Unfinished poem, unfinished painting

On this fine day I was a little restless. Tracy was still in India while I was trying to figure out what to do with my new found status. I changed the Facebook status too many times, too soon. Crystal, my admin assistant at my last place of employment, suggested that I should go out and paint. But of course, in the state of restlessness I was in no mood to paint. Instead, I wrote down these few lines that I called unfinished poem, unfinished painting. Enjoy


The world is my canvas
and nature my pallette -
All I need is a paint brush
and I'm ready to create.
What painting shall I make?
What mastery shall I fake?

I got time and instruction,
and wide a color range -
From periwinkle to crimson,
from moss to sunset orange.
But what image shall I create?
Which memory to recreate?

I remember places I have been
I recollect faces I have seen.
Yet sitting out in the park
Watching, waiting till the dark!
Whose beauty shall I capture?
At what will my brush rapture?

Color convention I often violate
and traditions I do forego.
But, here, I brush a stroke of violet
and add a delicate hint of indigo.Next to blue I drop a green shade
and the moon lends a bright yellow.
Besides the orange I put the red -
and finish an abstract rainbow.

Birds of Paradise

My favorite flower - Birds of Paradise.

Meaning: Freedom, Magnificence, Good perspective.

Most commonly found in an orangish yellow with shades of blue. Here, I sketched a lesser seen variation of red with shades of green.

© 2008 Sanjoy Haldar

A Throw

This sketch depicts my fascination with geometrical shapes, particularly linear, and my the obsession with the color blue. In color psychology, blue signifies many things, among them are peace, tranquility, cold and depressive, and loyalty. This, too some extent, describes me well.

I called this sketch 'a throw' for two reasons: first, this is throw-away stuff, output of my solitude, therapy for my restlessness. Second, this could be a design for a throw in a contemporary home.

© 2008 Sanjoy Haldar

Quartz

Unknown Lady Against Geometrical Backdrop

I used to draw and paint growing up. Somewhere on the way, I lost that gift. I made another attempt between 1993 and 1996; sold few during auctions for charities but then stopped again due to workload and work-life imbalance.

Last year, as I was going through an extremely difficult phase of life, I picked up the colored pencils again. This is one of the early attempts to revive my skills.

© 2007 Sanjoy Haldar

Tiger Lily

© 2007 Sanjoy Haldar