Tuesday 19 June 2012

BOAT ON A STREAM AT TWILIGHT:- A WORK IN WOOD, STONE AND OILS BY ATHAR ABBAS

Artist: Athar Abbas
This is an unusual picture from Mr. Abbas, as it has more oil paint than usual. The boat and tree are two-dimensional and made of wood, with the tree being part of an actual branch.
  The mountain is made from large stones while the foreground on the left of the picture is made from crushed stones and herbs along the stream's banks.
  It is difficult to ascertain whether it is dusk or dawn, but with the stark outline of a dead tree, and the dark colours of the water it looks as though the place is barren, and polluted, with the small pale-blue boat in the centre of the stream attesting to the presence of people - the polluters.
  The wooden frame is hand-made by the artist with his signature - crushed stones, in the corners.

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