An apple a day..

Madhubani Greeting Cards-1

मी का लिहिते आहे

मी का लिहिते आहे कुठपर्यंत लिहिणार , कधी थांबणार , का आणि कोणत्या विषयावर लिहिणार याचे कोणतेही ठोस उत्तर माझ्याकडे नाही . हि सुरवात करताना मी सुद्धा स्वताला खूप सगळे प्रश्न विचारते आहे आणि प्रामाणिकपणे उत्तर देते आहे.

सांगायचेच झाले तर विशेष असे काही नाही पण मनातले विचार खरडायला रोजनिशी (diary) ची पाने अपुरी पडत होती म्हणून , जे काही कधी-मधी मनात डोकावते सूत्रबद्धपणे मांडता यावे म्हणून किंवा मांडता येते का ते पहावे म्हणून, कधीतरी लिहिलेले कुठेतरी उतारवयात परत निवान्तपणे वाचताना आपला प्रवास, आठवणी तजेलदार होऊन डोळ्यासमोर तरळव्यात म्हणून , स्वताला थोडेसे चाचपून बघावे आणि स्वतापुरते जगताना आजूबाजूला घडणाऱ्या गोष्टींचा आपल्याला काही विचारपूर्वक निकष लावता येतो का हे बघावे म्हणून आणि मग माणुस म्हणून आधी आपण स्वत:ला तरी ओळखावे म्हणून, माझा स्वतःशी सुरु असलेला संवाद आणि संघर्ष मला तरी उलगडतो आहे का हे बघावे म्हणून , फावल्या वेळेचा थोडा चांगला वापर म्हणून , इंग्रजी-डच वाचताना त्याचे translation आपसूकच मराठीत होते म्हणून आणि ते मराठीतूनच जास्त कळते म्हणुन , व्यक्त करायला हे हक्काचे ठिकाण असू शकते म्हणून , कुठेही काहीही वाचले बघितले कि ते कधी मनाला भिडते कधी टोचते आणि मग जे विचार येतात ते स्वताला तरी नेमक्या शब्दात सांगावेत किंवा सांगता येतात का ते बघावे म्हणून , कधी मन फारच संवेदनशील, कधी हळवे तर कधी कठोर , कोरडे बनते त्याचे उगमस्थान शोधावे म्हणून आणि जमलेच तर वाटलेले, जाणवलेले आणि खरडलेले सगळे काही कधीतरी लोकांपर्यंत पोहोचवण्याची हिम्मत करता यावी म्हणून आणि त्यानिमित्याने बाकी मंडळींचे लिखाण, कलाकुसर , प्रतिक्रिया वगैरे बघण्याचा समजून घेण्याचा योग येऊ शकतो म्हणून , माझ्या पेन्टिंग मधील , कवितेतील आणि माझ्या प्रत्येक art मधील किंवा मागची ' मी ' आपल्यात जे काही थोडे फार चांगले आहे ते माझ्यापर्यंत आणि लोकांपर्यंत पोहोचावे म्हणून, लोकांच्या गर्दीत पण कधी फार एकटे एकाकी वाटते म्हणून , आयुष्य क्षणभंगुर आहे आता नाही तर कधीच नाही हे जाणवतेय म्हणून कि स्वताच निर्माण केलेल्या कोषातून बाहेर पडता येते का ते बघावे म्हणून , हा खटाटोप, असे म्हणावे का ? 

बरेच काही सांगता येईल किंवा कदाचित काहीच मांडता येणार नाही . मलाच समजत नाहीये मला नक्की काय म्हणायचे आहे ते आणि जे म्हणते  आहे ते तरी मला तसेच म्हणायचे होते का ते , मला तरी ते तसेच अभिप्रेत आहे का ते !

त्यामुळे, कसे आणि कितपत जमेल ते या क्षणी नक्की सांगता येणार नाही. काहीही, कसेही जसे जमेल तसे लिहेन, विषयाचे बंधन नसलेले ,कधी अगदी वरवरचे तर कधी मनाच्या आत खोलवर दडलेले…. कधी वाचण्याजोगे तर कधी कागदाचा बोळा किंवा फार फार तर कागदाची नाव करण्याजोगे….बुडण्याआधी काही काळ तरी तरंगेल पाण्यावर...

Winter, wine and Housewarming !

Winter, wine and housewarming all together, seems to be a very good, cosy and positive combination. Keeping that in mind I made and gifted this small painting and they liked it ! 

