"Pyramid of diversity"....by Indian artist Manisha Vedpathak

 

" I not me, I am we"

An art installation

An 8 feet tall art installation Pyramid of Diversity done in collaboration with artist and writer Randheer Khare Sir was unveiled on this same day in 2018. The title and the spirit of the installation was inspired from the poem " This is not my life" written by Randheer Sir. To show the diversity we painted on the same canvas with our styles intermingling eachother's works. Randheer Sir's line work and primitive forms are seen in the painting. Each side of the canvas is 5'x8' triangle canvas. For me this was a memorable project . Thanks to Randheer Sir.

Floral Abstract....by Indian artist Manisha Vedpathak

Sometimes I feel an urge to paint with my fingers. Especially when I come across some of my old finger paintings. Today I was going through some of my small old paintings as I wish to participate in the Art week festival that will be held in my city, Pune. So I came across this flower vase...

I then planned to do new floral abstracts. Flowers have so magnificent colors. They are the colorful beauty of nature. I loved how my fingers danced on the canvas and how the colors have mingled with each other. I finished two and thoroughly enjoyed doing it. It was so stress free. I had been doing the reflection series which has these small dots or points which is very intricate and I needed time to restore , heal and start again. So these two pieces were like rejuvenation for me. I feel so fresh looking at them and I am sure my viewers will also feel the same.

"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"

"Kathputli"......an abstract by Manisha Vedpathak

I have always heard people saying  that we are puppets in the hands of destiny.

Destiny or fate? Both walk hand in hand. I believe that destiny can be shaped. It is a matter of choice. It gives us freedom of choice to pick what is right and what is wrong.You need to have a closer look in your inner self.  In my case , relocating to India was in my destiny as we had choices but we chose to move back. But fate is something that is out of our control. Just for an example , our birth....where we are born ,which country we are born etc, is out of our control. Here we are merely puppets in the hands of a puppeteer. 

Since I heard this phrase from many people around me , I decided to put this on my canvas.( When it comes to writing I am not a creative person at all) . 

So here is the finished painting. The hand with the strings dangling, the mask being the symbol of all humankind who are puppets. I have tried to paint this in sync with the previous painting and so the same color combination. "Kathputli" is Hindi name for puppet. My next painting will also have the same colors and the theme will be time....getting hold of time.

"Kathputli"

Acrylic on canvas, 80x80 cms

Available: contact

manishavedpathak@gmail.com

"Anonymity".....an abstract by Manisha Vedpathak

My painting is finally complete with the masks added, giving life to the painting.

"Anonymity"
Acrylic on canvas, 80x80 cms
Available
contact : manishavedpathak@gmail.com

We all wear mask. Perfection masks, superiority masks, intellectual masks, 

social masks of coolness, aloofness,strength etc . We try to hide ourselves behind these masks. We get so much habituated  of wearing masks in front of others that we finally loose our identity. Bearing these may or may not be a conscious decision . The reason might be social conventions ,fear etc.It is very important for a person to know the real  human being he/she is. Whilst masks harm us by stopping us to lead a natural way in life's stream , they also protect us from being emotionally wounded by others. I believe they should be  worn temporarily. We need to acquire the skill of timely dropping and putting  these masks. Absence of masks lead to difficulty in handling reality. So we need to look into our inner self to know how to cope up with this . 

My painting connects with the viewer by asking several questions like, "What is real and what is unreal?", " Which mask do you wear?", "Given a chance which mask will you drop?" ....Sometimes the mind is doubtful and sometimes it is clear. The color combination used here depict these emotions.  

"Abundance".....an abstract by Manisha Vedpathak

All my life I have believed the Law of Physics that opposites attract opposites,

but according to the Law of Attraction, "Likes attract Likes". I have been posting
my painting in progress on this theme. I am finally done with it. 

The entire concept of Law of Attraction is based on like attracts like. There is a lot 

of information on LOA(Law of attraction). There are people coaching LOA, 

courses teaching you how to practice this Law and various articles explaining it. 

So I won't go into details explaining the Law as one post is not enough to write about LOA.

The Law of Attraction states that whatever you think of consistently, gets created. Your

 thoughts are powerful magnets and you willget what you consistently think about 

whether you want it or not.  So start intentionally thinking about what you would 

like in your life- such as money, love, relationships, health, spirituality-for the LOA

 to work for you. 

 There are various ways of practicing this Law. There are leaders who can coach you 

through it. While browsing through all this information on the internet, I came across

              something called a Vision Board. Vision boards have become a really popular exercise

for figuring out exactly what you want in your life. These boards contain images

 and words that resonate with what you want to attract your way. Secondly, the i

mages serve as a great reminder of your desires. Each day, you can look at the

 board and remind yourself of what you’re trying to attract. 

