Art of Animesh Roy: Paintings 2014

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All my paintings are signed, titled, dated (and size, medium etc.) on the back/reversed side of the canvas/linen. I do not sign my works on the front side. I provide Free Shipping by EMS worldwide from my studio in Poland and India. If you want/ prefer some other courier company then you would have to bear the cost etc.
Most paintings online are available for sale, otherwise mentioned - as Sold.
I sell most of my work online these days... And this is how it works:
Once you have selected, I would let you know the prices of works.
For payment: You have to wire transfer the money to my bank in Poland or India...
Once the money is in my bank, the work(s) would be shipped to your address. You will be able to track them online etc.
Shipments take more or less a week to reach anywhere in the world... From my studios in Delhi, India or Poznań, Poland.
The works will be packed rolled in PVC pipe. A signed certificate of authenticity will be also be sent along with sold works...
Sorry I don't use Paypal etc.

छोटा राम (Little Ram) -2
Oil on Linen
60x50cm
2014

ऋषि-मुनि (Sadhu) II
Oil on Linen 
70x62cm
2014

Portrait 
Oil on Linen
40x33cm
2014

Autumn
Oil on Linen
100×73cm
2014

Sunflowers...and Apples
Oil on Linen
60x50cm approx. 
2014

छोटा शिव (Little Shiva)
Oil on Linen
60x60cm approx.
23.6x23.6 inches
2014

माँ और शिशु (Ma & Child)
Oil on Linen
50x50 cm
19.7X19.7inches
2014

छोटा राम (Little Ram) 

Oil on Linen

Portrait

60x40cm

Fruit Seller
Oil on Linen 
80x80 cm
31.5x31.5 inches

ऋषि-मुनि (Sadhu) II
Oil on Linen 
70x62cm

ऋषि-मुनि (Sadhu)
Oil on Linen 
32x31cm

ऋषि-मुनि (Sadhu) III
Oil on Linen 
92x80cm

 ऋषि-मुनि (Sadhu) IV
Oil on Linen 
92x80cm

Girl with Chopsticks
Oil on Linen 
40x40 cm

Chhath: In Prayer for Sun
Oil on Linen
73x73cm

Blossoming Fruit Tree-II

Oil on Linen

99x81cm approx.

39x31.9 inches

2014

Blossoming Fruit Tree

Oil on Linen

79x79cm

31.1x31.1 inches

2014

Landscape
Oil on Linen
78x69cm

Nude
Oil on Linen 
5x24 cm

Portrait-II
Oil on Linen 
40x40cm

Portrait
Oil on Linen 
29x23cm

Still Life
Oil on Linen 
54x53cm

Still Life with 2 Bottles and Fruits

Oil on Linen 

40x38cm

Still Life with 2 Bottles
Oil on Linen 
40x40cm

Summer
Oil on Linen 
45x37cm
2011-14

The River
Oil on linen 
53x53cm

Paweł Rumcajs Jaskuła
Oil Pastel & Oil on Linen
81x80cm
2014
NFS

So I went away...

"बहुत बुरे दिन आने वाले हैं....
This will be bring misfortune and bad times to India..." uttered my new companion, Ravi Thakur or 'Raja-Sahib' as I would address him later... and he would call me 'Prince'!!.
We were sitting on the balcony of the 'Kullu Naggar Castel' restaurant.. I was returning from a very long ardours trip to Ladakh by road. The year was 2004, Summer.
Election in India had ended and Vajpayee had lost!!
We looked around and down into the valley from our balcony seats... Raja Sahib was then the manager of Naggar Castle and a very passionate and unorthodox man!!
We hit it off rather well... He recounted how Vajpayee would come every summer and rest here in this very hotel.. how he loved these mountains... How for his evening tea he would get him hot jalabi...
I have always admired Vajpayee and was shocked to know he was send packing without a solid reason... it baffled me and it baffles me to this day...
"When Nehru died, continued Raja-Sahib... "they scattered his ashes on top these beautiful Himalayan rivers and mountains... can you imagine that?! .. such sick wishes of a very sick man?
"And you know what happened after that? We had years of drought, landslide... Our pure mountains were desecrated by this man's ashes...!!"
We laughed but something was telling me things would get bad... and it did.
The 10 years of (Indian) socio-political scenario and 'my life' now looked so very similar.
My personal life went into a horrible tail spin.. till it crashed! Family and friends left me, my finances nose dived and every one cheated me. I got caught up in property litigation which drained the last bit of life out of me... My creative side was shut off completely.
Everyone said I had "Shani-Dasha"!!
By 2006-7 I had enough of this and decided like my childhood hero...'Netaji Shubhas' to escape!!
So I went away...
Now let me finish this with another character from 2004, he was a highly qualified IITian engineer, a Sardar. My then neighbour in Delhi. He was most pleased with the new political development!! He reasoned with me, "Look Roy, here we are going to be lead by a clean educated man and an Italian lady... nothing can go wrong!! And Sonia is not even interested in being the PM, she would bring in the "European" culture and we will all prosper etc etc."
10 years just went by... Vajpayee is now a vegetable. Modi has become very popular and the darling of the youth...
The question that haunt me most is not: 'If he will come to power?'
But 'Will he get a second chance?' and 'An absolute majority?'
Both were denied to Vajpayee... By our voters!!

