21st August 2021 Dr. Beena Devi Hello everyone. Today is Onam. I wish those celebrating a Very Happy Onam, more so because of our challenging time. Onam is when families unite for the festive occasion. Onam is celebrated in Kerala as a harvest festival after the monsoon or the terribly wet season. It is a…
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Hope
20th August 2021 Ms Vasanthi Arasoo Have you ever waited patiently for hope to surface? This lonesome fisherman is in a calm lake looking into the deep waters with eyes full of hope. The calls of the gulls and egrets break the silence but not his hope. This beautiful painting is one that brings calmness into the…
Not Your Soap Opera
It is so easy to give advice when it’s not your problem, isn’t it? Not sure what it is about me. I attract people who want to tell me their problems. Perhaps in another life, I was a therapist. I am a problem solver. I always want to solve problems, even if it is not…
Quiet Contemplation
14th August 2021 Dr. Beena Hello everyone. The Olympics is finally over. Hmm, you must be wondering what the Olympics has to do with the above picture. I painted this as part of Paul Clark’s weekly tutorials. I did wonder about the place where the fisherman is? Can anyone enlighten me on which…
You Are Where You Are Meant To Be
13th August 2021 Mrs Kala Pohl I loved living in San Francisco. The mountains, valleys, water, ethnicity, food, politics. And I thought, how miraculous that my first entry into the U.S. was a place that so closely represented who I am, deep inside. I made friends easily there, people who shared similar tastes. Since those were…
The Waiting Game
The “waiting game”. It is indeed entertaining. I have yet to figure it out, but here it is. Most of the time, most of us are waiting for something. For some future event to happen before we can make decisions. Like when we get a better job, when we have more money, when we lose weight, when…
Free as a Butterfly
6th August 2021 Dr.Beena Everyone loves freedom. We may not realise it, but sometimes freedom is taken for granted. I was inspired to paint this picture of a butterfly and a flower from a photo sent by Shobha. It was a photo of a Marble white butterfly on a Mexican wine flower. However, I was…
A Glimmering Backwaters Memory
A Happy Memory from December’19 My standard recipe for a trip home with my family looks like this: Wake up at the crack of dawn (read 6:00 am)/ Sip on a cup of hot Bournvita while nibbling on a piece of bread slathered with a thick layer of homemade butter/ Shower and wear my most…
La Gomera and Communication in Art
30th July 2021 Dr. Beena Hi everyone. Hope everyone is good and safe wherever you are. Today let me describe a bit about my painting. It is a picture of La Gomera (pronounced La Yomera). It is one of Spain’s Canary Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa. The island…
Flowers In Abundance
20210723 by Vasanthi Arasoo Flowers make us happy and inspire us at times. What more than being greeted by a field of flowers? This beautiful painting brings to mind a saying that says, ” The very best relationship has a gardener and a flower. The gardener nurtures and the flower blooms.” In the case of…