Srinivas Kathoju

New Begining Series-2, Abstract Oil Painting

2022

Artist Comments
Inspired by vast open fields, mountains, and horizons that end in skies, artist Srinivas Kathoju builds an abstract interpretation of a colorful landscape. The fields represent the foreground with thick paint imparting texture. The horizon represents the middle ground where the fields and mountains blend with the golden sky. The cloudy pastel heavens represent the background. The loosely painted brush strokes give a textured element to the composition.

About the Artist
During the day, Srinivas Kathoju is a full-time software engineer. However, his art reflects another side of his personality; a passion for painting, a love of nature, and a desire to depict the vastness and majesty of the landscape. What makes his paintings unique is the way they incorporate several styles of art. The abstracted compositions have the soft atmosphere of an impressionist landscape, combined with the flat bold shapes of a post-war modern painting. Additionally, there is an ambiguity to the composition. The eye may easily register the painting as a landscape, but struggle to identify the horizon line and other landmarks within the piece. Is the block of turquoise running the length of the canvas a river, or just another line of color within the layers of stacked shapes?

Words that describe this painting: landscape, abstract, fields, lake, horizon, sunset, twilight, dusk, sky, clouds, linear, oilpaint, mountains, abstract, landscape, oil painting

New Begining Series-2
Srinivas Kathoju
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2022
24 in. h x 18 in. w x .75 in. d
3 lbs. 11 oz.