Desert Gold

Acrylic on canvas 24x32 inches, sold

Wahiba sands from Oman for you to enjoy once again, I had done a similar one, "the couple at Wahiba" long back using acrylic and sand. This time I used acrylic texture gel instead.
Miles and miles of sand that glisten like gold in the hot sun touches one's soul. A feeling of letting go of all the stuff that is engulfing and a sense of oneness with nature empowers you.

An art loving couple from Virginia visiting Oman for their vacation bought this painting, along with the "the couple at Wahiba". The thought of their memories of Oman being cherished through my paintings makes me feel good :-)

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:-)