Self Portraits done over a period of 20 + years, in different mediums and different frames of mind.
Also it mostly showcases my intense struggle with, and the love of smoking; the art of blowing smoke, the fascination with it's sinewy, wavering forms. The stigma attached, the pleasure of taking smoke breaks in classes and at work.
I quit smoking (or think I have) since 4rth of November 2012. It is a big Sacrifice. From 2 packs of cigarettes a day for 20 years, down to none. I quit cold turkey. Although I am seriously considering weekend social smoking.
Also it mostly showcases my intense struggle with, and the love of smoking; the art of blowing smoke, the fascination with it's sinewy, wavering forms. The stigma attached, the pleasure of taking smoke breaks in classes and at work.
I quit smoking (or think I have) since 4rth of November 2012. It is a big Sacrifice. From 2 packs of cigarettes a day for 20 years, down to none. I quit cold turkey. Although I am seriously considering weekend social smoking.
Eat Apple Eat II
Digital Illustration. 2002
Digital Illustration. 2002
Eat Apple Eat
Ballpoint Sketch. 2000
Ballpoint Sketch. 2000
Architecture of Death
Charcoal on a large Sketchbook 1998
(National College of Arts, Fine Arts Rooftop. This was about sketching the architecture visible from the 4rth story of the building. But it soon became about the unbearable heat and my inability to focus on linear shapes)
Charcoal on a large Sketchbook 1998
(National College of Arts, Fine Arts Rooftop. This was about sketching the architecture visible from the 4rth story of the building. But it soon became about the unbearable heat and my inability to focus on linear shapes)
iDope
Oil Pastels on a Pizza Box Cardboard. 2002
Oil Pastels on a Pizza Box Cardboard. 2002
Pain 2 NOSMO KING.
Coloured Ballpoints on Sketchbook. 1999
(A pun a really strong, terrible, local cigarette called K2)
Coloured Ballpoints on Sketchbook. 1999
(A pun a really strong, terrible, local cigarette called K2)
Drowning in Ink (Pen and Ink).
1997
I saw Brandon Lee's 'The Crow' one too many times, and hence a very influenced self portrait.
1996
Headache Tree I
Pencil on Sketch Book. 1999
(If you look closely, you might see a mosquito coil in the background!)
This piece is a mixture of myself and a friend Sadia Bubbles, it was meant as a tribute to her, but somehow I got lost in it too.
Pencil on Sketch Book. 1999
(If you look closely, you might see a mosquito coil in the background!)
This piece is a mixture of myself and a friend Sadia Bubbles, it was meant as a tribute to her, but somehow I got lost in it too.
TV & CATS
Charcoal on Chart Paper. 2001
(The state that sometimes joblessness can curse you with.)
Charcoal on Chart Paper. 2001
(The state that sometimes joblessness can curse you with.)
NOSMO KING.
Mono Print 1995
(One of my first Mono Prints!)
Mono Print 1995
(One of my first Mono Prints!)
The water people deep inside you.
Etching and Aquatint. 1997
Etching and Aquatint. 1997
An artit's dream
Collograph Print. 1997
Collograph Print. 1997
Peacock Chair
Ballpoint Sketch, Digital Render on Photoshop. 2003
(Sometimes for love we step down from the Egoistic Peacock Chair of Arrogance and Vanity)
Ballpoint Sketch, Digital Render on Photoshop. 2003
(Sometimes for love we step down from the Egoistic Peacock Chair of Arrogance and Vanity)
Slowly I Swim out.
Digital Illustration. 2012
Digital Illustration. 2012
I am strange Girrafa.
Digital Illustration. Nov 2012
(Yes by now I have completely lost any grasp of reality, and this is Post quitting Cigarettes - the affects are clearly visible.)
Digital Illustration. Nov 2012
(Yes by now I have completely lost any grasp of reality, and this is Post quitting Cigarettes - the affects are clearly visible.)
