Paintings that sometimes color my life

My long preserved assets and the only assets purely earned by me- My paintings and my art works.

It's been quite some time that I have even touched my paints and brushes. They are safely lying in safe! Anyway, today as I was walking around in my home I could not stop myself from admiring my paintings on the wall which reminded me of my past. Some of these were done in summer vacations during my college days. How I wished I could bring back that patience (one of the paintings took a week's time to finish even after painting for 8 to 10 hrs daily, I wonder was that really me?) and  concentration (my mind would be like a blank white paper ready to be written anything that my eyes would command it to write, far away from any tensions). I would ignore my mom who used to shout endlessly that I first finish my meals but sometimes I skipped it. That was the way I used to be drowned and absorbed in the world of fine arts. 

I am not a trained artist (yes I would like to address myself as an artist in this post) since I have not technically had any training or certificates to my credit. Whatever little I do is what I do by seeing and observing. That is the reason almost all my paintings here are the paintings of well known artists which I have repainted looking at their works. I was really a ignorant teenage girl then, who did not even bother to take note of whose painting I was actually inspired by!

Come, join me for a ride in the past of colors, here we go.

Similar was a painting that I found in a calender and I tried my best to mimic the artist who created this wonder. I was by-far satisfied with this work I came out with.

This was yet another painting from the same calender and I absolutely LOVE this. It brings the dancer to life as the artist (who originally painted this, I have only copied it) has brought in every detail of a motion picture and not making it just another stagnant pose. 

This one I remember, was a picture I found in a magazine. It was such a small image in a corner of the page that I could hardly see all the details that are essential to paint it. But I could not resist myself from painting it for long. I scanned and enlarged it which was not all that great to refer.  But some how with the original cutting from the magazine and the enlarged copy, I managed to get the out come to a level were I was really proud of myself.

Now this one, it is a part of joke most of the times at my home. My hubby thinks this is a master piece best used to scare people especially my son when he don't listen to his parents. Yeah, I know it's nothing of kind that I should exhibit, yet, I have a reason to do so. This is the only painting which is the result of my longing to come up with something original. Since this was the first one directly out of my mind I wanted to keep it simple yet meaningful. Can you find the hidden concept behind this painting for me? Tell me what comes to your mind as soon as you see it, I would love to know if I was successful in conveying the right message through this painting.

This is a simple pot painting and my second one. It is painted on three sides and you can see the other half of it below. It actually did not come out well the way I wanted it to be. But things don't always turn your way, do they!

This was my first pot painting and I thought it was all that beautiful piece then, now I know the reality. I now say this was my practice piece.

Good or better or best or even bad, whatever you say, anything done with all might and will out of great interest is worth treasuring. Does anybody else here feel the same as I do about each of these art works? I would also like to have the privilege to appreciate your art works if displayed, let me know.