"FIFA Fever"...an acrylic painting by Manisha Vedpathak

Countdown has started. Everybody is eagerly

waiting for the FIFA world cup to start. 

Here is my painting dedicated to the soccer fans.

"FIFA Fever"

A triptych 20x20cms each

Acrylic on canvas.

Hope you all like it.

"Desire to play".... by Manisha Vedpathak

Had painted this piece in July 2013 just before I travelled

to India. I wasn't very happy with the background so had

just left untouched.

 

 

"Untitled"

Acrylic on canvas,33.5"x27.5"

 

 I changed the surrounding a little and here is the outcome.

I am now satisfied and named it "desire to play" as I want

to donate this for Child Heart Foundation.

 

"Desire to play"

 

"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!

"Kaleidoscopic"....An absract by Manisha Vedpathak

"Kaleidoscopic"

Acrylic on canvas,74"x50"

 

This is the last painting I did for the exhibition.

This is largest canvas I worked on until now and I

 thoroughly enjoyed it. It took me about a week to

 complete this piece including the time required to

 dry the color poured in the process.

This is how it started...

And here is the finished piece.

 

My paintings have reached. The images for the

catalog have reached. Just that there was a small

issue with the dpi of the jpeg(image) files. All the files

I sent were 72 dpi whereas they need 300 dpi in

order to get the best  printing quality for the catalog .

 

Though they were nice enough to compromise with the

same images, I thought of this as a good chance

to learn about resolution of image files.

 

So I searched for an online dpi converter and

changed all the 21 images to 300 dpi. In future, I

better check out the settings in my camera so that

I can take photos closer to 300dpi.

I believe this is one more area where I should improve

to be more organized. Well...I should have done

 this after the New York exhibition but then I got

so busy with my paintings that I didn't really bother

to look into this area.

 

“No matter how much experience you have, how many degrees you have, or how well known you have become — there is always something new to learn. Don’t rest on your past experiences. If you do nothing to improve your skills, you won’t stay where you are.”

― Laura Spencer

 

I now have to create an online portfolio. Might use www.wix.com

to create one. They have some cool templates which I liked.

 

I believe ,with the usage of vivid colors ,my art piece "Kaleidoscopic" ,will add personality

to your room while challenging the viewers anytime

they enter the room. Enjoy!

"Gavlan....a lady fetching water"....Acrylic painting by Manisha Vedpathak

"Gavlan...a lady fetching water"

Acrylic on canvas,35"x35"

 

I totally enjoyed this painting. Though it was rather

difficult for me to have control on my palette. As you

all must have noticed I always create colorful paintings.

Even if I decide not to add too many colors ,I always

end up in a colorful painting . May be my paintings reflect

my life which is colorful. Perhaps because of this I chose

these water fetchers from India as my subject. Their

Ghagra and chunri are always  so colorful . But here I tried

 to use mainly shades of orange to paint them or you can say

 that was my intention but as I am accustomed to using many colors,

 little black, white and green just crept in. Gavlan is a Marathi word

for lady fetching water.

 

 Here is a quote about 0range color that I read sometime back.....

 

“[Orange] is one of God's favorite colors--- He stuck it right there

 between red and yellow as the second color in the rainbow.

  He decorates entire forests with shades of orange every autumn.

It shows up in sunrises at the start of the day, sunsets at the

 end of the day, and in the glow of the moon at the right time of night.”

                              ― Reggie Joiner

Hope you all enjoy this painting as much as I do. Stay blessed! 

"Rhythmic Flow"....Acrylic painting by Manisha Vedpathak

"Rhythmic Flow"

Acrylic on canvas,27.5"x50"

Back in 2011 I had done a Buddha painting 

in same abstract style.Here is that painting.

 I decided to experiment

the same with my freestyle shapes and figurative.

I have liked the outcome and would love to create

 few more in future.

"Vakratunda...Lord with a twisted trunk"....An acrylic painting by Manisha Vedpathak

"Vakratunda...Lord with a twisted trunk"

An acrylic on canvas, 27.5"x50"

 

 

Lord Ganesh is a Hindu deity in human form but

with elephant head.

Every Hindu house in India will have Lord Ganesh

in the form of a photo or a painting or a statue. HE is

a very popular figure in Indian Art. You will notice ॐ,

also called Om in the bottom left corner of the painting.

 Lord Ganesh is identified with this Hindu mantra OM.

We believe in the power of Lord Ganesh to remove

 the obstacles and ensure success.

 

Time for my solo exhibition is nearing and I am

finding myself very much engrossed in painting.

 I just have three weeks left to send my artworks

 to the gallery for stretching. I always prefer to send

the artworks rolled and  take the  assistance of the

 gallery  for stretching.

 

This painting will be a part this exhibition .

 

 

Reworked artworks.....by Manisha Vedpathak

I like to go back to my old paintings and if I get any idea ,

I play with the artwork. Fortunately most of the time the

 outcome is good. Here are three of them and this is final.

now I don't think there is any chance to play around with these pieces.

"Melange"....An acrylic painting by Manisha Vedpathak

"Melange"

Acrylic on canvas,35"x35"

Melange is a French word for the mix of different

colors and shapes. This name was suggested by

 a friend on facebook. There are faces ,motifs that

are used in Ghana, the Adinkra symbols which are

very widely used for decoration as well as on textiles,

and also the silhouttes of  human figures in African

style.

"Abstract faces II"....... An acrylic painting by Manisha Vedpathak

"Abstract faces II"

Acrylic on canvas, 35"x35"

I felt like painting one more after the previous one.

So here it is with a different composition.

"Abstract faces"...An acrylic painting by Manisha Vedpathak

"Abstract faces"

Acrylic on canvas, 35"x35"

Couldn't think of a nice title for this painting.

Can anyone suggest?

"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.

"Threshold"...an abstract by Manisha Vedpathak

"Threshold"

Acrylic on canvas,35"x35"

This is my first painting at the threshold of 2014.

"Break Through",,,An abstract by Manisha Vedpathak

"Break Through"

An acrylic on canvas,35"x35"

I have signed at the back of this painting , enabling

the painting to be hung in any direction.

 I loved the way it looked so vibrant in my stairway.

"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"

"Esprit"...An abstract by Manisha Vedpathak

"Esprit"

Acrylic on canvas, 31"x31"

There was a feeling of liveliness while painting this abstract.

Hope you enjoy!



Abstract Tulips by Manisha Vedpathak

I am not much into painting flowers.

This painting was a commission. Tried

to paint in my abstract style.

30x30 cms,

"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.

"Verve...the energy" , An abstract painting by Manisha Vedpathak

"Verve....the energy"

Acrylic on canvas, 24"X31"

I feel a lot of energy in this painting.

“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.”

-Aristotle