Art for me, has always been a source of joy and pride. Be it creating art, or viewing art. Every time I paint a new piece of art, the entire process of creating it elevates me to a different zone where I am at peace with the world. And after I complete it, the joy of seeing my vision become reality is hard to put in words.
And I am keen on sharing this joy with the rest of the world, so I would like to announce that I be will making and selling LIMITED EDITION FINE ART PRINTS of selected pieces of my work.
My 100 Day Project has been a wonderful experience so far, and I am truly overwhelmed with the amount of feedback and praises I have received till date. But most of all, the number of requests from people to buy the paintings of M.S.Subbulakshmi has been the primary reason that I decided to make prints of my work. Only 1 painting will be available for sale as of now and I will be adding more, depending on the response and feedback from all of you.
You can order your limited edition print from here.
As I started the 100 Day Project, I was looking to tackle some interesting subjects and M.S.Subbulakshmi has been one of my biggest inspirations in life. Based on an iconic photo of her by Raghu Rai, this picture spoke volumes to me with her intense expression and lifelike emotions. It was also one of the toughest ones that I had painted till now of her, mainly because I wanted to ensure that I could do justice to the photograph. I spent a lot of time thinking about how I wanted to depict her. Should I make it monochrome or flesh toned? What medium should I use? I knew that I had to paint this with the same qualities as the photo yet adding my own twist to it.
Luckily, on the day I sat to make this painting, I found my process. Initially I had made swatches for skin tones on my palette, but it hit me that this was not what I wanted. I stopped what I was doing and went through all my previous portraits. I looked at them and realised I should keep it in my style, the multi-colour way that would bring all the features alive, and not sway away from my individuality. Towards the end of the day, I was grinning with excitement and couldn’t sit still in my seat. I actually did the final part of the painting while standing over my desk! The excitement was too real and it went by very quickly. At last, it came out to be the way I wanted and that was very satisfying to me.
Making the fine art prints is a whole process that I learnt about over the past couple of weeks. From choosing the right paper and getting the right printer, it was all a new experience for me but I truly enjoyed every bit of it. Once we finalized the paper, I knew that colour accuracy and being true to the original painting is vital so we spent a lot of tweaking minor settings to ensure perfect quality. We made nearly 20 test prints, each one slowly getting to the final level of quality that I wanted. We started printing at around 3pm and by the time prints finally matched with the original painting, it was already 9pm! But it was time well spent as I could confidently say this is the very best print quality that you can ever buy of my work.
The final set consists of:
A limited edition of 25 archival giclée prints, signed and numbered by me.
Here’s where you can find it!
I am glad that I went through this process of madness to make these stunning prints, I am super happy with the results and I hope all of you enjoy your prints.
