ARTIST STATEMENT
Poonam Southey is an Indian artist. She is a self-taught
artist, has been drawing since her childhood and started
painting in oil medium as early in 1989. She started
her professional career as a graphic designer before
turning into a full-time artist in art world.
Her Passion for doing Oil Paintings provokes her to
have creative ideas with new techniques. Her paintings
tools are BRUSHES & PALETTE KNIFE, gorgeous texture
she brings with such magnificent tools.
She had started painting in oil medium as early in
1989. She found herself painting realistic and impressionist
works later on. Her paintings depict the lives activities,
nature, Still Life and culture of the common people
of India and around the world. She is very much inspired
from European old masters like Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael,
Caravaggio and Rembrandt.
Currently, her major working topics are based on European
and Indian theme.
She is always known for her strong aesthetic sense,
which also can be seen sometime in her real life based
and imaginary paintings. She likes to paint on canvas
with light and shades. She works towards bringing moments
from the life. She always tries to pick those moments
of life as subjects that would give her paintings a
new kind of freshness and vitality through the usage
of fresh and vibrant colors.
Her works have been purchased and commissioned by diverse
private and corporate collectors in Delhi, India, USA,
UK, Canada and Australia.
She is Living and working as full-time artist in Delhi,
India.
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