Art for a cause
Faces and Places
“The human face has been part of the classic discipline of art for countless ages. Samita’s faces, primarily in charcoal and conte, have a searing power. At the same time, she dazzles us by the infinite variety of the structure of the face, the play of light and shade and the dramatic distinction of male and female faces. There is realistic solidity but also a subtle delineation, most pronounced in her rendition of their eyes.”
(Late Dnyaneshwar Nadkarni, renowned art critic and author)
- TITLE: Still Life I
- Medium: Watercolour
- Size-in inch: 14” x 18.5”
- DESC: Still Life I
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- TITLE: Still Life II
- Medium: Watercolour
- Size-in inch: 14” x 19.5”
- DESC: Still Life II
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- TITLE: Still Life III
- Medium: Watercolour
- Size-in inch: 20” x 14”
- DESC: Still Life III
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- TITLE: Village Landscape
- Medium: Ink, Pen and Brush
- Size-in inch: 12.5” x 17.5”
- DESC: One of a kind using a combination of mediums that I no longer use, I don't remember why. Maybe, it's time to go back to it.
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- TITLE: Mother Stork
- Medium: Pastel on Coloured Paper
- Size-in inch: 14” x 10”
- DESC: With a body of water opposite our home, there are ducks aplenty and visiting storks. This is me imagining a mother stork feeding her new-borns.
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- TITLE: Rickshaw puller
- Medium: Conte Pencil on Paper
- Size-in inch: 18.5” x 14”
- DESC: Of all the faces I’ve done over the years, this is my personal favourite. This is a live portrait of a rickshaw puller, who used to park his rickshaw in the shade of our balcony every afternoon when the sun was at its most relentless. I noticed an alertness in his eyes that belied his age, an alertness that, possibly, comes from experiencing life, literally, at close quarters. I saw his life etched in the lines on his face. I asked if I could draw him. He readily agreed, possibly, I thought, to make a bit of money in the off-work hours. It took me two-three days to complete the drawing during which time he observed me keenly. Yet, when I’d finished, he showed no interest at all in the final result. And walked away without taking any money.
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- TITLE: Beggar Woman
- Medium: Crayon on Paper
- Size-in inch: 20.5” x 13.5”
- DESC: This striking face – dignity shining through her beggarly circumstances – caught my eye on my way to New Alipore market. Shopping forgotten, I asked her to pose for me, drawing out the sketchbook I always carried in anticipation of such chance encounters (no smartphones those days!). She agreed and when I’d finished the broad strokes, she peered at it closely and gave a little nod, which I took as approval.
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- TITLE: Paris Kaku (Uncle)
- Medium: Watercolour
- Size-in inch: 19.5” x 14”
- DESC: I did this portrait of an elderly man some years ago, in watercolor, the medium I started my career with. Much later, when I wrote a story about the annoying - though, in retrospect, funny – idiosyncrasies, angularities and antics of an uncle visiting from Paris, the portrait became the cover of my book!
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- TITLE: Portrait of a Friend
- Medium: Charcoal and Pencil on Paper
- Size-in inch: 12” x 10”
- DESC: Just someone whom I’ve known for many years and m extremely fond of. She is what she is – frank and straightforward, sometimes to a fault and the great discomfort of others. No artifice about this lady. I thought I caught her personality better in profile.
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- TITLE: Jesus Today
- Medium: Gold Pen on Paper
- Size-in inch: 11” x 8”
- DESC: On one Christmas morning, thought of doing a portrait of Jesus in joy, befitting the day of his birth. But recent events stored in the subconscious, turned my portrait sad and disheartened.
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- TITLE: Man with a Tilak
- Medium: Charcoal & Conte Pencil
- Size-in inch: 14” x 10”
- DESC: As a portrait painter, I look for faces that encapsulate the essence of the person (as I imagine it), or tells a story, or is just plain striking. This is one.
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- TITLE: Gypsy Woman
- Medium: Pencil on Paper
- Size-in inch: 18” x 13.5”
- DESC: This striking face from among a group of nomadic travelers resting by the wayside, bedecked in costume finery, caught my eye.
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- TITLE: Pishima (Auntie)
- Medium: Mixed Media
- Size-in inch: 19” x 13”
- DESC: A distant aunt whom I hadn't met in decades. When I did run into her, she was in her early '90s. I was amazed by her lust for life that had hardly abated since I saw her last. She was purposeful, lucid, positive and courageous. An inspiration for anyone beginning to experience the pangs of self-doubt and anxiety of our senior years.
