Saturday the 1st of February
Posted: January 31, 2014 Filed under: art, artwork, UAE | Tags: agony, artist, Dubai, finished work, graphite, graphite on paper, hurt, images, new one, profession, rent rise, Sharjah, Wolf Leave a commentSigh…a lot has happened here on Waltons Mountain, I mean , in my life since my last post. Well, not a lot but seems like enough to make it seem a lot. Remember the ‘stuff’ I mentioned last time? One of the stuff: due to some unfathomable reason (people say it is because of the much-anticipated Dubai Expo), there has been a rise in apartment rents all over Sharjah. My studio rent which was AED 21000 per annum has become AED 26000 with no warning. So I didn’t renew my contract. I quietly packed my things and shifted the studio back to the room in my parents’ apartment where I had started my career 3 years ago. My family has been very supportive through all of this. Still, I can’t help thinking this is a step down – I really thought things were moving forward…..
I finished the wolf drawing I had started in the beginning of January:
Graphite on smooth bristol, 5″x4″
Till next time!
Tuesday the 12th of March
Posted: March 12, 2013 Filed under: art, Uncategorized | Tags: agony, hurt, love, pain, silence of the lambs, sketch Leave a commentSketchoodle No.4:
I had seen this phrase/quote in the movie ‘Silence of the Lambs’ and so I thought…