The bird and the fish..

An acrylic on canvas 10 by 12 inches, when I began with the empty canvas, textured a bit with gesso, though I did have this subject in mind, the intention was to play with lots of layers of diluted colors, allowing them to flow around to form  patterns of light and shade to establish the basic composition. Then the patterns led to the placement of the two subjects of focus. Here I go with my thoughts on this piece.

The bird can fly very high and the fish can swim very deep down, they follow their natural inclination and excel with their strengths. The key to excel and to make our lives more interesting is to look inside of ourselves, to find the strength we are blessed with, for each one of us are born unique.  It is best if the realization comes at the right time in one's life, when  one is young and has a whole life to explore but it is never too late I guess!

Dawn at Muscat

An acrylic painting on a 26 by 32 inches canvas. This is my impression of Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat. It is the main mosque in Oman and poses a sight of serenity.

Each day, the dawn begins my day in two special ways.Since I live very near to beautiful mosques, I get to hear the dawn call to prayer even before 4 am during this month, it is kind of soothing and soul healing.The other highlight of the dawn is being able to enjoy the sun in its full glory, almost like a ball of fire since the sky is mostly clear with not many clouds.

I look forward to dawn every day, it feels like a new beginning, a hope for a better tomorrow.

Morning Spirit

The first painting was done for the June project of Unusual angles by Marion Boddy-Evans, the About.com painting guide.

I love my morning coffee with a lot of foam and before taking the first sip I enjoy the light that falls on each tiny bubble. I did a top view of the Steel cup that I was holding. Painted news paper bits to the back ground to add extra interest.
Critiques at home wanted me to redo it on canvas, as a pair to my kitchen painting "Parade" So I did the second version using the same colors that I used in" Parade".This time, I held a mug with a handle and also put more milk in to my coffee:-)

Bottled up!

This is done in acrylics on paper with a palette knife, for the June challenge by James at http://windowstothewordsart.blogspot.com/
His beautiful poem conveyed the thoughts about reflections in our life and I tried to do it with the reference photo he has provided. But my perception of what finally turned out is some what tangential. My "Bottled up" is reflecting emotions both positive and negative inside ourselves that have not been let out. Bottling up positive emotions is good for us and others around us.. where as by not letting go of negative emotions like anger, hatred, jealousy, fear that undermine our energy and our physical and emotional health,we are damaging ourselves and also others. Anyway, emotions.. either way keeps us alive :-)