Enthralled
12 creative works found
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oil on canvas, original size 60×90 cm painted about 2 years ago
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Original Painting, available for sale Year: 2005 Media: mixed media on canvas Dimensions: 24 Inches X 36 Inches Price: 3850.00 USD About the Artist Educator and professional artist Chitra Ramanathan’s current series of predominantly large-scale multi-media paintings portray the mental emotion of happiness as a visual entity through intense colors and multiple layers of textures that attract light from various angles, pushing the boundaries of her paintings beyond the confines of a two-dimensional surface. They are inspired by short-lived garden blooms and constantly changing seasons in nature, characteristics that attribute to the ephemeral, fleeting and enticingly beautiful happiness’ “formless form”: a phrase she has coined to describe her concept. The hint of circles almost always present in her works signify the cycle of human life: trying times followed by happy phases in a positive sense, and of life and rebirth influenced by her roots from India. Says a recent collector of Chitra’s painting who is an art connoisseur and a former staffer of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, “I first met Chitra when I took her classes at the Indianapolis Art Center. I wanted a painting by Chitra because I like the feeling her abstract work evokes. I like the way her paintings make me feel and think; and I like how she communicates so much with a subtle use of color or a tiny brush stroke…..There is so much in our world today that can be considered “negative”, that I like art around me that offers hope and that reaches for joy. For me, her paintings do that”-Alice Irvan, President, AIRvan Consulting, LLC, Indianapolis U.S.A. Her paintings have been described as “tactile works that resonate with a quiet harmony” and “Simply luxurious” by Manhattan Arts, New York. To quote from an excerpt from an interview with the artist, “Chitra’s paintings exemplify her love of nature as well as the subjectivity of each individual’s unique pursuit of happiness. Her painting procedure often entails making mental notes of a scene in nature, including the lighting, colors, and textures. She then uses these impressions in her studio to replicate the subject matter in an abstracted form, using rich physical textures, intense colors, and varied media”. / As for continuity, the artist says, “In keeping with my nature theme, I want to focus on environmentally compatible materials that synchronize with our concerns on global warming and climate change issues.” Recent public art commissions include the MGM Mirage, Las Vegas (please see below). Recent publications: Article “Paintings give form to the Ephemeral”, The Indianapolis Business Journal, Profile, “Women in Business” April 9-15, 2007 “Rendezvous Artist” profile July-August 2007 issue, the Indianapolis Star newspaper’s Fishers|Geist Magazine *“Secret Success”, Profile, Indianapolis Monthly Home Magazine, Summer issue, July 2006 Career highlights, beginning with the most recent: 2007: Biography included in the 62nd edition of Marquis’ Who’s Who in America 2008 released October 2007 Member, Committee on Cultural Diversity Practices, College Art Association, New York. 2007-2010. (Active member of CAA since 1997 & Member, Services to Artists Committee from 2003-06). 2006: Solo exhibition, Indianapolis Artsgarden, January 2006 Public Art installation titled “Picture Windows 2006: Urban Interpretations”, July 2006-February 2007, for the Arts Council of Indianapolis, a project supported by the Indianapolis Cultural Development Commission. 2005: Invitational visiting artist lecture at the Royal Academy of Arts, London/RA Schools, October 2005 2004: Commission for the MGM Mirage, Las Vegas, to create two 4 ft X 6 ft signed paintings based on two of her 1999 and 2000 originals, on permanent display in the Conservatory gardens of the Bellagio, Las Vegas since October 2004.
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Mixed media on paper.
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The stunning yellow of the Gorse bushes are compimented by the blue of the ocean seascape. Taken at The Worm’s Head, Rhosilli, Wales, United Kingdom.
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Dawn at Teignmouth Pier, Southern England. A long exposure gave the image the beautiful dusky pink tones with the sea turned into a mist, and the Pier and Beach Posts give depth to this image.
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My nephew, enthralled with his sparkler! received ‘Best in Show’ award among all adult photo entries (all categories) in the Elizabethtown Fair, 2008 sought out (here on redbubble!) to be on the cover of a fireworks magazine in February of 2009
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What is it about seeing two hands entwined, particularly those of an adult and a child, that enthralls me? Perhaps it’s wondering at the relationship between the two and allowing myself to feel the commraderie between them. Perhaps it’s thinking of the simple trust of a child, or the strength that enters an adult when that trust is placed in them. Or comparing that trust to what God desires from His sons and daughters. Whatever the case, I know that the emotion invoked in me at seeing two hands intertwined goes deep.
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©2007-2008 Aimee Stewart, Foxfires – please see my CC Terms of Use before considering using this image for any personal or commercial use http://foxfires.deviantart.com/journal/15905899/ / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- (Updating this to coincide with my latest piece, ‘Treasure Hunt’ http://foxfires.deviantart.com/art/Treasure-Hunt-72963802 ) “I have fallen in love a thousand times in my lifetime. / All which have been with books…” / —Unknown “The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts…” / -Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) / / “A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us…” / -W. H. Auden (1907-1973) “Read in order to live…” / —Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) “Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books…” / —Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) —-—-—-—-—— Many thanks to the following stock artists: / Main books: sxc.hu http://www.sxc.hu/photo/480945 / All other books: :iconmerely-anger: / Model: :iconfoggystock: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/34608301/ / candlestick: :iconLunaNYXstock: / cat: :iconALP-Stock: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/40487196/
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my son watching tv, so sweetly enthralled
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Ewan watches intently as the monster trucks in Monster Jam perform death defying maneuvers. His aunt and uncle watch another part of the action. / Tampa, FL Camera: Kodak Z980
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