Posting an old work from '08 - Gash

This is just to round off my profile gallery here in PJ, since there is hardly any oil in there and I haven't touched oils in a long time. Prehistoric work from way back in '08.

18" x 24", oil on canvas.

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Tags: canvas, metarealism, oil

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Comment by mukund S on June 26, 2012 at 10:04pm: stunning !!

Comment by Prosenjit Roy on April 24, 2012 at 1:02pm: Oh, I'm really late in responding - my apologies. Thank you so much Madhoolikaji :), Jay, Sreekanth and Parani(Sir). Your comments inspire me. Anil, you're too kind :)

Comment by paranirajan on April 19, 2012 at 8:52pm: AWESOME DADA....!

Comment by Sreekanth on April 19, 2012 at 4:12pm: nice one... :)

Comment by Jay Varma on April 18, 2012 at 9:31pm: Wonderful painting Prosenjit!

Comment by madhoolika.g on April 17, 2012 at 3:36pm: great uncle !

Comment by J L Anil Kumar on April 17, 2012 at 9:39am: I repeatedly looked at the two pictures and I see only differences, but surely, for the reasons you mention, the recall was inevitable. The chiarascuro, the wound and in torso, something poking in the vaguest terms at the wound and so on. But that is a crowded scene with mainly a propaganda value!

I guess, to see your picture clearly, I need some time, to take the master's work out of my mind. Will, of course, keep looking.

Comment by Prosenjit Roy on April 17, 2012 at 9:21am: Well... now that is an interesting convo :) I haven't thought of this in the light of Caravaggio's 'Doubting Thomas', but visually - at least on first glance, what with the wound being on the upper torso, plus the chiaroscuro... one could be reminded of that masterpiece. Its my honor that that was the case! Thank you so much Anil for alluding to it - hats off to your visual recall :)

However, on a second glance, you'd notice some strong thematic differences - While in Caravaggio's case (I mean, its weird that we are even discussing that great master in the light of my work!) St Thomas was poking in a wound that was previously inflicted, here the 'wound' is actually in the process of being made. Its a deep, extending gash, at the lower end of which the tension on the skin is pulling the edges apart. The blood is yet to pour. Perhaps its not even a wound, being a painted illusion, or a metaphor for it, since he's holding a brush. Also, there is clearly an opened paint-tube with some red paint on palette. So these are different allegories altogether.

Prabal... ahh, @ your phrase 'beautifully scary' :)

Also, thank you so much Nicola, Muhammed and Akhila!