The Unsung Painter

The House_ Abstract

2010-08-31T06:46:00.000-07:00

Its lala's vision of a beautiful house- full of colors! As I post this, lala lies in hospital where his tongue is being reconstructed...( he got himself hurt 5 days ago during a seizure)
Hope everything goes well...

Not keeping Well

2010-08-29T06:31:00.000-07:00

Lala is not keeping well ..he has started having seizures ( epilepsy, we suspect) lately.He gets hurt during this - bites off his own tongue and loses a lot of blood every time...The worse thing is,can not tell anyone about his pain or discomfort and sometimes his problems are neglected!

we have been worried like hell lately, but there seems to be no solution ...Only some medication- that too not very convincing.

Life is not fair to some :(

The couple2- Reptiles

2010-08-20T20:11:00.000-07:00

Another couple! Lala has been painting regularly in last one or two months and he gave me a lot of his new creations when he visited last week!

Birds this Time

2010-08-16T08:26:00.000-07:00

A beautiful pair of..flamingos? Don't know! Lala painted this last month and gave it to me.

Rainy Days

2010-07-25T00:35:00.000-07:00

Another sweet painting by Lala...frog family!

Sea life

2010-07-16T07:53:00.000-07:00

I visited Lala recently and found out that he has been painting quite a lot- he gave me a few of them which I am going to share with you...

2010-03-31T08:46:00.000-07:00

A typical village scene of India, By Lala.You can see the thach-roof houses in background and farmers ploughing their fields.

candy house

2010-03-18T03:06:00.000-07:00

Another colorful sketch by Lala. Made using sketch pens only.

Friends

2010-02-17T03:25:00.000-08:00

Lala hasn't been painting much lately. Sometimes he gets moody and depressed- doesn't paint at all. I am running out of his old work.I hope he gives me something new when I visit him in March.

The Mushroom House

2010-01-29T08:21:00.000-08:00

the peacock

2009-12-05T18:41:00.000-08:00

Another colorful rendering by lala, done with sketch pens.

Red

2009-11-23T23:02:00.000-08:00

A very unusual perspective view of a flower...

The Garden

2009-11-18T22:18:00.000-08:00

A beautiful rendering in sketch pens by Lala....

The child

2009-10-28T20:29:00.000-07:00

water color painting by lala.

Another story....

2009-10-02T19:17:00.000-07:00

Another sketch pen and color illustration by Lala.

The Fish

2009-09-19T22:45:00.000-07:00

A happy fish in sketchpen art!

The Story

2009-08-27T02:04:00.000-07:00

A scene from a story...I find it quite charming!

A village scene

2009-08-14T09:37:00.000-07:00

A village scene with mud huts and maidens carrying water in their pitchers....

Lord Ganesha

2009-07-24T04:42:00.000-07:00

A prominent deity of Hindus, Lord Ganesha , who has a head of an elephant.He is the first one to be worshipped atthe start of any big event, as he is supposed to ward off all evil . Lala did it by using bright colored felt pens.

The Unicorn

2009-07-19T00:33:00.000-07:00

Here is a fresh painting of Lala.He did this on his recent trip to Delhi. The flying unicorn in the vast open skies...so many possibilities...

Back In Delhi

2009-06-30T10:48:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone..I am back in Delhi and the good news is that Lala is also visiting me .He gave me a bunch of his new paintings which I am going to share with you very soon.....Keep watching!

On Vacation

2009-05-29T14:12:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the new blogger friends who have decided to follow this blog in last 3 weeks. As I am on vacation right now, I don't have access to Lala's new paintings.When I get back to India in June end, I will surely update this blog.Till then, happy painting!

A dialogue

2009-05-12T09:15:00.000-07:00

A dialogue between an old man and his daughter-in-law...may be she is giving him his medicine.Both of them are in rustic indian attire.

Run!

2009-05-05T21:27:00.000-07:00

He borrrowed this concept from a kids' story...the lion is running for its life! I like the use of bold colors here.He has used sketch pens for this art piece.

Magic of Black and Grey

2009-05-01T22:29:00.000-07:00

Various figures drawn by black ink/paint...depicting people in action. Lady on the right looks like a happy bride; people on top are labourers lifting and carrying loads on their heads. ( this is a usual scene when there is any construction actvity going on) a mountain Yak with its owner in the left....

messenger and courtesan

2009-04-25T20:53:00.000-07:00

A curious dialogue between the king's messenger and a courtesan.The guy is carrying a spear, which was usually carried by the messengers in anicient times...Courtesan with all her finery.

Same style...ink scribbled figures later washed with a bit of water color...

Story of king and sage

2009-04-23T19:30:00.000-07:00

This is a rendering of a scene comprsing a king with a sword in his hand, talking to a sage holding a rope ..I wonder what they are talking about!
He has used pen and water colors for this.

The Yamuna

2009-04-22T03:49:00.000-07:00

This painting depicts a sunset at the banks of river Yamuna .May be in Agra, as we can see the Taj Mahal in background....my assumption, only! Lala did not supply any information on this...this could be Delhi, too--as the river flows through the city and Delhi has many Mughal Era monuments similer to these burjs that we see in the background.

The lovely sunset and the boat are not limited to the geography ..so, go on, and enjoy....

A King's Court

2009-04-20T07:57:00.000-07:00

This is a king's court.In Indian History we have a lot of kings and monarches with a thousand s of stories weaved around them. They pocessed a lot of wealth and were treated like Gods by their subjects. India was a called a "Golden Bird" before the invasions of outer world....People were very wealthy and gold was in overabundance....those were the days....

The Village Scenes

2009-04-19T04:13:00.000-07:00

Above are two typical village scenes in India where oxen are used to plough fields ...One can see a tubewell in the background ans some hills too.

In the second picture, two women are busy in their domestic chores.Although the practice of cleaning and crushing wheat grains to prepare ATTA ( Flour) for consumption is done by machines these days, in older times, a CHAKKI ( Grinding stone of a kind) was used for the purpose.In it, there were two heavy disks of stone attached to a wooden handle.The grain was put in between and the person would rotate the upper disk with the help of the handle.It was a labourious process! I am not sure if I am describing it the right way...(as all these things have hindi names and descriptions) But I can assure you that this task was not an easy one, as the stone were very, very heavy. I saw a Chakki myself and I couldn't even dare to attempt moving it! I will try to get a picture of it sometime:>) But the women of our villages were quite strong to manage it so easily.They still are.