| Medium | : | Oil |
|---|---|---|
| Height | : | 48 inch / 121.9 cm |
| Width | : | 48 inch / 121.9 cm |
| Dimension | : | W: 121.9 cm × H: 121.9 cm |
A contemporary figurative painting by Wilson D’ Souza depicting two figures engaged in everyday food preparation, rendered with expressive brushwork, muted tones, and a strong sense of movement and labor.
Wilson D’ Souza | Untitled | Oil on Canvas | 48 x 48 inches | 2025
This expressive painting by Wilson D’ Souza presents a scene drawn from everyday life, focusing on two figures engaged in the quiet, repetitive act of preparing food. One figure leans forward attentively while the other works with a shallow basket or tray, suggesting the sorting, cleaning, or arranging of fish or produce. Rendered in D’ Souza’s distinctive contemporary figurative style, the figures are constructed through angular, fragmented planes, with faces left intentionally undefined to emphasize action and rhythm over individuality. The composition is energized by sweeping, gestural brushstrokes and areas where paint drips and overlaps, reinforcing a sense of movement and labor. A restrained palette of muted blues, greys, earthy browns, and soft flesh tones creates a subdued, workmanlike atmosphere, grounding the scene in realism while maintaining a painterly abstraction. The surrounding space dissolves into layered color fields, allowing the figures and their task to dominate the visual narrative. The painting honors the dignity of everyday work, transforming a routine domestic or market activity into a powerful reflection on human effort, cooperation, and lived experience.
Wilson Souza was born in Kayyar, in Kasargod district and is an alumnus of Mahasala School of Art, Mangaluru. He has been honoured at the Konkani Janapad Utsav by the Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy and conferred the Sadhana Award by Emirates Konkans.
Wilson believes in creating art that inspires. His paintings have a bold theme and mostly concentrate on feminine themes capturing the interplay of nature and the female form. Wilson’s romance with feminine themes has become his trademark narrative style. It is characterized by semi abstract strokes of bold colours, rendering it with an amalgam of fantasy and reality.
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