In Chennai,India  for a demonstrate, senior artist Sakti Burman elucidate how spanning two worlds has enriched his work.

His behavior are delightfully old-world, his pronunciation Bengali with a quaint French inflection.

Much similar to his world-renowned work of art and lithographs, Sakti Burman in person exudes a calm, all-encompassing compassion towards the world with all its vagaries, and a movingly innocent enthusiasm for what it has to offer.

For instance, he narrates regarding going to a number of temples near Mahabalipuram through a former visit to Chennai, and how his half-French daughter was not allowed in, even though she said, "'I am Hindu!'."

There's no anger or infuriation at the remembrance; he just muses, "Where the rules come from, nobody knows; they just go on."

Labels: Painting beyond frontiers

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Bob Dylan's place as a folk music icon is well known, but Bob Dylan has put another form of his artistic venture on display to the public i.e. his paintings. His original canvas painting is available for public viewing as well as for purchasing at the Halcyon Gallery in London from February 13th through April 10th. The Halcyon Gallery that is located in London's stylish Mayfair district highlights the singer and  song writer's acrylic-on-canvas paintings.

The "Bob Dylan on Canvas" exhibit will display a series of canvas paintings based on sketches that he created through the years 1989 to 1992. Additionally the sketches chosen include paintings of vibrant colors as well as bold brushstrokes. The paintings include a series depicting train tracks and the paintings Sunflowers and Woman in Red Lion Pub.Also , the period of 1982 through 1992 was the time of his albums-Dylan & the Dead album, Oh Mercy, and Under the Red Sky.

In typical Bob Dylan modesty, the painter conveyed that he just drew what's interesting to him and then he painted it.. He said that he is not trying to make social comment or fulfill others' vision and that  he can locate subject matter anywhere.He added that in some way,it develops out of the folk world that he came up in.

Labels: Bob Dylan, Canvas Painting, Halcyon Gallery

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The ache and loss in Haiti has been upsetting, but nothing has been as distressing as the stories and images of the island's children.The international aid organization Save the Children estimates that 1 around million Haitian children lost either one or both parents in the colossal earthquake that struck the island on Jan. 12. And now, as thousands of children roam alone all the way through the ruins of their homes and neighborhoods, several fear they are susceptible to disease, famine and child predators. Many people have searched for ways to help and one such person is Newburyport artist and graphic designer Lisa Riordon who has adopted a new method for helping.

Riordon, who is known for her signature series of paintings of children in silhouette, decided almost at once to put her art about kids to work for kids. And she has teamed up with a group of Newburyport elementary school students to get the work done.Riordon conveyed that it is such a large scale event that it can be tough to feel like you can do anything to make a difference. She also said that she wanted kids to be able to do something to help.

Riordon has launched "A Painting a Day" fundraiser, and for this month, and possibly longer, she will create a fresh set of paintings of children in silhouette which will eventually be sold to raise money to support Save the Children's relief effort in Haiti.

Like her previous works, these paintings start with an abstract field of lively color and brush strokes and are finished with a silhouette that captures something essential and universal about childhood. Different from her previous paintings, Riordon isn't painting each individual background.

For this gamut of paintings, students from Eileen Whitney's third grade class at Bresnahan School and children from Margaret Foster's kindergarten class at Brown School are taking care of this initial step.

Riordon said that the 20 kids whom she worked with to create the 6-inch by 6-inch abstract paintings are so motivated about this project. The kids learned the basics of abstract art and were delighted to discover that sometimes it is acceptable to sling paint, especially when it's for a good cause. Also,these kids wanted to know more about Haiti.

Labels: abstract art, Haiti, Lisa Riordon, Painting

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A brand new oil painting has been disclosed, featuring the two royal brothers Prince William and Prince Harry. The portrait is an appealing one, with the features of the two young men well depicted. The picture has been displayed in London, at the Contemporary Galleries of the National Portrait Gallery.There are also additional portraits featuring the royalty in Britain at the Gallery, together with the one on Prince William and Prince Harry.

Painted by the British artist Nicky Phillips, the picture shows the princes talking to each other, clad in full military costume. They are adorned in the full military regalia as a  whole with sashes and medals. The backdrop of the portrait is the library in Clarence House, the official royal residence of the princes. The pictures are pragmatic enough, mirroring the two men pretty well.

The two princes are depicted in the picture in a informal pose, engaged in a brotherly lively chat in the library of Clarence House. The main attraction of the oil painting is the informality it conveys, regardless of the fact that the men are dressed in the most f

ormal of attires, that of the Household Cavalry. The royal sittings took place in the artist's studio. Both the brothers have expressed their happiness at the inauguration of their first portrait alone. Previously, all other portraits featured them in the company of other people.

Labels: Mayor Lin Attends Lyu Guan Hui Oil Painting Exhibition, Nicky Phillips, Oil Paintings, portrait, Prince Harry, Prince William

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