Author: Beena Devi

  4th October 2025 Mr Mani & Beena   Having been captivated by Mr Mani’s pen-and-ink art featuring poppies, I feel compelled to explore the beauty of these flowers. His monochrome depiction, though lacking in colour, still manages to evoke the vivid image of these blood-red blooms in our minds.   The history of poppies,…

Series 4 Ganesh as Black and White

Series 3 Ganesh in Abstract style

Series 2  Ganesh in impressionist style

1st October 2025 Mrs Nalini Rajappan & Beena Hello, everyone. Today, I will post a series of paintings by Mrs Nalini Rajappan. In this series, she painted Ganesh with acrylic paint. She has painted Ganesh in mural, realistic, and abstract styles. The diverse styles denote her varied skills in painting the same subject. Ganesh is…

30th September 2025 Mrs Lathika & Beena I’m excited to share this oil painting of Mrs Lathika, of a Kathakali dancer. It’s so lifelike that you can almost feel the dancer’s energy and passion leaping off the canvas.  Kathakali, a dance form from Kerala, the southernmost state of India, is a captivating art that dates…

30th September 2025 Mrs Lathika & Beena   Hello, everyone! I just had to share this painting of a Rajasthani Dancer by Lathika. Her use of acrylics is so realistic, I nearly thought it was a photograph!  Here’s a little bit of history about Rajasthan. It embodies a rich tradition of art and culture. Women…

Series 2 White Sleepy Head I feel like both have its uniqueness. I loved the way Yen has created the tenderness on the sleepy heads, both black and white. They look so fragile but contented to be in their beds.    I hope you will enjoy her work as much as I did.

27th September 2025 Lo Yen Yen  It is my utmost pleasure to introduce Ms Lo Yen Yen. Her strength in art lies in ceramics. She has explained how she creates her beautiful artwork. I preferred the black sleepy head over the white one. However, I loved the black and white tail of the bed of…

 27th September 2025 Beena  Hello, everyone. I was genuinely surprised by the overwhelming response to my latest painting. Riccardo sent me a photo he took during his holiday. It showed a single house on a tiny island in Croatia, Sitsko-žutska otočna skupina. I painted it using watercolours. I thought it looked quite dull compared to…