"Lyrical", an abstract by Manisha Vedpathak

 Came across this painting while I was going through my old 

sold paintings. Felt inspired to do something in that style again

 and came up with this painting. May do some more in this 

style with different color combination.

Here is the old one ,followed by  the new one...

"Lyrical", acrylic on canvas, 35"x35"

Reworked painting....by Manisha Vedpathak

An old painting, " Window to the soul" reworked. Sometimes when you go through your old paintings you feel like adding or substracting some elements  in it.

Acrylic on canvas, Acrylic on canvas, 12.6"x32.28"

A close up . Love the texture that is seen.

An abstract by Manisha Vedpathak

16"x35"

Acrylic on canvas,

Availablea

"Kunku".....an abstract figurative by Manisha Vedpathak

"Kunku"

Acrylic on canvas

This painting was inspired from one of my Indian 

friends who always  wear this "Kunku " on her forehead.

"Kunku" is a Marathi word for the red powder

that most of the married  Indian ladies wear on the forehead.

It is known by various names in different languages in India,

for example Kumkum in Hindi, Kunkumam in Tamil  etc.

 This painting is just a practice while a big one is in process.

"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.

"Scattered"...An Abstract by Manisha Vedpathak

A day after I started this painting ,we got a bad news from India.

 One of my husband's college friend passed away due to cardiac

 attack. The news deeply disturbed us. This guy was so health

conscious and was very fit and was leading a nice happily married life.

But that's life I believe, which turns a somebody into nobody in a

fraction of seconds. I was not able to concentrate ,was thinking about

 the news ,was very upset. I wanted to throw out the emotional

negativity from my mind and in such a situation , meditation is a good solution.

 But I am not that kind of a person to relax your body and focus your mind.

So I preferred my way of meditation, and that is painting.

Whole time while painting I kept  struggling to remove the thing

bothering me, out of my mind. So I allowed my untamed mind to race

over all places on canvas and scatter. Thus the title "Scattered".

An Acrylic painting.Chain Links...An Adinkra symbol used by Ashanti People

Chain Links..An Adinkra symbol.

Acrylic on canvas,16" * 24"

This is one more symbol used by Ashanti people

from Ghana,West Africa.I have done one symbol

earlier called Gye Nyame.You can find the image in

my earlier posts.The meaning of this symbol is unity

 and human relations.In unity lies strength.

These are visual symbols and represent concepts

There are many different symbols with distinct

 meanings often linked with proverbs originally

created by Akans of Ghana and Gyaman of

Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa.

I may try some more in the same abstract style.



Abstracts...Small Acrylic Paintings

 Abstract I

Acrylic on canvas,6.4" * 13"

Abstract II

Acrylic on canvas,7.8" * 7.8"

 

Abstract III

Acrylic on canvas,6.4" * 13",1.5 " deep on sides.

All these three paintings can be used as a tryptich

since they are all of same style.

Hope you enjoy these.



Geo Abstract...A Geometrical Composition

Geo Abstract 1

Acrylic on canvas,30*26 cms



Geo Abstract 2

Acrylic on canvas,30*26 cms

I love doing Geometrical abstraction.

Hope you all like it.

Pastel Hearts..acrylic painting on canvas

Pastel Hearts

Acrylic painting on canvas,11.8" *23.6" ,sides 1.5"deep

This is an old canvas which I tranformed

into hearts painting.

I had given this canvas to my daughter in

her holidays because she wanted to try her

hand on color pour technique.I gave her

total freedom and bought some fluid acrylic

 paints . She used a lot of colours on the canvas.

Eventually she got tired,didn't like the outcome

 and abandoned the piece.Last week I decided

to try some oil pastels to scribble on it

but I felt incompleteness in the painting

 and used some acrylic to draw hearts.

Now I am satisfied ...I hope you all enjoy this

piece as I do.

Splashy Heart ...next in small painting series

Splashy Heart

Acrylic painting...20*40 cms

Pinky Hearts....Acrylic Painting by Manisha Vedpathak

Pinky Heart

Acrylic on canvas...8" * 15.7"

Protect your King ....the game of chess!! - An acrylic painting

Protect your King....the game of chess

Acrylic on canvas,27.55" * 34.25"

I am sure many of you are  familiar with the game of chess.

Did you know that chess was originated in India.

It was called CHATURANGA.

Chatur meaning four and anga meaning parts.The

game was in fact a battleplan drawn on a smaller

scale to find out ways and means of outsmarting

the enemy. The king is the most important piece.

Although he has limited mobility,if your king is

captured  you loose the game.An empire is defeated

when the emperor is captured.Therefore the king

has to be protected or you loose the game.



An Abstract

 I havn't thought of any title for this

painting.In the top left corner you

will notice eyes painted.It so happened

that after finishing the painting I stood

back looking at it to check if I have really

done with it.And I found this round

shape which looked like a girl's face

with hair falling on her left and I

 couldn't resist to draw those eyes.

I am not sure if it looks good...what do

say friends?

Abstract Ganesh I !!

There was some mistake in publishing the recent post

and this post got deleted.

So I am posting this Ganesh painting again.

Ganesh

Acrylic on canvas, 42*32.7 cms

signed on the back.

Kathakali on panel

I had painted these two small mask

 paintings some time ago and they were

just lying around. So I decided to

fix it on a long panel and painted the

panel.

Kathakali

Acrylic on canvas,30*60 cms

Side view

Side view

These paintings are of the mask of

the Kathakali dance which is the most

    well known dance drama from the south

 Indian state of Kerala.The word Kathakali

literally means "Story-Play".  It is known

     for its large, elaborate makeup and costumes. 

Kathakali is usually performed only by men.

The actors rely very heavily on hand

gesture to convey the story.

A Kathakali dancer

Playful Duo !!

Next in African Series.

I have tried to make the figure

 bold on my abstract background.

I started the figure with color pour

and then added white color to the

dress concluding with the outlining.

Playful Duo

Acrylic on canvas,22" * 37"

Watchful Eyes!!

Another in the African series.I had snapped these three

boys in a street festival in Accra.I loved their pose and

decided to paint them.I added abstract in front of the figures.

Watchful Eyes

Acrylic on canvas,100*100 cms



Macaws

It has been quite a long I havn't posted anything.

I was a bit busy with household things.It's not

that I am not painting at all,I have started a big

 painting which I am sure will take a little time.

The painting in this post was left half done in 2011.

and finished last week

I have always loved parrots.We find green parrots

in India and they look so beautiful,but I like these

colorful ones that are mostly found in tropical

 rainforest.The one I painted are Scarlet Macaws.

They are so gorgeous.

LOVERS

Acrylic on paper,A3 size

Some more artwork!!