Wish that the new house and this painting will bring positive energy in their life.

Three Welcoming Elephants

Specially made for someone special, glad that these three little elephants are right there on the door to welcome guests as same this family of 3 invites and welcomes everyone with smiling face :)

Just Chill- Sneak peek...2

As mentioned in the previous post here is the second lots of the painting. Have many more detiailed work to show you, so stay tuned !

Juicy Tomatoes

Red juicy tomatoes

Art

Art...in a sense, it's bit more than a painting, poem, novel or a song. It is an output of hundreds of hours of experimentation and thousands of failures. It's a result of some precious moments of pure joy as well as a result of some sleepless late nights and years of frustration. It's a piece of heart and a part of the soul. Art is final product of a true passion and dedication, something that puts the life into living! One has to have similar perception to correlate these inner feelings of the Artist !

Welcoming Elephants

In Indian mythology Elephant is one of the significant animal. In Sankrit it is called Gaja and it depicts number of positive attributes, including abundance, fertility and richness; boldness and strength; and wisdom and royalty. It has been said that Lord Shiva unknowingly killed Ganesha, who was guarding at door and later lord Shiva had to replace Ganesha's head with Elephant as he could not find the original skull. 

In hinduisum, Lord Ganesha is the God of Good Luck and Auspiciousness and is the Dispeller of problems and obstacles. He is also worshipped as the God of wisdom, wealth, health, celibacy, fertility and happiness.

                            

Exhibition time

Exhibition time:
Join us for an Art Exhibition Opening, tomorrow on 1st February 2015 if you are nearby Amsterdam / Amstelveen. 2D / 3D Artworks of many Artists are being exhibited in one roof. You can also visit and vote your favorite work for next 20 days...

Paprika

Madhubani Durga

A tulips in tiny vase

Madhubani Coasters

Creativity is making marvelous out of discarded..so try to Reduce, Reuse & Recycle whenever you can...Look at the colourful coasters and you will realize that trying to make a piece of it not that hard..you just have to boost your creativity !! This is the smallest piece of art I have ever made but I must say that makes you equally satisfied..

Good luck Tree

Symbolic representation of Good luck Tree reminding everyone responsibility , values, harmony with nature and right way to live good life. Every single image stands for various aspects of human nature such as trust, hope, expection, fortune, power, watchfulness , peace, tolerance, understanding etc.
On handmade paper- in progress:

Madhubani Lamp & Abstract

Creativity is making marvelous out of discarded..so try to Reduce, Reuse & Recycle whenever you can !! Here is the old dull Lampshade with new Madhubani look !!

Madhubani- Dutch village in Indian way

Dutch village in Indian way!!- in process

Madhubani Fish

Style: Madhubani Painting of India

Buy it on:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/214923023/original-madhubani-painting-of-india?ref=listing-shop-header-2

Price: Euro 50

30 Paintings in 30 days:

A Begining and end of each year always bring a feeling of renewed hope, a desire to 

change the things and a time to let go, time to chill with friends and family and to cherish the great moments of the year that just passed and time to make some future plans to make coming year successful !

For year 2015 I was also looking for something different to begin with and then this amazing opportunity blossomed through http://30paintingsin30days.weebly.com/

My goal for 2015 is to make time to paint every day, so starting a new year with this new exciting challenge. I am nervous, excited as well as trilled as I never did it before. Some of my artist friends are doing this successfully and I was also thinking to do it since long but since I am mostly in Realism, it is quite hard for me to complete one painting in day due to lots of details in the painting as well as due to limited time I have !! So to make it successful I have to change my original style a bit but surely it will give me more opportunity to paint and enjoy the various subjects !

I have several themes in mind but for the time being I will just go with the flow...

Hope it will be a colourful treat to your eyes as well and you will also enjoy this new venture with me, Let's see how this crazy roller coster ride goes !!

You can see all the work of other artists on following blog:

http://lesliesaeta.blogspot.nl/

Madhubani Painting- Elephants

Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that the Artist has lots of free time but Handmade presents can be a real treasure if it goes in the right hand who admires it ! Glad that the new owner of this one is very happy with the output !

Calender 2015

A Desk Calendar of 2015, in Dutch language and with blessings of Lord Ganesha, with photos of 13 selected Paintings is just arrived at my desk:)
#NLgifts, #ChristmasGift, #NewYearGift idea !