Chattri with Man Bathing, Udaipur, oil, 17x22in (43x56cm). Completed on site over four mornings, approximately two hours each session. Chattri is Hindi for one of the cupolas or pavilions of which one finds many in India. They are mainly decorative rather than functional. Most mornings there would be a couple of men bathing, which added a human interest to an idyllic subject. The reflections of the chattri, broken by the bather’s disturbance of the water, add movement and abstraction to an otherwise tranquil scene
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Ifirst went to India in 2002, to Bundi, a relatively small city in the middle of Rajasthan. On the morning I arrived the sky was a crystal azure blue and the sunlight lit every surface with an intensity that made you blink. What astounded me most was that these surfaces were invariably strongly coloured. At least half the houses were various shades of blue, mostly a gorgeous light ultramarine, shifting towards violet in the shade. Others were closer to a chalky cobalt blue with the occasional surprise of a turquoise house. Against this backdrop of soft blues much fiercer colours weaved and danced. Indians love yellow, and reds and oranges too, but the frequency of yellow struck me – strong cadmium yellow singing against chords of sundrenched blues.
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