Elevation

As part of the movement we've decided to shift a little bit from painting and have decided to design fashion accessories.These designs come in the form of drawings and shall be posted.

Clay diaries

Pottery is a traditional African expression of beauty and originality that still remains a marvel.
Revolving around day to day activities,the African pot is a symbol of life and sustenance,excellence and tradition.
In every traditional homestead the pot was treasured and safely guarded.It was in the pot that drinking water was stored to cool.
Food was known to be well prepared when cooked in a pot and the wedding beer and that of all other rituals had to be prepared in a pot.
But now that all those traditions and practices are slowly dying out,the role of the pot is changing except in the rural areas where the same old perceptions still exist.
The pot's role seems to have taken a new dimension.It is slowly losing its utility role and taking on an element of beauty.
Some experts in this area believe that using a paint brush one can find an outlet to express the inner most feelings by painting beautiful shades of different colours on the clay surface.
It's more like converting the clay surface into a painting ground.
This is unlike paper or canvas----Pots make the artist feel close to nature.
Coming in different sizes and shapes they have become more than utility assets.

Initial steps

Sketching and getting ideas from the outside is really fun.Anything comes and goes.

Down town garages

Now here is where I met a different group of artists.These guys see vehicles as canvases.What the usual artist sees on the easel as quality work,they view it as a waste of time.
Applied arts and Fine arts are two distinct courses but here such "professionalism" or "specialization"is not considered.

Brilliant colours [ The Farm]

Remembering the days when the hoe,planting line and seeds were my daily companions can be refreshing.As an artist I've come to realize that working outdoors and interacting with nature in its purest form enriches ones' observation skills.
It also boosts ones' manual skills and hand co-ordination.

31 December 1983

On this day and month big things take place.Ranging from birth,death,triumph to love.On this month,Joan Miro and a member of the Beach Boys pass on.Brunei becomes independent and tragedies occur in France.
It's also a day when two different creative minds from Japan and Kenya are born.
New Years eve birthdays are considered odd in the social world since this is the day many people are preparing to usher in the New Year.
I guess we all celebrate together as a world.

First painting on paper

My Cube,Watercolour on paper,16cm x 10cm.

The commencement of any task in life is always difficult.Full of pitfalls and shortcomings.With hope and faith as the driving forces,one is always vulnerable.