Beyond every bend
by Art of Raman
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36.000 x 36.000 x 1.500 inches
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Title
Beyond every bend
Artist
Art of Raman
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
"Beyond every bend"
oil on canvas
36"x36"
This is painting of my granduncle who I visit almost every year in India. He has always been a very cheerful and jolly man, almost like my own santa growing up. During my recent visit in 2016, he was not the same. He would often come around the village with his grandchildren around his shoulders. This time I would go to visit him, in a small room on the side of the road. The room was connected to the larger family house but there was a sense of isolation and exclusion there.
I think he was alone, away from his family. He had lost about 50 lbs and was not able to communicate any sort of happy expression. He sat up when he saw me but deep down, there was an underlying loneliness I could relate to. It was almost like he was just waiting for the end.
I can relate to that deep sense of not belonging and often try to communicate it through some of my portraiture. It is in many ways baffling to me how we can be moving inward together, at the same time, not knowing we are not going through it alone. Unfortunately, I feel at times my culture has been a factor in that. Things are often unsaid and misunderstood. I've grown up not knowing how to express internal conflict and struggle because it just wasn't something practiced at the family table. Eventually I would like to create enough work for exhibits and to bring some light to issues of mental health to the general public but also to my own culture.
The goal of the painting was to portray the overall mood so I started the painting with a large brush to cover the initial layer. 99% of the painting after that was in palette knife. The knife allows me to create movement, texture, and atmosphere in a few sessions instead of having to layer with a brush.
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February 15th, 2018
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