Post Graduate Diploma Fine Art Painting
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Medium
Oil Paint
Dimensions
99.0 x 71.0 cm
Year Created
2022
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This painting depicts the Hindu goddess, Durga, as she slays the buffalo demon, Mahishasura. Rather than describe the painting, I’m going to give a summary of the myth. Mahishasura had received the gift of protection from Brahma and was assured ...
This painting depicts the Hindu goddess, Durga, as she slays the buffalo demon, Mahishasura. Rather than describe the painting, I’m going to give a summary of the myth. Mahishasura had received the gift of protection from Brahma and was assured he could not be killed by man nor god. He had conquered the world and was preparing to do battle with the heavens. But then a great mass of blazing energy began to radiate from the gods. It coalesced until the shakti (an energetic entity that is feminine and divine) materialised. She was radiant and strong and riding a lion, she had many hands, each holding weapons bestowed from each of the gods. Durga pierced the demon with a trident, decapitated him, and sent his army packing. With the heavens and the world saved, the goddess promised to help the gods and the earth whenever she was needed.
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This painting glows. It is very bold and colourful and has a very printmakerly quality. There are semi transparent layers that feel like a wash. There is painterly texture and scumbled brush marks but the overall impression is of even, flat areas of colour. The dynamism is in Durga’s pose rather than the texture and mark-making.
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View AllBorn in 1968 in Liverpool Road, London, UK. Currently residing in London.
Diploma in Foundation Studies BA (Hons) Graphic Fine Art
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Asking Price
$1,800.00 USD
Artwork History
Catherine Pring
Sep 17, 2023