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Rhythm and Non Objective Art V

10/11/2019

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For today I decided to post two more pages from my sketchbook. 
In the near future I will find a way of putting these jottings on to canvas. I like the rhythms and I like the contrasts.
Much light!
(PS: In the next weeks I am opening my atelier to join other artists showing their work, their process to the public in the Neukölln Area in Berlin. Would be happy to see you all)
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Light as a feather, and strong as a ...

3/11/2019

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I often sketch "found" objects. Doing this is meditation for me. I found this feather on a walk and this inspiring quote by Anita Sams in the internet:

Let me be as a feather
Strong with purpose
Yet light at heart
Able to bend
And, tho' I might
Become frayed
Able to pull myself
Together again!

If you want to fly, throw away the things that weigh you down... or train those muscles... ;)

Much light! ​


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Fall colours

27/10/2019

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Although I do not like the dark grey days of fall, I simple adore bright sunny autumn days that bring alive this season. I happened to enjoy one such sunny day during my break.
The trees will soon be barren and one awaits the arrival of spring with its promise of renewal. And Fall teaches us the art of letting go!
​Much light!
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Autumn is here!

6/10/2019

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Today's post is a sign off post for my Autumn Break!
Autumn can be cold, dark and grey, but also full of colours. I found a maple leaf, rather nondescript and was reminded of the following poem by Hermann Hesse.

The Drifting Leaf
Headmost in wind's shoving
waves a wilted leaf.
Roaming, youth, and loving
stops: their time is brief.

Trackless leaves ascend, descend
wherever winds will stray,
only to stop in the woods, in decay.
Where will my journey end?

Hesse has also said, and I quote: “Most people...are like a falling leaf that drifts and turns in the air, flutters, and falls to the ground. But a few others are like stars which travel one defined path: no wind reaches them, they have within themselves their guide and path.” 

A time for contemplation too...Much light, and see you all soon!
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Rhythm and Non Objective Art IV

29/9/2019

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This week I present to you another sketch done with pen and ink.
This was a highly meditative exercise. At the moment I am still making decisions about my next series of work, the materials and colours I would be using. I am unable to jump into this decision.
I love the stark simplicity of this work. The eye looks for patterns, the mind grumbles at the interruptions by the dark areas.  The contrasts invite the viewer to look again! 
The games our minds play!
​Much light!
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I love Colour Fields 03

22/9/2019

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This week's post is a continuance of last week's series. Brilliant colours and pigments sprayed on to paper (20 x 20 cm).
Beautiful blues and greens!
​Much light!
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    Aruna Samivelu

    I am an abstract artist living and working in Berlin. I paint colour fields and am knocking a dent into concrete art, non objectively so to speak! I work serially and can endlessly look for emerging patterns in my work.
    This has been a wonderful journey, as they say: the path is the destination.
    ​In my blog posts, I am letting you have a peek over my shoulder, into my sketch books and small works, which will someday flow into my big canvases and other works; works that I will actually display or exhibit (or may be not).
    My blog posts are more about my process and what motivates me to paint and create. 

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