I did this painting when I was 20 years old. I was the skeptiC human. In india religion plays a big part of every person.This led me to one day do a painting based on the religion I followed (i.e. Christianity).Let me explain this piece of work below.
At the center of the painting there is a chalice ( the chalice represents the wine cup that holds the blood of Christ during Holy Communion) and inside it there is an embryo (the sign of a birth/hope) that is forming itself within the chalice.Every individual is born into a religion but there are never born into faith. Faith is a self-indulgence. Which means you can either choose to belive in a religion or not. No man can force anyone into faith which is purely a self process.There is also another view to this same point and that is- it denotes how a child is segregated without his own choice to which religion he belongs to for the most part of his life.
On the right bottom side, the symbol of Christianity, i.e. the fish; is added to connect the theme of the Christian religion.
Moving to the top part of the painting, I have chosen to represent technology with the simplest yet most life changing discovery - Electricity. This is indicated by the poles that connect one another with houses that represent a city drawn right below and between the poles.
The left side of the painting has a bottle with a person sitting in a resignation position.The man figure represents mankind and the human aspect of life.
The bottle represents the many walls we often put our selves in. When I drew this painting at the age of twenty i felt there was a questioning sense of emptiness within the terms of liturgy or traditional faith that is imposed into a child who later grows into a man.But as I grew,especially now after ten years, I have grown to love and understand the liturgy and the Holy books along with the sensible writings of many a man of the past. Our own lives are but reflections of lives lived before us and from our side we add to it some small personal achievements.
Painting Details:
Date of creation :September 2005
Medium - Paper
Media - Acrylic, oil pastels & pen
Size -14.5 inch (W) x 10.5 inch (H)
Sale Status : Available
Price : On request
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