Hi E! No, not yet. I come from a different angle. To do what you are graciously suggesting, would necessitate having to approach things differently. Like say being a watercolorist, or painting landscapes. I can do that but my focus is getting into texture, the layering of language. My grammar may often be off (and I hardly care) but I do not miss meaning in what I read. I have been planning on making some sketches on a future trip to Goa and elsewhere, and translating them into paintings. Mostly drawings, and on paper.
Indeed, towards my personal artistic labor I am putting more hours towards painting. It will be a while. Abstracts with pigments, and other materials. My labor covers a broad gamut and as yet I am unwilling to bracket myself. My training up until graduate studies, was entirely in Design with a class here and there in Illustration. I have not studied art in a school setting. Working on say a cover for a book on complex book on poetry (including by Goans), permits me a different reach which benefits (in my opinion) all around (say in India). Its the choices that people make to make things happen! Any artist can look around for the same projects, under the similar intents as I am doing. Essentially, mine is an attempt at reinventing myself given the vagaries of late capitalism. Very little is real any more. Thank you for your suggestion, —Venantius On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 7:54 PM, E DeSousa <[email protected]> wrote: > Venantius J Pinto <[email protected]> writes > > "My work also respects more sombre palettes. Equally, would be comfortable > working on complex > socio-political issues whether stemming in essays, stories, poetry, or > opinions." > > Comment: > > Venantius: > > Have you considered an Online Art Gallery ? > This could provide a steady income stream. > > Best wishes
