Samir Mohanty

In between the journey

2020-22

“With the excessive use of technology at their disposal, humans today have lost some vital connection with the other sentient beings and the environment at large.” - Ravi Chaurasiya. Ravi Chaurasiya was born in 1994 in New Delhi...

Keeping nature as the protagonist in his works, Mohanty explores the intimate and often metaphysical relationship between the human body and the natural world. The artist situates th...

An acceptance of the magical events of nature, which takes us beyond our imaginations, gives us a reason to wonder how fulfilling life is. Here the monochromatic colour presents a dr...

Presently I am working on a series of charcoal drawings titled “A Promised Land” which is the result as well as a logical progression of my current engagement with art and ecology. The series drew inspiration from my reading of Pranay Lal’s Indica: A Deep Natural History of the Indian Subcontinent (2016). The book’s focus on sheer life force and exuberance stemming out of India’s natural history and the science behind life not only inspired me but also forced me to think deeply about the state of life on the planet. The title, therefore, is ironically suggestive of the way humankind is (mis)treating natural resources to fulfil its unbridled greed. The series across thirty or more drawings attempts to build an apocalyptic vision of life where the natural world and the animals who inhabit it bear the brunt of over-exploitation. The first out of the six drawings which are complete by now shows the dead root-like structure of a tree which looks fossilised and bears the expression of a dissatisfied creature which seems to be stranded on a lonely landscape. The second drawing is that of a neatly fleeced skeleton of a blue whale on a patch of land. The image brings to the forefront issues of poaching and illegal hunting of whales for commercial gains. The third drawing again deals with the same issue but this time the goriness of the misdeeds of humankind is in the shape of a decaying carcass of an elephant. It is half covered in decayed skin and half visible revealing the rib cage. The fourth drawing is a highly metaphorical one where a large pile of elephant tusks is seen neatly arranged and bears an uncanny resemblance with a human pyre. The fifth drawing is that of a synthetic net left on the landscape. The image is a telling account of the ill effects of fishing which results in bycatch thereby impacting the water beds...

"The story of a Forest" presents a biographical account of a forest in a series of six charcoal drawings. The story moves from the lush green forest in the first drawing to the dark...

He is a multidisciplinary visual artist wherein his works critically intervene with natural resources, ecology interlacing them with a social consciousness to reflect interactions between humans and the natural world. "Conflict between nature and culture is always settled with the victory of the former." Dhiraj Pednekar.

At over 11 feet in length, Broadbent’s “Andromeda” galaxy watercolor painting captures the spectacle and wonder one feels when looking at the stars in the night sky. In this large sc...

87"x149" multi-panel installation. This watercolor painting installation is created on 36 paper panels and is inspired by a view of the moon. The dee...

Watercolour, Acrylic Painting on archival paper. Work Title : "Vu d'ici" (EN : Seen from here) Artist : Fabien Granet (FR) The work is signed and dated on the back of the work. Uniq...

This painting of "Polperro"was created from three separate photograph's of the inner harbour taken by myself in March 2020. This gives the appearance of a panoramic view of Polperro,Cornwall. David Truman artist offers original paintings and limited edition prints exclusively with Wychwood Art. David Truman is based in Lincolnshire and David comments " I became a full time artist in 2009, following a career path of many of the disciplines of Graphic Design working for Advertising Agencies and Art studio’s. I specialise in bringing my subjects to life using watercolour and acrylic mix paintings and also graphite drawings. As far as I can remember, I have always shown an interest in Art, and Art works, and encouraged at an early age by an Uncle, who was an excellent Equine Artist, it seemed a high possibility that I too would become an artist. I attended Lincoln College...

Award winning artist David Walker works in both oil paints and watercolours. Before concentrating on illustration and fine art painting David trained and practiced as an architect. A...

This is a multi-panel installation of heavy-body watercolor painted panels, depicting the surface of the Moon. Mounted and ready for installation, this piece is signed on reverse. ...