Sej Studio

All I can say is that I may have borrowed bonnards lens of turning everyday leisure into stylized shifting sensations, maybe a modern visual language. Here’s a piece inspired by one of my current fav work of his which I am going back to see often at Orsay and you will see the lady as well martha his lover at that moment in time which is my current second fav work of his and and and this time right now in my life as I see it is nothing less of some visual nourishment. Thankyou Pierre Bonnard hopefully I will be able to paint from memory and needless to say abt Paris that’s offering all its gifts this summer!

My first encounter with Cézanne’s work was when I was probably 14, at a chor bazaar or flea market through someone’s old diary I got for a penny in my city in India. Its pages were filled with numbered artworks.
I also remember being strongly gravitated to the classical academic style of painting during this time, but this diary filled with his collection of postcards and pages definitely felt like an opening to something else. With hand written notes.
Very many years later, I find myself yday standing in front of this original artwork Baigneurs, made in 1865, which was one of my favorites from his lot - the other from the book - still there, under the glass of a side table in India, sitting for more than a decade in my studio.
And this painting I made today, inspired by him and the visit, almost feels like a homageor my way of closing the circle. I’d like to think in this case this artist found a way to me before I found a way to him.
Also the scale in the first image only represents my paintings ambition it being 3x3inches which can be seen in images followed

Slice of visual paradise in monets abode ! I created two small studies inspired by this visit with my oil pastels. See them right at the end x

LAST DAY to get your hands on a Limited Edition Print. I want to thank each of you for supporting my work and making this print drop a success. My website is live, so feel free to explore www.sejstudio.com

This portrait taking me places

Kaaba - 8x10 oil on dularara

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