Art by Aarohi » Portraits

Kajal on the move…

aarohi — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:54:22 +0000

These sketches are of Kajal. She is a beautiful dog, that Rakesh of VoSD, picked up on a recent trip to Goa. She was a little bruised, battered and lonely when he found her. Today, after four months of unconditional love, she positively glows with good health. I am not sure what prompted him to decide to adopt her out of all the other strays on the beach… but I am glad he did.

She has the most intense eyes, as if rimmed with jet black Kohl- hence her name. These sketches are done in Pen and Ink and are approx. 10″ x 16″ each.

I have painted her before (you can see that portrait here).

Dog Portrait- Kalia

aarohi — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:01:42 +0000

This portrait is of Kalia. It is done in acrylics on canvas and is 10×12 inches.

Dog Portrait- Geeta

aarohi — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:05:00 +0000

This portrait is of Geeta. It is done in acrylics on canvas and is 10×12 inches.

Dog Portrait- Heer

aarohi — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:33:46 +0000

This portrait is of Heer . It is done in acrylics on canvas and is 10×12 inches.

Dog Portrait- Raju

aarohi — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:31:12 +0000

This portrait is of Raju. It is done in acrylics on canvas and is 10×12 inches.

Dog Portraits

aarohi — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:03:29 +0000

I love dogs. It’s no secret. And I love painting. Combine the two and what do you get?

Dog Portraits of course!!

All these four paintings are done in acrylics on canvas and are 10×12 inches each.

Lucky	Kajal
Sita	Sita

To the Gods…

aarohi — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:55:27 +0000

There are gods and then there are gods. In India, we have them in all shapes, sizes and denominations. This kettle is dedicated to some of the ‘Gods of Cricket‘ down the ages- Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, M.S Dhoni and the one and only Sachin Tendulkar.

To cricket and it’s many big and small gods – We love them, we hate them, we love to hate them….but as a nation we can’t seem to live without them.

Outer face. Inner demons…

aarohi — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:47:52 +0000

We all have them. Those fears that don’t let us sleep. The demons that show are frailty, our vulnerability. It makes us human.

Superstars have them too!! Both Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan have spoken of their fear of anonymity publicly. Mr. Bachchan on ‘Rendezvous with Simi Grewal’ and ShahRuhk on a mini series on his life (I forget which channel it aired on now )

I hope this new year brings love, laughter and resilience in all our lives. I hope it allows you, my readers and me to embrace the future without fear.

Happy New Year everyone!!

And to both the Shahenshah and the Baadshah of Bollywood – I wish you both more success and more fame. May you both never have to fade away into obscurity.

Progression

aarohi — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:35:58 +0000

I did this a while back, just didn’t get around to posting it.

This animation is 1.3Mb {your patience is appreciated }

My husband thinks that in this portrait my expression is a little mocking. He prefers this one. I like them both, they are just different moods of me.

Update: Gandhi vs. Gandhian kettle goes to team Anna in Delhi

aarohi — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:57:42 +0000

How cool is that?!!

Kehte hain- Daane daane par likha hain khaane wale ka naam. ( It is said- Every morsel has the name of the person who is going to eat it, inscribed on it).
My husband now says- Har ketli par likha hain paane wale ka naam. ( Every kettle already has a patron somewhere in this world).

Oh! and both the kettle and I made it to the pages of Deccan Chronicle on 21st Aug 2011.

I started this kettle on Thursday, it was ready by Friday, got lacquered Saturday morning and went to Freedom park Saturday afternoon. And on Sunday it was with Anna!!

Truth be told it was not made for him. It was a concept that I had been toying with for quite a while. And using Sonia Gandhi’s image was also only to be able to better depict the word play of ‘Gandhi vs. Gandhian’ in todays context. I want to say here, that Sonia Gandhi came to my exhibition in 1994 at the Triveni Kala Sangam in Delhi. She was extremely courteous, encouraging and actually a pleasure to interact with. And I can not fault her on anything as the person who met me that day. I quite liked her in fact. I still do. I am amazed at how far she has reached. And in that capacity alone, if nothing else, she will feature in my work again.

But, I also have to say- I don’t entirely agree with her politics either.

Here are two videos of my kettle being introduced at Freedom Park here in Bangalore on 20th Aug 2011 and one of me speaking to the crowd. I understand that given the nature of imagery on the kettle, it was not carried on to the dais at the Ramlila grounds in Delhi. It was in fact accepted by Team Anna and now sits in their office.