Rang De Basanti
Color is a very interesting element, that is woven into the rich fabric of Indian culture. Then be it in clothing, religion, spirituality, poetry, architecture etc. Here is a song that blends color and divinity by equating God to a dyer of colors. The colors are that of human personalities set against the visual backdrop of a bride-to-be, who is in the process of selecting the best color for her wedding dress.
When I moved from the East to the West, I missed the vibrancy of tropical colors found in the East. It was only when I witnessed the first fall season, did the colors in nature relieve me 
. In the past I have captured some of these in paintings and shared them with all of you, in this blog. Last year I took a fancy for the transformation of color from green to yellow. So I decided to paint a series of leaves with interesting shapes, to trap this energy from green to yellow. The leaves were purposely drawn in a flat position and not sculptural, so as to display the clarity of form and the transfer of color in its fullness. So here are five of these paintings, that are perfectly well timed to release now, as the nature outdoors has mostly these two colors. The title of this exhibition is Rang De Basanti, which in Hindi means color it yellow.
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So much for color, nature and divinity in the East. Since these paintings blend eastern painting style with western subjects, I find it fitting to wrap up this post with a poem by Mary Granville P. Delany, that blends craftwork with plants and divinity:
Hail to the happy hour! when fancy led
My pensive mind this flow’ry (leafy in this case) path to tread;
And gave me emulation to presume
With timid art to trace fair Nature’s bloom: (leaf in this case)
To view with awe the great Creative power
That shines confess’d in the minutest flower: (leaf)
With wonder to pursue the glorious line,
And gratefully adore the Hand Divine!
To enjoy and understand this post in its totality, I strongly recommend all of you to click on each and every link given here. With this I hope that art will be better understood if every artist left a written statement about their creations.
Ratna
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- Published:
- October 17, 2011 / 8:26 am
- Category:
- Watercolor Painting, Writing
- Tags:
- Color, Divinity, East and West, Nature
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