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Boats
Posted on September 4, 2023 Leave a Comment
Boats (24 x 30 cm) Oil on canvas. Started a new series based on the beautiful memories of my travel across the globe using impressionist technique. This particular one is based on a pic that i clicked in Veli Losinj, Croatia, in 2021, sitting along the port in a dainty restaurant offering fresh fish. This […]
Firangipani & bougainville bliss
Posted on August 25, 2023 Leave a Comment
Firangipani & bougainville bliss, 80x100cm, oil on canvas. When you aren’t with me,You are still with me.In my solitude, in my being,in my existence,Forever. Sometimes all you need is your moment with yourself and the nature that elevates your blissful state. The bougainville and firangipani is the state of mind, the pets is your peace. […]
The Wait
Posted on August 25, 2023 Leave a Comment
The Wait, 2023, 100 x 80 cm, Oil painting. The waiting was forever, the hollow words she believed in,Her tiny hopeful dreams, Purple star and lavender flowersTrying to soothethe sting bee buzzes across,bringing the message,In the midnight garden,He will not come. The Wait is the first of my women series, in which i intend to […]
Girl with a leaf
Posted on May 5, 2023 Leave a Comment
Girl with a leaf, 60 x 60 cm, Acrylic on canvas. I hide behind the maple leaf,in the autumn shades of yellow, brown & green,the face is never important,if you can read these colors,this leaf is me. ‘Girl with a leaf’ is adapted from a photograph that i clicked of my daughter few years ago […]
Ink sketch: Cres, Croatia
Posted on November 19, 2021 Leave a Comment
My latest ink sketch is made from a pic i took from my recent summer visit to Cres, Croatia. The endless walks through the narrow bylanes to discover new surprises has been always my favorite during vacations. The spotting varied from a tiny trinket shop, fascinating window display of flower pots, traditional door painting to […]
Two brides
Posted on October 22, 2021 Leave a Comment
Next in the bride series 2021 was Two brides, honestly it was inspired by a movie poster and didn’t even require initial drafts, it was directly sketched on the final paper. The juxtaposition of the eyes, the bindi, the lips were all as though solving a building block, it kept falling into place on its […]
Four brides
Posted on September 29, 2021 Leave a Comment
This painting is inspired by my dear friends from the college days. They have been my strength specially during the initial lock down in 2020, we indulged for months each day with our chit chats, sometimes random sharing of trivial pics of selfies, walks, cycling, cooking or baking, in happiness and sometimes just togetherness in […]
pencil strokes
Posted on April 30, 2021 Leave a Comment
These are my initial attempts during lockdown 1.0 to try pencil colours and honestly it’s not something i enjoyed as it left me craving for the perfection i wanted to see in my creation. But then, it wasn’t too bad either. what say?
Chitra Raju Creations 