Praktiker, Spading Fork & 15%

Praktiker, Spading Fork & 15%

Huffing and puffing I just managed to reach the mega store Praktiker...

I was told last time they give 15% off on the last 3 days of every month... Today being the last day of the month, was my day!!

I had missed it last month and today I had to buy that 'spading fork' for my garden and a PVC pipe for painting shipment packaging.

As I entered, only a few minuets were left before closing.. (They were closing early because of being the last day of the year)... I notice a coloured pamphlet.. My knowledge of Polish is scholarly... so generally I keep my eyes on the pictures or numerical (they use Roman). I could see a picture of an old-bearded-man and something about 10% written in large font... Anyway I had no time so I went straight to the gardening section and picked up a all metal spading fork.. a more reliable and hardy than the last one.. I recently broke one of it's teeth!! Being an expensive item, I have been biding my time... clutching this I went to the nearest counter and tried my best to explain about the promised 15% off' and how much I should now pay for this fork etc. The lady kept saying something and shaking her head disapprovingly which I couldn't understand... then she told me to go to the information desk...sometimes one can find someone who may know a bit of English.. 

There were many very busy looking men, the shop was minuets away from closing... I asked if someone speaks a bit of English... and started to explain...

One said smilingly 'yes 10% you can get but you have to be 60 years or more!' That's what the 'sale pamphlet' says!! And they added in good humour 'I don't look the part!!' 

I argued 'I was categorically told last time that they give 15 % discount on anything on last 3 days of every month' etc. And nothing about 10% for senior citizen etc!!  But they all disagreed! The 15% was only for last November. Somehow in my last visit I must have misunderstood.. It happens all the time..

I was really crestfallen... I had take time out to come on a cold frosty December evening.. .The spading fork and PVC pipes were something I really needed. Anyone who does a bit of gardening would know it is the most used tool !!

Then out of the blue one of them.. Maybe with psychic power came forward.. or he may have somehow realised मां लक्ष्मी*'s intense dislike for me! He asked if I wanted to buy anything more as they were about to close.. 

I told him: 'PVC pipe...!!'

'Go and get it' and started to scribbled something on a note pad... 

He said...  'He was the manager and he would give me the 15% discount even though it wasn't official'!! 

As today was the last day of the year and he wanted to end it for me and for him on a happy note!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praktiker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY27_dyspyQ

* http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80

ঐশ্বর্য, लक्ष्मी & AAP

"में तो पवित्र आदमी हूँ इस मामले मे…"  — डॉ. कुमार विश्वासׂ٭

माँ लक्ष्मी / Maa Lakshmi   

लस्मी से परहेज क्यों?!!

Hate for Maa Lakshmi* or Kuber** is alien to our Hindu culture... Both are revered and we are proud of them.

There is a Bengali/ Sanskrit word 'ঐশ্বর্য ' we use all the time.. (I don't know what is the equivalent in Hindi...) in both abstract and real from for wealth and value… 

'ঐশ্বর্য ' means a lot things: wealth, riches, state, pomp, supremacy, majesty, attribute of divinity etc... 

But due to long years of Western ideas and concepts (read Communism, Socialism etc) many of us have changed and anything to do with money profit is considered an evil... From this unreasonable hate and fear and shame has risen many foolish hypocritical practises in our contemporary Indian life and here are few examples, anecdotes.. Some which happened with me and some I read or witnessed etc. 

There was this audio tape of Rajneesh I had got hold of from one of friends during my Art college days... and in there Osho very succulently explained this hypocrisy among the sel proclaimed pious men of god... A devotee wanted to gift some money to his Guru/God-man, the Godman said he can give the money, but to handover the money to his assistant/close devotee etc. as he doesn't "touch money"... Reason being it is पाप/sin, it pollutes! It is dirty! When Rajneesh asked, but doesn't he worry that his beloved disciple is dirtying his hand for him!!?

The legacy of this anecdote has continued to this day!!

Unless one has clear cut idea of what is wealth and money etc. this will continue to haunt us!! Many business families (here caste system helps.. the business class teaches' their children value of money from a tender age etc) They have no such qualms about wealth and money..and thus we have a Lakshmi Mittal*** - one of the richest man today!!

During Gorbachev's visit to India...his wife Raisa was taken around our National Museum in Delhi... and 

on seeing and being introduced to Kuber, remarked: "oh he must be an evil God/man etc"!!

Coming as they do from the back ground from Communism, it was but natural for her to perceive Kuber* as someone as plain evil... 

