The Internet makes the world seem smaller…

Sep 6, 2011

Sev­eral months ago I received an email sent to me using the “Send Me A Note” form on my blog. It was from an art stu­dent request­ing infor­ma­tion on Crack­ling Medium as he knew I used it often as he found links about me on the inter­net which then brought him to my blog. I replied back with all the answers to his ques­tions and told him all the brands I used and what effects would occur when using them, then we both went on our merry way. All I knew was his name was Abhishek Kumar but had no clue where he was from.

I got busy with book dead­lines and didn’t think much more about it. I was just glad I could answer his ques­tions and help him out. Once the book dead­lines were com­pleted I was on face­book one day with the chat set­ting on… well I was so sur­prised when he popped on and let me know he tried the crack­ling medi­ums and really liked the out­come. I was so happy to hear they worked for him and he had me go to his blog to see. I was AMAZED with his work!!!

His por­traits are stun­ning and his abstract art is just as amaz­ing. So I feel I must share some images of Abhishek Kumar’s work. I think you will cer­tainly be inspired. I truly love how the inter­net makes the world feel like a much smaller place, New Delhi, India seems like it is just around the corner.

Daisy — Pen­cil on Newspaper

Ram­s­ingh (College’s Model) Oil on Canvas

His abstract art is just as amaz­ing. I look at his work over and over and always notice some­thing I missed before.

These are still in the works but are rep­re­sent­ing which aren’t visual, emo­tion, sound, or spir­i­tual expe­ri­ence. Sim­pli­fi­ca­tions of real­ity, where detail is elim­i­nated from recog­nis­able objects leav­ing only the essence or some degree of recog­nis­able form. I love his color combinations.

This one is titled “Time Dila­tion” and is oil on can­vas. I love how he painted the per­son is he com­ing to or leav­ing the room… such a unique piece.

He even does water­col­ors… this piece is titled “The Rotation”.

And Pas­tels & Pen­cil Col­ors on Paper. This piece is title “Nature Composition.”

I hope you enjoy his art­work as much as I do. I plan on keep­ing in touch with Abhishek Kumar via his Face­book page to see what hap­pens to him in the world of art. I think he has incred­i­ble poten­tial to be some­one great.

I loved one of his com­ments on his face­book page and just had to share it with you… It went like this…

10 Steps–
1. Paint. 2. Paint more. 3. Paint even more. 4. Paint even more than that. 5. Paint when you don’t want to. 6. Paint when you do. 7. Paint when you have some­thing to say. 8. Paint when you don’t. 9. Paint every day. 10. Keep painting. ;)

I feel like these 10 Steps work for me too in the mixed media world… bot­tom line is just keep creating.

Hugs!