| Medium | : | Oil |
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| Height | : | 60 inch / 152.4 cm |
| Width | : | 84 inch / 213.4 cm |
| Dimension | : | W: 213.4 cm × H: 152.4 cm |
A large-scale contemporary figurative painting by Wilson D’ Souza portraying fishermen with their catch, rendered in bold brushwork and earthy tones, celebrating strength, labor, and collective resilience.
Wilson D’ Souza | Untitled | Oil on Canvas | 60 x 84 inches | 2025
This monumental painting by Wilson D’ Souza powerfully depicts a group of fishermen poised with their catch, embodying strength, endurance, and collective identity. The figures are arranged in a broad horizontal frieze, their robust bodies and grounded stances conveying both physical resilience and quiet pride. Faces are rendered with minimal detail, directing attention instead to posture, gesture, and the rhythm of the composition. The dramatic arcs of freshly caught fish cut across the foreground, their sweeping curves injecting movement and vitality into the scene while symbolizing sustenance and survival. D’ Souza’s confident, angular brushstrokes and layered application of paint create a textured surface marked by visible drips and overlaps, emphasizing the rawness of the subject. The palette—dominated by earthy browns, warm flesh tones, deep blues, and sharp accents of red—reinforces the connection between human labor and the natural environment. The background is simplified into tonal blocks, allowing the figures and fish to command visual authority. More than a literal depiction of work, the painting stands as a tribute to the dignity of labor, communal effort, and the enduring relationship between people and their livelihood.
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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