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| An evening at Kala Ghoda_Oil on Canvas_18" x 18" |
19th
Oct. – 31st Oct.’15: “City
Lights” Solo
Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Mahesh Karambele.
“The ways and subways of
life,” says Mahesh Karambele have not only led him to be a passionate artist
but have literally constituted the ethos of his musings on canvas. The strength
of his brush dipped in oil paint confidently etches out silhouettes of
vehicular traffic, bridges, carts, flyovers, highways and buildings flirting
with the by lanes and pedestrian traffic,
painting vivid scenes of ordinary folk and everyday humdrum of city living.
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| Monsoon Streets_Oil on Canvas_18" x 18" |
The Mumbai monsoon holds
a special place as the artist creates washes and adeptly applies the oil medium
with the expertise of watercolour techniques. The romanticism and inspiration
that accompanies the rains is well depicted.
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| City Nights_Oil on Canvas_18" x 18" |
The rush that characterises
Mahesh’s canvases can be alluded to the adrenaline rush that the artist tends
to work with, driven by the crammed by lanes of Mumbai’s crowds and the
perennial metropolitan pace of living.
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| Busy Streets_Oil on Canvas_32" x 14" |
His paintings are all set
against a dark backdrop, drawing out the best of the perspectives as the
colours shine bright against the evening light – the luminosity combined with
the transparency of the weather – culls a beautiful cityscape that one can lose
oneself into... indefinitely!