Saturday, June 7, 2008

Worshipper.

This is one painting TheLoneWolf is not going to forget in a hurry. In fact, if things turn out the way he has been dreaming of since last September/October, he is not going to remember this painting long after he ceases to be TheLoneWolf. Now, this is giving away way too much about TheLoneWolf's fantasies in public. So, we will just get on with the name of the painting.
" Worshipper" it was, and all it had was a Brahmin with his choti wala head turned towards you, while he was doing his job - Worship.
Just the name, and the painting had stirred so much excitement in TheLoneWolf that he had to use his rescue tactics to pretend to be excited only upto optimal and socially acceptable levels :)
He had already decided that he will at least request for the price, and he did exactly that.
Its another thing that speaking to Seema Jindal, the painter herself, lead TheLoneWolf onto thoughts beyond that one painting, but then, talking to artists, always makes one think!
Except that, as he would discover/realise a coupla days later, artists are smart businessmen too. He just had to speak to another artist to realise :)

Seema Jindal was good; and being no art critic (not just yet!), I can only recollect and briefly recall the names and themes of other paintings of hers on display that day:

Smiling Flowers
Sage
Awakening
Faith
Celebration of womanhood
Contemplation
Determination
Action
Unmukth (This one was brilliant too, but I am obviously not going to be favourable to any other painting than The Worshipper for purely personal reasons!)
Together but lonely (This one was excellent nonetheless! But then again...)

And many others...I made a note of only the names that caught my attention..Yeah...Even the names are important as I begin to realise!)
A common thing to quite a few of Seema Jindals paintings are her fascination for the sunflower, and I must say that the sunflower is not out of place in any of the paintings; so it seems to be a smart move anyway! Its better than an obsession with horses or any other controversial idea! ;)
Yeah, they were all oil on canvas, and with less than 15 minutes to spend in an arts gallery, one always feels incomplete!!!

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