| Medium | : | Acrylic |
|---|---|---|
| Height | : | 20 inch / 50.8 cm |
| Width | : | 16 inch / 40.6 cm |
| Surface | : | Canvas |
| Style | : | Figurative Paintings |
| Dimension | : | W: 40.6 cm × H: 50.8 cm |
“My Self – 1” by Ashoke Mullick is a powerful contemporary self-portrait that captures introspection, character, and emotional depth through expressive brushwork and warm earthy tones. This acrylic painting combines realism with abstraction, creating a deeply human and visually compelling artistic presence.
Ashoke Mullick | My Self-1 | Acrylic on Canvas | 20 x 16 inches
“My Self – 1” is an intimate and deeply expressive self-portrait that captures not only the physical presence of the subject but also the quiet emotional depth within. Through bold brushstrokes and warm earthy tones, the artist presents a contemplative figure lost in thought, creating a portrait that feels honest, vulnerable, and profoundly human.
The side-profile composition draws attention to the subject’s intense gaze and weathered facial details, reflecting wisdom, experience, and introspection. The textured handling of the skin, hair, and beard adds raw authenticity, while the warm yellow and muted peach background creates a glowing atmosphere that enhances the emotional mood of the painting.
Ashoke Mullick’s expressive style beautifully balances realism and abstraction, allowing the portrait to feel both personal and universally relatable. Rather than focusing on perfection, the artwork celebrates character, emotion, and individuality. Every brushstroke carries a sense of memory and lived experience, making the painting emotionally engaging and visually powerful.
Compact yet impactful in scale, this artwork is ideal for collectors of contemporary portraiture, modern interiors, studios, reading spaces, or anyone drawn to art that reflects identity, self-awareness, and emotional truth.
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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