Here's one more anecdote from my life:

I meet him years ago on my first visit to Poland... Instantly he struck me as someone in a hurry to pitch his tent in EU by any means!! He was actually trying to do so and made all possible moves to get his beloved green card!! Anyway that's not my concern... Much later when I moved here I gave him a call (he being the only Indian here). But on the phone he appeared extremely cautious, unfriendly, in a hurry to hang up... Thereafter I never ever called him... Getting the feeling he was worried that I may ask him for some kind of 'help', as I was new there. Then one day, out of the blue, few years back I got a call from him... And the conversation went typically like they do when one meets someone who is busy pretending:

"आरे भाई, where are you? what are you doing? why don't you call/keep in touch... blah blah..?!!" 

I replied quietly: "In 'his' town..."/ "आप ही के शहर मे…" He informed me rather proudly he was now working as lecturer/teacher in the art college or in some institution !! How a person with a "call centre" qualifications can do so I don't know!! But then I know too... Anyway he wanted me to come and give some lecture to "his students"... I agreed and asked him about remuneration... And he appeared "shocked" and said he wasn't expecting this... The institution may not pay so may be he will pay from his pocket etc. I quoted my fee based on what I was paid recently by an organisation etc. for a similar lecture etc. He said if I could reduce etc. and email him the details. I did... and also added taxi fare/transportation as I wasn't sure of reaching the place on my own.. His reply was as expected like this: "I am shocked and hurt… didn't like the way you asked me for money... fee and taxi fare/transportation!! See this is for the students, for their good, so I thought you will agree to do it free and give them a lecture about India/your art etc. etc!!" I of course replied citing some imaginary reasons for my inability to do the lecture and thus ended it there!! The thought which I didn't convey to him is: 'Why doesn't he work free for those very students?!!' And how come he has taken up such a job with salary for which he has no qualification, experience or merit?!! When it comes to money, we go rather hypocritical... Especially if it's other person's share!! 

I remember when I started my life doing 'design work'.. There was this 'middleman' who would get work from "his clients", for me to design etc... He would be euphoric when he could corner a big project... But the day I would present my bill, he would blow his top and turn into a raging bull!!! 

During my long years in art and designing etc. I have meet innumerable people who would come to me to get their company brochures, visiting cards, books, publicity material designed and would always add,

"This is for charity, For a non-profitable organisation etc. So basically I should not charge anything for some "creative inputs"!!

Most would be offended when I would like to discuss the money matter... Most got rich, built houses and bought cars, all from those very non profitable ventures or funds got from Western countries to run their NGO etc.

Many would ask paintings as gifts or at a very low price to "help" in some cause!! Which is alright but if you dig deep, which i have you will find all them getting their share and it's only our share which is discounted!!

Sometime back everyone went after Nirmal Baba!! His guilt was he was charging money in a very matter of fact way...

All men of God do that but they do it stealthily... hypocritically!!

Osho too was blunt and honest... and many couldn't handle this straightforwardness and simplicity about money!!

Can theses Gurus (or nay of us) last a day with Maa Laxmi?! Generally I have seen the guilt attached to wealth over weigh them down...

Sri Sri Ramakrishna had famously remarked "মাটি টাকা, টাকা মাটি..." 

But he actaully really gave lot of respect to money/wealth... If one reads him one can see that nature in his life... This remark is of a more of philosophical, spiritual nature!! But is many a time miss interpreted!!

I am sure he is not be blamed for most Bengalis' love for Socialism/Communism... He was much before Marx arrived in Calcutta/Bengal!! Many scholars have inferred, Partition being the reason for most of them getting disillusioned by Hindu religion and in desperation turning to Marx or anti God, anti Wealth.

Recently I finished reading শঙ্কর এর  'কামনা বাসনা'****  (Shanker's "Kamona-Bashona")... a brilliant and accurate account of wealth, desire, aspiration etc.

If one research a bit one see behind the success of many (Gurus, Artists, Social, political leaders etc.) there was always a wealthy patron: businessman/business house etc. who quietly took on the burden of the finance of these men. Without their money from his devotes from the West, Vivekananda would not have set up his large Ashram in Howrah!! So did Sri Aurobindo, Gandhi had a Birla, list is endless...

But then most forget that money / wealth plays such an important roll in their life and success...This such a ungrateful act!!

Now to the most recent anecdote is from the sting operation on AAP (Aam Aadmi Party)***** leaders!!

Watch how one of them, youth icon of the nouveau riche:

Kumar Viswasׂ٭ refused to acknowledge the money or take it personally with his hand and lets his PA do the job.. Saying famously he wont touch the money, he is: "पबित्र आदमी" (sacred person) when it come to money!"

In direct contrast are those innumerable, very poor manual labourers, workers (in India) most are illiterate.. like our maids, carpenters, plumbers, janitors etc. when you pay them they would invariably always touch the money to their head.. a kind of प्रणाम/ pranam as mark of respect!!

Strange for a culture like Hinduism, where we have designated God and Goddess for wealth, money etc. And most houses would have a picture of Laxmi and every Indian prays to Laxmi everyday!! 

And on Diwali... NASA pictures show India is shinning like a jewel in the night sky.... 

People keep their house lights on and lit extra lights to welcome Maa Lakshmi...

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmi

**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubera

***http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmi_Mittal

****http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0

*****http://youtu.be/ZTC_8fdHzds
*****https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa1CrdmEmKk