Contemporary Abstract Mixed-Media Painting

About this painting: This is first in a series of three paintings, I have created so far in Confluence Series.

Confluence literally means a place where two water bodies (rivers, streams, tributaries, etc) meet.

For me, being born in India and having grown amidst the Eastern philosophical, cultural and sociological influences, and then moving to the US for much of my work life and experienced the western culture, has been a great positive process. This series bring back a lot of the childhood memories of patched and colorful images of fabrics, walls, festivities and cultural imageries, that over the time, like the two rivers, met with the imageries and styles that I have been exposed over the last twenty years that I have experienced the western civilization in the United States. It's the superimposition and meeting of these competing yet complementing images (for me) that I see when I let my mind think free!

I hope my audience could experience the same when they look at these works.

Title: Confluence # 1

Year: 2021

Size: 36 (H) x 48" (W) x 1.5" (D)

Medium: Acrylic, marble powder, upcycled fabric, crackle medium, pastels, 24 carat gold leaf, spray paint and other mixed media on canvas

This is the original unframed abstract painting on stretched museum-quality canvas.