Fire

All my abstracts are named by my niece. Her first reaction on seeing this painting was Fire.Also there is a family war between my Mom and Sister going on for this one. Of course my Mom wins it.

In Perspective of Fida

This one is a tribute to MF Hussain. I had a painting exhibition and just a day before MF Hussain had passed away. I recreated one of his works using my style.

For His Birthday

I wanted to paint something for Sameer's birthday and was happy and excited. The colors i am sure reflect that.

Water Lillies

The background / negative space does look black but it is not. I have used burnt umber with sap green. Black is a strong color and it is difficult to notice other colors when you have black on a painting. I faked the effect ;)

Ruzie's Sunflower

This painting is copied from the sunflower pictures that Ruzan took, it was a difficult one to do. I guess wouldn't have completed it if wasn't for John and Rupa's help.

The center of the flower is a lot of under and over painting to get the effect. I wanted to used gesso to do the texture but was afraid it will crack over a period of time. I have used a lot of thick paint directly from the tube and let the colors blend on the canvas instead of mixing them in the palette.

And there it hangs

There is it hanging like a beauty on the wall of the lady who bought my painting and she wants me to make a series of poppy paintings for her.

Passion for the Rose

My first attempt at painting a rose with muted colors in the background and for the leaves. I started this painting at Philip Carpenter's class and finished it with all the modifications that John wanted me to do.
It was fun working with BROWN although you cant see it , it is there ....