June 16, 2012

The Sands of Wahiba


I thank all of those who reciprocated to my request in my last post, truly appreciated!

It has been more than 2 years that a bag of sand that I bought from Michaels Art store hid in a dark corner of my cupboard untouched, gathering dust literally! My dear blogger friend Ishrath's lovely sand painting motivated me so much,( she is one amazing artist!) I searched for the long forgotten sand bag and decided to give a try for a sand painting. And, what is a better subject than to go for the land of sand, Oman, where I have been living now.

Wahiba Sands make a mesmerizing landscape along the eastern coast line of Oman.The most incredible sand dunes ever, these stretch as far as an eye can see and  present a spectacular sight with the sun playing drama on the warm colors and patterns. The color keep changing from dull gold to bright orange and I have exaggerated the colors and abstracted the shapes to my fascination! A delight for any artist, it was  a challenging and a great creative time with these paintings where I have mixed acrylic paint with sand, anchored on heavily gessoed canvases, size 20 by 16 inches and  two of 8 by 10 inches. Hope you enjoy:-)

25 comments:

  1. These are beautiful paintings. Such rich and deep colours. And using sand with paints is something I've thought about (read about it a few years ago), but have never tried. After seeing these, I'm re-inspired. Oman sounds like an amazing and beautiful place to live. Thanks for sharing these.
    June @ celticmooncraft.com

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  2. I can only say Wah wah when I see these wonderful creations by you.Is sand painting along with usual more laborious and intricate?

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  3. Deep rich color and absolutely amazing texture you've managed with the sand, Padmaja.

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  4. This is beautiful, Padmaja and unique!!! Wonderful colors and I just love the effect the sand gives..Congratulations on this piece!!

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  5. I love the vibrant colors and texture! And what a neat technique! I think you have captured the desert beauty- with texture too :)

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  6. Lovely rich colors.I love your choice of colors.So vibrant and full of energy.These paintings have a lovely texture.Extremely beautiful!

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  7. You have definitely captured the feel of the dessert and the depth of the mountains. The sand really is vibrant, I am surprised the color isn't dull from the mix with acrylics. What can be better than depicting sand with sand (nothing!)

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  8. Simply wonderful and so colourful.
    Imagination at its best.

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  9. Wonderful work. I really enjoy seeing all your lovely paintings.

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  10. WOWOWOW .. i see so many colors .. indeed beautifulllllll .. thank you for sharing

    Bikram's

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  11. beautiful painting

    thanks for sharing

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  12. sand painting? wow! thats something new for me...

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  13. Gorgeous colors! it looks very rich. Love your creativity for using acrylic and sand mixture. The texturued out come is gr8. Was it colored sand or just regular sand though... just wondering!

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  14. Beautiful Artwork, Padmaja:) I sometimes feel blessed to know such creative people like you:)

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  15. That's so pretty! And such a creative idea! I love the vibrancy, and I bet the texture is really amazing to see in person.

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  16. Sand painting. Never heard of that before. Although i am not surprised considering my limited knowledge wrt art.

    But it looks lovely! The shades of brownish gold are beautiful.

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  17. These are lovely. They really capture the beauty and texture of the sand dunes.I did sand painting years ago. Mine were never as wonderful as yours. Party because the sand was not the subject, but merely a surface treatment.Great idea and paintings.

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  18. I was wondering how could u bring the shades so perfectlyy..

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  19. Those two bottom paintings with the sloping curves are absolutely fascinating! I love the textural quality of them, also. Very cool and time consuming work, Padmaja!

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  20. Beautiful works Padmaja and a very interesting process!!

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  21. Such warmth such passion in these paintings. Love them all.

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  22. I particularly like the top one. Such warm lovely colors. You should do more of these.
    Jean

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  23. I am so glad I see this post, almost missed it.
    The feel of sand, its stillness and power, is amazing and so well shown. Brava.
    Looks like you have a lot of it in Oman))

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  24. I love these - especially the one on the lower right. The colors are so vibrant, and then there is that wonderful texture!

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  25. The colors are so vibrant. Beautiful creation.

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