Sailing in the Sky

When I saw this photo in a newspaper…promoting some tourism, I thought its Heaven and… Photoshop. It was almost like the boat was sailing in the sky and it was so unreal.

Yet, I loved every pixel of it…

I started this painting in 2008…and left it in between…for a lot of reasons.

That I could not paint it as good as it was on the promo,
I couldn’t get that dark green-just a hint away from black, in water colour…
My painting was not shining like it did on a glossy paper…

but above all, i felt repulsive because I couldn't read the romance in my painting.

“A couple embracing each other while sailing in the sky amidst palm trees” - is supposed to be romantic. It was probably the most romantic picture I would have seen but it was not real and I found it so difficult relating to that unreal part of it while painting.

When I see a picture its different... I may like the picture a lot but i don't really relate to it. When I paint something I undergo a different set of feeling. Being my creation its almost like a part of me. My creation, my baby. So, i couldn't stand my baby being any less than the original. I wanted my painting to be exactly like it was on that glossy promotion picture… but the truth is I couldn't create that magic…and I just couldn’t complete it….

Two weeks back when I saw the incomplete painting and there was no original to compare with… I saw my painting for the first time without being prejudice may be.

...and then I found it appealing…just couldn’t control myself to finish it. I was taught in Rabindra Society (in whatever few classes that I attended), never to use black colour in water-colour paintings…but heck, who follows rules,when you are painting from your heart?

It still appears like a dream on the paper…so romantic... but haven’t I learnt that my dreams are real… than the reality!!! So, I am still happily dreaming!!!

Disclaimer:my blogs are not literary work, but just the voice behind my paintings!!!