Experiment: Moonlight Sailing - series

Experiment: moonlight sailing; 22"x30"; oil on canvas.

jellyfish

Jellyfish, 20”x28”, Oil on Canvas: Sometime last year I had a fascination with jellyfish.

The Orange House

The orange house - oil pastel and water colour on paper, Artist: Maleeka 'Mal' Saleem

Hot air baloon

Hot air baloon, oil pastel on paper, Artist: Maleeka 'Mal' Saleem, (my wife's talented and very lovely 6 year old cousin)

Experiment: Moonlight Sailing

Experiment: moonlight sailing; 18"x24"; oil on canvas.

Maldives 2100

Maldives 2100, 20”x28”, Oil on Canvas: IPCC’s projection of a 60 cm rise in sea level is a reality – and hence, a blazing hot sun; a dhoni asunder; a lone ghastly fisherman; a shark bleeding profusely and drowning; and of course, the proliferation of jellyfish and algae are all a part of everyday life. This is a small experiment I did a year ago. The idea isnt very original as I borrowed heavily from various sources.

Masmaarukeytu

Masmaarukeytu, 30”x20”, Oil on Canvas – another experiment with vermilion, crimson, scarlet, fire brick and dark scarlet.

Raiyvilla tahku therey

Raiyvilla thaku therey, 28"x40", Oil on Canvas - For the last 6 months I've been wanting to add some finishing strokes to the sea. I think it looks more like a barren wasteland than sea.

Chrysanthemariyabu

Chrysanthemariyabu, 18”x24, Oil on Canvas – I wanted to paint a red chrysanthemum. The result is not what I had in mind --- and so the title ‘Chrysanthemariyabu’. :-)

Rankamanaa Madukollaa

Rankamanaa Madukollaa, 18”x20”, Oil on Canvas - Amir says this looks too 'clean' - ie colours do not blend together. I agree. By the way, art, says Amir, is ‘anything and everything’. To him there is no such thing as ‘bad art’ ;-)

Haruge Ablaze

Haruge Ablaze, 18"x24", Oil on Canvas - I'm happy with the Haruge, Dhoni and the inferno. But I couldnt quite get the figure right...For him to have a right leg like that he has to have an unusually long femur :-)

Bovage Birthday

Bovage Birthday, 18"x24", Oil on Canvas - Bova had a lovely Birthday last year! ;-)

Purple Habrour

Purple Harbour, 20"x28", Oil on Canvas, - two things I didn’t like about this. (a) I couldn’t get the colors the way I wanted. (b) I failed with the perspective…couldn’t get the depth I wanted. So, ‘Purple Harbours’ fate was also …the bin :-)

Gulzaarugaa naya magey...

Gulzaaruga Naya Magey, 18"x24", Oil on Canvas …the bold brush strokes didn’t quite come out the way I wanted to. So discarded this canvas about a year ago.