Capillitium 3

Capillitium 3 - Lightening silhouettes the void. Pulsating energy orbs are thrown out into the beyond (Peter).

Capillitium

Capillitium - The veins of life. Leaf, blood, bronze verdigris patina. Bold strength and delicacy. Jagu has surpassed herself with this work which has vibrancy and boldness, subtlety and blissful peace (Peter).

Green Planet

Green Planet - Dark undergrowth. Mossy rocks. Cool and lush vegetation. Barely perceptible bubbles could be the breath of abundant life (Peter).

Emphasis -

Emphasis - Vermillion in high gain. Could be a volcanic eruption. Feels like a hot blast on a cold night.

Texture Hunting

We went for a drive on Rakshibandan holiday.  Down by the mighty Mahi River near the French wells we found some interesting dried mud textures. 

Old tracks from a tractor.  Tyre pattern could provide useful reference for a virtual digital "brush".

Cracking skin of dried mud.  Which is the negative space, black or white? 

Streak

 

Streak - Veiny pattern from leaves give structure to a luminescent "stained glass window". Blue light from beyond the frame. Nature has many ways to "frame" space and I see these spaces between natural structures. These can be seen in holes of decaying leaves, holes in trees and rock faces.

Pink Solaris

Pink Solaris - there is no narrative to Jagu's painting but you could easily read into the composition what you like. Peter sees an alien landscape with mysterious swirling gases in the foreground and rising steamy vapours behind a jagged mountain range. What do you see?

When Jagu worked on the Harsh Harmony she was thinking about the contrasts between hard v soft, shade v contrast, rock v Himalayan flower and reflecting on how this applies to everything in life, work, and human relations.

She considers this subject is as a testimony of many instances in her life. For example the beauty and happiness of having a child and soon after the blow of being blind for months. The light and dark of so many trials are mirrored in her painting. The beauty of the final product is in the completeness. Universal truths are captured in colour.

Digital techniques... developing new possibilities

Second last day of exhibition and we met some more interesting artists. We are finding more people are interested in the techniques of using digital tools for their own work and are inspired by Jagu's work. Those who have worked with these tools know how difficult and complex it can be.

Harsh Harmony inaugurated by Jyot Bhatt

JyotI Bhatt, a world renowned artist with works in the  Museum of Modern Art and The Smithsonian Institution  and one of the first Indian artists to explore digital forms of art in India, inaugurates the exhibition (Jyoti Bhatt).

He had a very long association with the Faculty of Fine Arts of Baroda (Vadodara) from the 1950s as a student then as a teacher.  It was a pleasure to meet him since I met him at my last exhibition in Vadodara.  He was my teacher in 1992.

Jagu Gibson (left), Karan Grover (centre), and Jyoti Bhatt (right).