Artfire Creations: Oil Paintings

I come from an artistic family. In the sense that both my mother and grandmother both were heavily into crafts.

I guess that was also a need of those ages. Not everything was found as easily in shops as it is in today's world. Also there was no internet. Thus granny made a niche in embroidery.

My mother on the other hand took things in a very different direction. Not only was she skilled in all forms of embroidery but she also did oil painting and bobbin lace (will share her projects of bobbin lace in a separate post). She did paintings for a few years and then with me keeping her busy slowly the brushes and the paintings got locked away. And forgotten.

My real love and appreciation for oil paintings started when I visited Lucknow and saw the paintings of the Maharajahs which seemed to be looking at me as I walked past them, even after more that a 100 years of them being painted. And it just grew when I saw the collection at the Salarjung Museum in Hyderabad, which has oils from just about every corner of the world. It actually has separate halls with art work from a different countries. A true treat for the eyes.

In the last four years both my husband and me have motivated my mother to start painting again. And slowly it has become her passion and hobby once again. Now every weekend is spent in front of a canvas board with oils.

Here are some of her recent work.

Indian Village Scenes