Oil on canvas

16 x 20 in.

Just sold this painting! A gentleman from Spain has purchased this. This is my first direct international sale and I'm so happy about it :)

Kitchen

Oil on canvas

30 x 30 in.

Folk Artiste

Oil on Canvas

30 x 30 in.

SOLD

This is an earlier work in oil. Its been quite a while since I painted in oil. I will be displaying this along with my other oil and acrylic paintings at Chitrasanthe in Mysore on the 3rd of October.

BBC Good Homes Sep.2010

My painting featured in this month's issue of BBC GOOD HOMES INDIA magazine!

Jodhpur Street #4

Watercolor on paper

20 x 15 in.

SOLD

Jodhpur Tongas

Watercolor on hand-made paper

11 x 15 in.

Tongas or Taangas (horse drawn carriages) have become so rare nowadays. I don't see them in my town anymore! I spotted these taangas while I visited Jodhpur in summer. They make such a good subject!

Orange and blue

Watercolor on paper

15 x 11 in.

Two Portraits

Watercolor on paper, 11 x 15 in.

Charcoal & White Chalk on paper, 11 x 15 in.

I was so much fascinated by this image that I painted 2 different versions of it. The original reference was in B & W. Who knows, I may paint yet another version :)

Commission

I was commissioned to paint my older painting "The Blue Bicycle" on a 5 feet canvas for a client in Mumbai! The original version is already sold. This one is done in acrylic.

Morning Rays

Watercolor on paper

20 x 15 in.

(Photo reference courtesy Shubhangi Athalye. Thanks Shubhangi.)

Kolkata again!

"Tramway tracks"

Watercolor on paper

15 x 20 in.

Kolkata Street

Watercolor, 15 x 20 in.

Hi all! Had been to kerala last week. And what a proper time it was to visit such an exotic place...i.e., during the monsoon! Its truly God's own country! I've captured many pics of rain drenched streets and the backwaters and the beach. Enough to keep me busy for now! Will post them here as soon as I paint. Have shared some of those pics on my Facebook page which could be viewed by FB users here.

For now I'm posting one of my personal favorite watercolor paintings. This is a street scene from Kolkata, capital city of the state of West Bengal and one of the metropolitan cities of India. The reference photograph for this was provided by Shubhangi Athalye. Thanks so much Shubhangi!

Blue Building

Watercolor, 20 x 15 in.

Another scene from Jodhpur. The architectural design of this long blue building caught my eye! The famous Mehrangarh fort is seen at a distance, above.

Jodhpur Street #3

Watercolor on paper

20 x 15 in.

The colorful streets of Jodhpur are a delight to paint!

Study for "Ploughing"

Watercolor, 11 x 15 in.

Morning Toil

Watercolor on paper

15 x 20 in.

Market Street

Watercolor on paper

15 x 20 in.

A street scene from my town...I loved the soft morning light falling on the street and the pavement. Some shops had opened and some were about to and people going about their business in the street. Very soon the place would be abuzz with activity!

Bangalore Group Show

My group show with Prabal and Praveen was great! I wish to thank both of them. They were very kind and helpful and I really had a wonderful time with them!

The show was inaugurated by Prabal's and Praveen's family members along with some senior artists who were also present there. Though there were lots of visitors at the show on all days, very few were interested in buying. Also we felt that our show wasn't very well promoted and we couldn't reach out to many people. Anyway, as this was our first show in this city, we learnt a lot from this experience. Planning to do some more shows together! During the show some of my favorite paintings got sold and I'm so thankful to my buyers.

Inaugurating the show by lighting the auspicious lamp

Prabal and me with senior artist Mr.Ramachandran

With other senior artists

Visitors at the show

My art collectors

Invite

Hi! Pleased to announce my group show with Prabal Mallick and Praveen Chavan in Bangalore from June 30 to July 4 at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat. Our show is titled "Confluence" since its a coming together of 3 artists from 3 different parts of India. Around 60 watercolor paintings will be on display with various themes like landscapes, streetscapes and portraits. So if you're anywhere nearby, do stop by and have a look!

Barn

Watercolor on paper

15 x 20 in.

Rural Landscape

Watercolor on Paper

15 x 20 in.

I came across this lovely place while on the way to my son's school on the outskirts of my town...

Sanjay Gandhi National Park

Watercolor on Paper

15 x 20 in.

Hi, I'm back! It was a wonderful trip and I had a great time at the wedding! The first thing I did after I got back was check my blog and it was lovely seeing so many comments from you all. Thank you so much! Now I'm busy preparing for my forthcoming show in Bangalore. There are still a lot of things to do! Time's running out...!!

Water Lilies

Watercolor on paper

15 x 20 in.

Leaving tomorrow on a trip for ten days to attend my cousin's wedding.Till then...happy painting!

Some more sketches

Sketches

Quick and loose sketches in watercolor on rough handmade paper (10 x 14 in.)

My art featured in BBC GOOD HOMES (Indian edition)

Annual Affordable Art Show

I am participating in the Annual Affordable Art Show at the Vinnyasa Premier Art Gallery in Chennai. The show will be on view from 5th May to 30th June, 2010.