Choral Rain, 2020.
Oil, 24×36 in.
Comes a musical rainstorm,
She notes windows tumbling down,
Waves to buildings and trees blown,
Twinkles feet with ornamental rain.
– Bolbul
Gustatory Ghazal, 2016
Oil, 28×40 in.
She has a recipe of unique olfaction,
Of sustenance and satisfaction…
Resonant so with the kitchen,
Painterly actions and reaction flow with abandon.
– Bolbul
Vine Tender, 2021
Oil. 12×16 in.
Bougainvillea bushes and red tipped boughs… get a chin up from the one who their hearts owns. Sculpted light lends an evening glow.
Freely, 2021
Oil. 18×24 in.
Headpushing winds, a mum
Models free self-definition…
Her mind, the figure, the saree wind
And the hopskipping child behind…
Refurbish the Indian wish
Of a leading, ancient kind.
– Bolbul
Hidegate, 2024
Acrylic. 8×12 in
We flowers are but gates
To higher love and mental states…
In lands beyond we seed
Blooms of poetry alternate.
- Bolbul
Comber Wind. 2018
Oil. 24×30 in
Visible wind ruffles her curls, passes through her windowed form, interacts with plants and light. Yufist solids a new idiom write.
Page Hunk. 2016
Oil. 20×24
Hammocked grace, if that’s the phrase,
Cast her reading face…
Upon a page… blond hunked,
Backed by sun ribbon, three chunked.
Sea Splashy. 2015
Oil. 24×36 in
She sports moving, heaving waves
Around hips that undulate…
Which a smitten painter hoisting sail
Hopes to soon circumnavigate.
Beach Recursion
A sandy beach and a woman
Lost in a centerfold open,
Together make an absorbing scene.
Doubly so for eyes keen
That notice the canny recursion.
Nautical Nita, 2015
Oil, 16×20 in
A ruminative lake asks a boat ‘What did you like best
About her… chatter, laughter or the way she dressed?’
With a collective sigh, the entire scene replied
‘Nita was one of us, a nautical child…’
Incredibly, reflections formed a face of yore, child like.
– Bolbul
Paper Boat Niña. 2016
Oil. 18×24 in
‘I am a child’ said she…
As I stared westwardly.
She was the sky and the sea,
With a space warped moon
And sun thrown in,
Yet insisted her voice ‘Please
Give birth to me!’
And I, a paper boat making kid
Set off on a painting journey.
– Bolbul
Margarita POV. 2015
Oil. 18×24 in
A couple so rich grow, they see skyscrapers below. A cool moon their heads brushes. A marriage takes place, of perspectives high and low.
Wheat Field Mynah. 2017
Oil. 24×30 in
What value are arbitrary limits…
Imposed on the form of the infinite?
Could the sky shoreless and beyond reach
Be thus made available to imaginative artists?
‘Why, yes!’ exclaim the clouds
Resting upon empyreal seats ‘No doubt!’
– Bolbul
After Van Gogh.
Fetcher, 2015
Charcoal, 18×24 in. Yufism
Skyscrapers turn puppy delighting owner… per Yufist interchangeability of scenic and biological elements.
Kapipolitans. 2016
Charcoal and Pastel. 22×30 in
Iconic Bangalore corner of Brigade Road with couples. Coffee aroma pervades and shapes perception.
You Remember! 2018
Pastel. 22×30 in
College campus night deserted… but the feeder of stray dogs remembers. Woman, dog, trees, light and dark, all share reimagined corporeal elements.
Yell Territorial. 2020
Charcoal. 22×30 in
After a passing truck, a barking dog runs. His concerned lady owner from far yells, to halt the tussle territorial. All figures have exploded, primitives made form.
Stick-ard. 2019
Pastel. 22×28 in
A lizard-ly cop sticks out a ticket, planting it on the screaming prey’s forehead that resembles a windscreen. His extended tongue unifies both characters.
Breadwinner’s Pact. 2018
Pastel. 23×34 in
Woman, background dogs fuse with ground, shards of darkness and light fall. Her salary covers one good meal for all.
Image Brushing. 2016
Pastel. 20×26 in
A woman composed of curvilinear, disconnected primitives brushes teeth before a mirror. Her image pushes boundaries of human form.
Reading Ecology. 2019
Pastel. 22×30 in
A litterateur, his book and reading station are shown within an ecology… of window light blocks, penetrated by outside flora, patterned breezes and curling walls.
Soaping Wet, 2017
Pastel, 20×28 in
She loves making foam,
Shower-ready is her slippy form.
Lipstick Fix. 2016
Pastel. 20×28 in
A spiral chick gets her lipstick fix in the green room. The pink touch subtly alters mood. Mirror lights bloom.
Triangulators. 2020
Pastel. 22×30 in
Woman with postmodern saree, husband and playful dog… make a trio. Windowed forms and their movements cast patterns of shadows.
Nicotine Singh. 2017
Pastel. 22×28 in
A cuboidal portrait of a gentleman who enjoys his kick of nicotine. Sculpted smoke wisps, hair curls and falling light merge to create a pattern.
Vining Lines, 2017
Pastel. 22×28 in
A girl drank words at the window…
Sharing their gist and core
With the morning light of Bangalore
And with the slender pepper vine
Curling beside… in a third floor alcove.
– Bolbul
Look and Lust, 2019
Pastel. 22×28 in
Kitty eyes lustily the fat mouse… to no avail. Light and dark curve like whiskers and tails.
Glass Clear Head. 2019
Charcoal. 22×30 in
To think clearly she would
The glass doors of her mind slide
Until lit all corners with curling light.
– Bolbul
Glucose Biscuits. 2015
Charcoal. 18×24 in
With the doggie even the evening sun
Extends a lapping tongue
For glucose biscuits… offered by the kind man.
Omelet Beth. 2020
Pastel. 20×26 in
Sexy, stick figured Beth makes an omelet… ensconced in her world where light, kichen counters, walls et al… all curl.
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