"Hounds of spring on winter's traces"....an abstract by Manisha Vedpathak

"Hounds of spring on winter's traces"

An acrylic on canvas,20"x20"

This was an old canvas on which I had poured

some left over colors like purple ,blue,grey and white.

Normally I start any abstract without

any preconception or a specific imagination in 

mind...like a "no thought" step. But as I start applying

paint....pouring, splashing colors on the canvas,

it becomes more of a thoughtful process until there

is life in the painting.

But in the case of this abstract, I had inspiration from some 

of the photos I clicked in Czech Republic a few 

days back. The spring had just started but there were

still traces of winter. So I had a definite idea of what I 

wanted from this painting and here is the outcome.

                       I found this title on the internet which is

 actually a song composed by an American composer

 Alfred Reed in 1980 and was inspired by the poem

 “Atalanta in Calydon” by Algernon Charles Swinburne.

Though the poem expresses the youthfulness and innocence

of tender love.....I thought this title suits my painting, 

which shows the start of the spring with the traces of 

snow still seen  here and there.

Hope you all like this artwork!