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- TITLE: All Rounder Par Excellence
- Medium: Oil on Canvas
- Size-in inch: 30” x 14”
- DESC: Most of us have one attendant in our lives who is like a second mother to us. I had Shivani. She was with us for nearly three decades, looking after our lives, from being a cook to bottlewasher and everything else in-between. She was one of a kind - multifaceted, energetic, intelligent, kind and wickedly witty. She was also very protective of me and, by extension, very possessive. This, recalling her most typical posture - sari hitched up to just above her knees - is my tribute to her and her kind.
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- TITLE: From My Window 1
- Medium: Pastel and Pencil on Paper
- Size-in inch: 8” x 11.5”
- DESC: Sitting at my work table, either to write or paint, this view of a quiet lane in Tollygunge greets me, whenever I look up to take a break. More often than not it has a calming effect
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- TITLE: From My Window 2
- Medium: Pastel and Pencil on Paper
- Size-in inch: 8” x 11.5”
- DESC: On the other side of my work table, through another window – more sky, fewer buildings. I remember the great solace this view provided during the 2-year pandemic lockdown.
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- TITLE: Red Sky Seascape
- Medium: Pastel on Paper
- Size-in inch: 8” x 11.5”
- DESC: Just what it is, at approaching sunset – a yellow sea reflecting a red sky.
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- TITLE: Seascape under Dark Clouds
- Medium: Pastel on Paper
- Size-in inch: 8” x 11.5”
- DESC: Another slice of sky witnessed during Corona captivity, transposed on an imaginary sea, exaggerating one’s solitude.
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- TITLE: Kissing Clouds
- Medium: Dry Pastel on Paper
- Size-in inch: 11” x 7”
- DESC: Walking on my terrace, I looked up to see clouds gathered like pouty lips, poised to kiss.
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- TITLE: Red Clouds
- Medium: Dry Pastel on Paper
- Size-in inch: 11.5” x 10”
- DESC: Walking on the terrace during the Covid lockdown with nothing much to do, one witnessed the most amazing sky colours and cloud formations, particularly as the rains approached – things we ignore in our busy, distracted lives.
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- TITLE: Alaskan Landscape
- Medium: Pen and Ink on Paper
- Size-in inch: 9.5” x 11.5”
- DESC: Seeing the icy, stark and endless landscapes of Alaska left me awestruck. This is my attempt to catch its vastness.
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- TITLE: Norwegian Landscape
- Medium: Mixed Media
- Size-in inch: 8” x 11”
- DESC: The formidable, foreboding and stunning fjords of Norway. Left an indelible impression on my mind (and psyche).
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- TITLE: Croatian Landscape
- Medium: Coloured Pencil on Paper
- Size-in inch: 10” x 13.5”
- DESC: In Dubrovnik, the sea can be seen from most places. It's a different, distinctive sea, though. In its colour and the rocks that seem to grow out of the middle of the ocean.
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- TITLE: Bhuttawali (The Corn Seller)
- Medium: Pastel on Paper
- Size-in inch: 19” x 13”
- DESC: Bhuttawali, displaying her wares, waiting by the roadside for clientele with her family members who take turns at the brazier.
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- TITLE: Three Thirsty Women
- Medium: Pastel and Pencil on Paper
- Size-in inch: 19” x 14”
- DESC: On a visit to Rajasthan in the peak of summer, saw groups of women with empty pitchers and expressions walking miles along the otherwise empty highways in search of tube-wells.
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- TITLE: Rajasthani Girl
- Medium: Pastel on Paper
- Size-in inch: 18.5” x 13”
- DESC: A Rajasthani girl, in solitude, absorbed in her own thoughts, living in her own world - perhaps, thinking of an absentee husband earning his livelihood in a distant city.
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- TITLE: Rajasthani Shepherdess
- Medium: Pastel & Charcoal on Paper
- Size-in inch: 18.5” x 12.5”
- DESC: In the scorching heat of a summer afternoon, I saw this Rajasthani woman walking her small herd of goats either looking for water or a patch of green in the barrenness.
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- TITLE: Woman in Waiting
- Medium: Pastel on Paper
- Size-in inch: 9” x 15”
- DESC: Rajasthani village wife, day’s work done, waiting for her husband to return from the fields as the sun sets.
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