I just finished this piece for my show next month. Following the old master style, these are named ‘ Rembrandt’s pears ‘ . He is a Dutch baroque artist, who ranks as one of the greatest painters in the history of Western art. His command over Chiaroscuro is masterful, and its what I really admire in his works.
Rembrandt’s Pears – 9×12 – neocolors + CP
I have some exiciting news!! I just got published in the International Artist magazine ( Apr-May’08) representing India as part of the International Guild of Realism. The Guild of Realism has artist’s from over 26 countries who are juried to be part of the club.
Among the 12 artists chosen from various countries I am the only one representing Colored pencil as my medium! I have my pieces, Glorious & Carnival Glass and short write up on both of them featured in the article. Click on the image to read it!
I just completed this still life, its a tribute to the old dutch masters with a lot of dramatic lighting and shadows. I did a bit of reading before I started on this subject and also recieved a lot of insight from my artist friend/mentor Arlene Steingberg.
One of the most prominent things that the dutch masters followed was chirascuro- the contrasting effect of dark and light. Many Dutch painters drew inspiration from the art of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1573-1610), the great innovator working in Rome who made chiaroscuro the principal means of expression in his art. Pieter Claesz, was one of the most prominent painters in this appealing and still-popular genre and one of my favourites along with Willem Kalf & Jan Davidsz. de Heem.
This work is on pastel board too, I used some inktense along with my usual neocolor underpainting. I don’t seem to like them since I am not able blend in my pencils very smoothly over them with my brush. I don’t have a fancy camera that could catch a candle behind a distorted glass, so I had to do that from life. I learnt a lot while doing this piece and it was a lot of fun.
Still life with oranges – 24×13.5 – neocolors/inktense and cp’s
I just recieved my letter yesterday on the acceptance of three of my pieces – Glorious , Graceful & Snoqualmie Falls being juried into the 39th Annual Juried Fine art show in Ocean shores, WA. I am so delighted ! The show is during the month of April ( 04/11th -04/13th) at the Convention centre @ Ocean shores.
