"Supremacy II"...An acrylic painting by Manisha Vedpathak

While in the last month of my stay in Ghana ,I completed a painting

which was first in my new series and was titled "Supremacy". That 

painting was sold immediately (thanks to Darryl Wakefeild)so I sketched 

a new one to add to my series. That was left without any paint 

on it as I was in the process of  relocating. It's now complete 

and hope you all enjoy this as well.

It has the same subject as in "Supremacy", like Chiefs from Ghana 

with the Royal ladies wearing colorful head turbans, Adinkra symbols ,

the Royal umbrella which is used to shelter the Chiefs, Ghanaian

designs which are normally used in their textiles composed different

shapes.

Here the one that  was sold in its new home....

And here is the new one....

"Supremacy II"

Acrylic on canvas, 24"x48"

"Destiny"...an acrylic painting by Manisha Vedpathak

"Destiny"

Acrylic on canvas,50x70 cms

 Available

The sketch of this girl reminded me of my househelp

who worked for me some years back. Her name was

Destiny and I thought that the expressions on the face

in my painting also tries to say ,"I wonder, what is in

my destiny?".

Having said this, a question popped into my mind ,

how many of us believe in the concept of destiny?

 Do you believe that you can control or shape

your destiny?

Would greatly appreciate a feedback from my readers.

"Gaze between the lines"....an acrylic painting by Manisha Vedpathak

 "Gaze between the lines"

Acrylic on canvas, 31"X24"

Available

I was unsure of the title when I finished this painting.

I decided to play a game of titles with one of Accra expat groups

 on facebook and I was amazed with the enthusiam shown by

the group members. Many people did try to read her expression

and suggested me some titles, which gave me a direction to 

think. I actually loved this game as  it is so exciting to know the 

viewer's  perspective . And thus I came to the title,

"Gaze between the lines".

Hope you all enjoy this painting.

"Tribal dance"..... An African painting by Manisha Vedpathak

"Tribal dance"

Acrylic on canvas, 39"x39"

Dance is the life of the African.

 To the African, dance is a way of thinking,

living and communicating. They dance on

any occasion like festival, child birth,

marriage,funeral. They dance even when

 they are overjoyed. I feel that they have

 rhythm in their body.Every single person

can dance, I love to watch them dancing.

"Tribal Beauty II"....Acrylic painting by Manisha Vedpathak

"Tribal Beauty II"

Acrylic on canvas,19"x32"

"Tribal Beauty"...Acrylic painting by Manisha Vedpathak

"Tribal Beauty"

Acrylic on canvas, 31"x31"

"Allure"....An acrylic painting on African theme by Manisha Vedpathak

"Allure"

Acrylic on canvas,31"x31"

This piece is  going to the charity for Auction.

"Vakratunda"...An acrylic on canvas

"Vakratunda"

Acrylic on canvas,12"X18"



"Knotty" changed to folk dancers...

I felt the artwork posted in previous post rather simple ,

so here I have added to it. These are the folk dancers from Ghana.

"Folk dancers"

Hope you enjoy this piece.

 



 



"Washing day"......An acrylic painting on canvas

I think of a  lot of themes whenever I want to start 

a painting but eventually end up in doing abstracts.

I have decided that I will try to focus on my abstracts

but I will keep on doing some combination of

 abstract and figurative occasionally.

So here is one in the same line. African ladies washing

clothes.I would appreciate and love any comments on

my artwork.

"Washing day"

Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas,

12"x24"

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