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Nagini Acrylic/ canvas board 20" X 16"
Deepikone Acrylic on canvas 38" X 22"
Sailing to Byzantium Acrylic/canvas 30" X 22"
Krishnavilas Acrylic/canvas 49" X 47"
Caged Acrylic/canvas board 17" X 13"
Kali Yuga Acrylic/canvas 49" X 36"
bhaskar menon​
I came to painting after a career as journalist and international civil servant working for the United Nations. My paintings marry the traditional aesthetic of India, the country of my birth, to a sensibility shaped by four decades in New York, where I first came to attend the Journalism School at Columbia University. All are acrylics on canvas or paper, some with mixed media. Most exist in a fluid abstract-figurative matrix to capture a mood, express a thought, or distill a narrative. Prices available on request. contact: paintingsbypapan@gmail.com​
The Self Mixed media/ canvas 24" X 16"
Pisachkali Acrylic/ canvas-board 17" X 13"
Maya X 2 Acrylic/ canvas 20" X 16"
New York, New York! Acrylic/canvas 39" X 39"
Goa Acrylic on paper 30" X 22"
Ana Acrylic/canvas 49" X 41"
Hussain Acrylic on canvas 23" X 22"
Diwali Acrylic/ paper 30" X 22"
Maya Acrylic/ canvas 33" X 17"
Ponnu Mol Acrylic/ paper 15" X 10"
Urdhvamulam: The Spiritual Tree Acrylic/canvas 50" X 36"
Krishna Ganapati Acrylic/canvas 49" X 41"
Valmiki Acrylic on canvas 27" X 24"
Arabia Acrylic/ canvas 20" X 16"
Asha Acrylic on canvas 20" X 16"
Anachan Acrylic on canvas 23" X 22"
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Yama Acrylic/ canvas board 21.5" X 15"
Villagers Acrylic/ canvas 20" X 26"
@70 Acrylic/ canvas 23" X 17"
Untitled Acrylic/canvas 18" X 18"
Bhakti Acrylic/canvas 15" X 15"
Haralal Acrylic/ paper 30" X 22"
Prakriti Acrylic/ canvas 30" X 22"
Untitled Acrylic/canvas 19" X 18"
Ram Navami Acrylic/ canvas 20" X 16"
Manohari Acrylic on canvas 24" X 18"
Roma Acrylic/ canvas 28" X 15"
Ganga Acrylic/canvas 7 ft X 38"
Karma Acrylic/ paper 30" X 22"
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Contemplation Acrylic/ canvas 17" X 17"
Halahalam Acrylic/canvas 20" X 16"
Midlife Acrylic/board 21.5X14.5"
In Memoriam Acrylic/ canvas 68" X 33"
Kaka Acrylic/ canvas 23" X 22"
Amma Acrylic/ canvas 19" X 19"