Financial abundance is the number onereason people become interested in the 

Law of Attraction. So my paintingis a sort of a vision board for people who 

want to attract prosperity. It comprises of money and the material things that 

money can buy (like property, car etc), freedom, luck and relationships. 

Hang this painting in such a place that you can see this everyday. Take out

time everyday to review the visualization exercises and prep your mind 

and body to receive this incredible gift.

They say that "Gratitude will shift you to a higher frequency and you will

 attract much better things".Creating this piece of work was a gratifying experience

 for me and I am very satisfied with the outcome. If you are interested in this piece

 of artwork or want to commission one, contact me here:

 manishavedpathak@gmail.com.

A new portrait....By Manisha Vedpathak

"Naughty mood"

Acrylic on canvas,14"x14"

Available

www.manishavedpathak.blogspot.com

"Fly high"....by Manisha Vedpathak

A new painting, much similar to the old one titled "Gaze between the lines", which is sold.

My new group show is coming up in Mumbai on the occasion of Women's day,8th March.

This painting will be exhibited there. The curator wanted me to paint on African theme.

So here's it, An african girl having a desire to fly high .

"Fly high"

Acrylic on canvas, 20"x20"

Available

To purchase contact:

manishavedpathak@gmail.com

Goa Exhibition....by Manisha Vedpathak

A group exhibition of paintings sculptors curated by Prabuddha Ghosh and 

organized by Ajay Jadhav and Harish Kulkarni (Art Insight Medium), took place 

at Kala Academy ,Goa from 20th Dec'2016 to 1st Jan'2017

My paintings on African theme were at display in this exhibition.

Unfortunately I could not attend the exhibition.

Here are some pics of my paintings on display:

"Circle Story"....acrylic on canvas by Manisha Vedpathak

"Circle Story"

Acrylic on canvas, 24"x32"

I  enjoyed working this painting with palette kinfe.

I first painted the circles and I stopped, thinking that I have finished

the painting. The same day while going through my photographs 

I came across a picture of this crow who happened to land in our

balcony . There was some food stuck in his beak and was trying 

to find a way to remove it. That was the time I clicked him.

Now when I saw this pic , I could not resist myself  painting this crow

on my circles and I really loved it. it has brought life to my painting.

What do you think?

"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.

"Congregation"....An abstract by Manisha Vedpathak

Its been long since I haven't done any new painting.
Here is the one I painted after a long break 

of almost 3 months.

"Congregation"

Acrylic on canvas, 16.5"x13"

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

"Imposed"

Acrylic on canvas

Another doodle art converted into a painting.

This doodle was done while I was watching

an African movie. While I was painting I got

so engaged in getting the expressions on the faces

of these girls that I almost erased most of the crooked,

curved lines that served as outlines.

I thought of the title "Imposed",  as the girls in that

African movie had a lot of social barriers imposed

on them which I tried to symbolize using vertical

lines on their faces.

Would love to have your feedback.

 

 Tomorrow I will be travelling to India for 2 months.

Hope to keep in touch while in India. Till then

have  safe and pleasant summer holidays.

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

"Veiled"

Acrylic on canvas, 19.68"x19.68

 

I really like doing these faces. These are the

creations when my hubby and daughter doesn't

want me to do any other activity than giving them

company to watch a movie or any cricket match

 which I am not interested in. These doodled faces

 are then painted whenever I take a break from

 painting  big canvases.

Hope you all enjoy this!

 



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

"Dreamlike"

Acrylic on canvas,16"x16"

 

Thoroughly enjoyed painting this horse. Not only

this horse , I have always liked painting horses.

This canvas was lying around in my studio with a

background already painted...in fact it was the left 

over paint that was smudged over the canvas with

a knife.
I hope you all enjoy this hazy look of the horse.

 

 

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

"Cityscape"

acrylic on canvas,30x60 cms

 

I had a desire to paint an abstract cityscape for a long time.

I enjoyed the loose brush strokes and my fingers for painting.

Hope you all enjoy!

An abstract by Manisha Vedpathak

I had a fun filled busy weekend at the Annual Bazaar

organized by the International Women's Club of Ghana.

I am a member of the club and looked after the Kid's zone

in the Bazaar. For a change I enjoyed painting kid's faces

instead of canvas. I had started a painting last week. Finished it today.

I haven't thought of any title. Can any one suggest me one.

Acrylic on canvas, 40x40 cms



"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!