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Salma Arastu Biography | Portfolio
unite people of all races, genders, and faiths. Her work is also “a reflection of the spirit”, Arastu says, “the one within her and the one she wants people to feel when they see her paintings”. The people she depicts are always faceless, interchangeable figures unified by action and movement. They pray, dance, grieve and sing, but are always together and connected by the rolling line of Salma’s brush. They are a testimony to the emotions we all experience when we are engaged in celebration or loneliness, laughter or sorrow. In her work, Salma paints people of all lands with their colorful, native fabrics and intimate gestures and her paintings reflect the lyrical movements and intricate patterns of these peoples. She uses a vivid palette that reminds her of India and a continuous line that connects one figure to another. Some of her works are direct influences of Indian folk art, while others are total abstracts. In her efforts, she has tried to combine Eastern spirituality and western techniques of painting she has learned over the years. She has been described as “the primitive meeting the ultra-modern,” and through these contrasting elements in her work, she searches for unity. When that unity or balance is achieved, it brings about a tranquility and joy for the artist that is also palpable to the viewer. If you open your heart to it, it will bare the soul of the artist, as well as your own. Ms. Arastu has been painting for twenty-seven years, since graduating with a Masters degree in Fine Arts from Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, India in 1975. She has since won many awards for her art.Her work is also included in more than a hundred private collections in the United States, Germany, India and the Middle East. She has held twenty-five solo shows throughout the world, along with her participation in various group shows. In addition to her prolific painting, Ms. Arastu has also written several published works of free-verse poetry and short stories in her native Hindi. She continues to write and provides eloquent prose to accompany her paintings for gallery showings. |
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