| Medium | : | Acrylic |
|---|---|---|
| Height | : | 24 inch / 61 cm |
| Width | : | 24 inch / 61 cm |
| Surface | : | Canvas |
| Style | : | Figurative Paintings |
| Dimension | : | W: 61 cm × H: 61 cm |
| Year | : | 2023 |
A soulful contemporary painting portraying an artist immersed in thought and creation beside a glowing feminine figure. Warm earthy colours, expressive forms, and symbolic details create a poetic atmosphere filled with imagination and introspection.
Ashoke Mullick | Dream | Acrylic on Canvas | 24 x 24 inches | 2023
This evocative artwork captures an intimate moment of reflection and artistic devotion. At the center of the composition, a seated figure appears deeply absorbed in the act of creation, holding a brush close to a glowing image of a feminine form. The illuminated figure within the frame feels almost spiritual, symbolising inspiration, memory, or an imagined muse emerging from the artist’s inner world.
Rendered in warm earthy tones with contrasting blues and golden yellows, the painting carries a dreamlike atmosphere that feels both personal and symbolic. The stylised facial features, elongated forms, and expressive brushwork lend the composition a modernist character, while everyday objects like the conch shell and paintbrush container ground the scene in the artist’s studio environment.
The interplay of light and shadow creates emotional depth, drawing viewers into a quiet narrative about creativity, longing, and imagination. The artwork beautifully blurs the line between reality and vision, making it a compelling piece for collectors who appreciate figurative and narrative contemporary art.
I like to depict the modern times when people have lost all human contact and have become mechanised. They read newspapers, pick up some jargon and communicate most of the time by telephone. As a painter, I throw light on these aspects where traditions are breaking down and the relationship between generations is getting lost.
Ashoke Mullick is considered one of the leading painters from the Bengal School of Art. Mullick combines a sense of satire with contemporary conditions. His paintings focus strongly on the ordinary man and the contradictions he faces.
Sometimes the look is satiric at other times, it is compassionate, says Mullick of his own works. He uses colours like greens and blues to depict a largely urban India.
Mullick was educated at the Fine Arts Government College, Kolkata. He was greatly fascinated and influenced by works of painters like Gaganendranath Tagore. I was also influenced by German Expressionism that linked art to life. The effects I create are intentional and I want them to become a part of visual experience, he says.
He mostly works in oil on canvas, because as he says, That’s the medium which let’s me experiment the most and which helps me to depict modern life, which in some ways is surrealistic.
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