Somewhere Out There

This one was inspired by my visit to Mathura's famous Vishram Ghat last year.

The place was teeming with monkeys, and the hubby was freaking out as two simian groups quarrelled for food and territory. With screeches renting the air and lots of jumping around in the background, I managed to spend barely three minutes here, clicking just two photos.

But the calm of the place (despite the simian cacophony) stayed with me. And that is what I tried capturing in this painting.

If you have any favourite locations or memories you want captured, write in to me at creativerumblings@gmail.com and see your experience captured for posterity in a painting.

Krishna Redux

Revisited the Krishna design recently, making slight changes in colour schemes and placements.

The 'kunj' or garden where Krishna the cowherd frolics with his cows looks a little different in this one.... as does the peacock's plumage.

The one thing that remains the same.... my sense of satisfaction! :)

One And A Half

The strawberries are back, even half eaten ones! :)

I feel hanging food paintings in the dining or cooking areas brings in a sense of abundance and well-being. Do you agree?

Two Little Wonders

How cute are they! - two little bottles given to me for some jazzing up. They'll be used to keep moneyplant sprigs.

So I decided to make them look similar, yet different. Used the same colour combo on both, but altered the designs a little.

Individual shots of the two little wonders...

Now instead of looking like twins, they look like cousins! :)

View From The Top

Same bottle, different angle! The flowers are still pouring in daily from the garden, so a tiny dark-coloured bottle that I turned into a vase works well for the smaller varieties. This was an arrangement with orange flowers.

The brightness of the orange flowers and green leaves contrasted beautifully with the dark shade of the bottle, and inspired me to capture it on paper.

White Petunias, Again!

Yes, I did land up doing a companion piece to the last one. They were just too tempting to overlook... They'll look good together, hung one over the other, or even hung individually, spaced right.

Usually I seldom repeat my subjects so soon. In fact, I find myself going back to the same subject only after a considerable gap but this time I enjoyed doing the two of them almost one after the other. Since small paintings are easier to finish up quickly, so one finds the interest level sustains longer. Good for me as that means more number of paintings get done!

Amaryllis

In our calendar, the coming of summer is marked by the coming of the lilies. Easter is especially associated with lots of amaryllis springing up. So I have a red and white amaryllis painting this time.

The peach lilies are already out, so that may just be the next one to get captured!