AUTUMN SHADES -OIL ON CANVAS

The season is autumn...

the woods are a riot of colors...

the fast brook is muddy ...

the fallen leaves have painted the earth

with their many splendored hues...

reds,browns,yellows and ochre...

A virtual feast to your eyes....

A VASE OF FLOWERS-AN OIL PAINTING

Here is my old oil painting...

It is a replica of a ceramic flower vase

filled with pastel flowers ,leaves and buds....

from an art book...

VILLAGE LIFE - AN OIL PAINTING

A scene from a Rajastani village-

The bejewelled  womenfolk are busy grinding the grains

for their daily meal as they sit before

their mud huts and the old man

happily entertains them as well as the passers by

with the music from his stringed instrument...

That is what I have tried to depict in this oil painting...

FROZEN WAVES - MY OIL PAINTING

The mercury dips and the earth chills fast

and so does the water 

and the waves of the lake too....

The cold winter night is depicted 

in the cool ,deep blue and dark hues of

 this painting  and the frost laden conifers 

add to the effect...

SERENE WOODS -MY OIL PAINTING

A calm and serene night

in the woods ...

a quaint and cosy log cabin...

my own Zen place....

a perfect setting for a getaway 

from the hustle and bustle our concrete jungles...

The conifers glistening on a moonlit night adds 

to the charm of this beautiful hideout ...

I swear  you cannot find a match to this place

in the best of luxury hotels or swanky resorts...

YELLOW ROSES - AN OIL PAINTING

Here is an oil painting

where I have depicted a small

bunch of yellow roses...

The burnished tone adds a special touch

to these roses as usually 

we tend to see pink,red or white

roses in various art forms...

but such a muted and subdued tone 

is something offbeat and unusual...

Do note the ripened leaves

which complements these roses perfectly...

A PLACE TO RELAX...MY OIL PAINTING...

A COOL ,SERENE ,BLUE LAKE FOR THE BACKDROP...

BORDERED BY DISTANT , CLOUD CAPPED HILLS...

CUSHIONED WICKER CHAIRS...

HOT TEA AND CAKES...AND A BOWL OF FRUITS...

IN A PICTURE PERFECT SIT OUT...

CANOPIED BY FLOWERING POTS AND FLORAL CREEPERS...

WHAT CAN BE A MORE INVITING  

PLACE TO RELAX....

Distant Mountains....My Oil Painting...

     

Here is my favorite oil painting 

which I painted more than 15 years ago...

The inspiration for this painting is 

an art book by Walter Foster...

It is done on a fairly big canvas (3 feet x 4 feet)...

I would call this a simple to handle 

yet strikingly attractive landscape...

At least half a dozen students of mine have done

 replicas of this piece and I am surprised to say

 each one is entirely unique with 

some different touch or feature...

The distant blue mountains... the conifers...

the lonely log cabin...

the rough and unkempt grass...

the fence that needs mending...

the forked path...

where do they take you?

to that old log cabin ?

or the faraway hills???

Sometimes,when I aimlessly gaze at this painting,

I temporarily get transported

to this cool,beautiful,clean,unpolluted part of our planet

a far cry from the dusty,noisy,

smog-filled concrete jungle I live in...