Panchali Sheth
“There’s always a point where a sudden familiarity arises; this is followed by an emergence of an unintentional form”
I want to sing like birds sing - 91 x 61cm - Acrylic on canvas - $2340 - “This painting is based on Rumis's poem. I want to sing like birds and not worrying about who hears or what they think. Embracing freedom in painting is like bird's flight. Unrestrained by judgement, colour dance on the canvas, a symphony of emotions. The Canvas becomes my stage, where spontaneity and creativity intertwine, echoing the uninhibited beauty of a song.”
Once I was Crowned King - 90 x 120.5cm -Acrylic mixed media on canvas - SOLD - This painting unfolds an Indian miniatures narrative. As a crowned king he had a realm of dreams and possibilities, each day He navigated a regal story in his kingdom.
Harmony - 61 x 76cm - Acrylic and oil on canvas - $1820 - It's harmony in form. A Dance of human and animal essence. Hindu beliefs lay in the transmigration of souls- the reincarnated soul coming back again and again to inhabit both humans and animal's bodies. This painting unfolds an Indian miniatures narrative. Animals composed of intertwined human or animal figures were a popular subject in Indian miniatures!
About Panchali Sheth.
Panchali Sheth is an Australian painter based in Sydney, Australia. She explores Indian miniatures. She observes the paintings closely to understand narratives, abstraction, expressive colours and gestural marks. She deconstructs Indian miniatures and Indian mythology within her work.
She starts by placing abstract marks and colours and builds up the surface of the canvas until the image(s) begins to emerge or suggest a narrative.
Some images may stay and some images may get erased She is constantly playing push and pull with her work.
She plays this game until it settles into a composition that she is interested in, and then she makes slower marks and suggestions to resolve her work.
The abstract gestures she makes encompass the varied humans and hybrid forms of her narratives. These gestures create their own personal language and stories.
It is a significant expression of the hybrid culture in which she lives.