| Medium | : | Oil |
|---|---|---|
| Height | : | 48 inch / 121.9 cm |
| Width | : | 60 inch / 152.4 cm |
| Dimension | : | W: 152.4 cm × H: 121.9 cm |
A contemporary figurative painting by Wilson D’ Souza depicting two figures engaged in animated gossip, rendered with expressive brushwork, bold colors, and a vibrant domestic setting.
Wilson D’ Souza | Untitled | Oil on Canvas | 60 x 48 inches | 2025
This dynamic painting by Wilson D’ Souza captures a lively moment of conversation and gossip between two seated figures within a richly textured interior setting. The figures, dressed in contrasting red and blue garments, lean toward each other in animated engagement, their postures and hand gestures suggesting the exchange of stories, secrets, or everyday observations. True to D’ Souza’s contemporary figurative style, the faces are deliberately left undefined, allowing body language and spatial interaction to convey expression and mood. The composition is constructed through bold, angular brushstrokes and fragmented planes of color that energize both the figures and their surroundings. The background is filled with domestic objects—pots, vessels, and hanging forms—creating a bustling, lived-in atmosphere that enhances the sense of casual social interaction. A warm palette of reds, ochres, yellows, and earthy blues brings vitality and rhythm to the scene, while the layered application of paint adds depth and movement. Rather than intimacy, the work celebrates human sociability, portraying the everyday ritual of conversation as a shared, animated, and culturally familiar 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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