Artist Information:
George Oommen
arlington, ma
United States
Member Since: Apr 2004
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Artist Statement:
George Oommen: The Image as
the key
Born in Munnar, Kerala, India,
and educated in India, Mexico,
and the United States, George
Oommen continues to derive
artistic inspiration from the
lush green landscapes of his
homeland. Every winter, Oommen
visits Mankotta, a small
island in the inland waters of
Kerala ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Selected Participant
by INDO AMERICAN CULTURAL
COUNCIL
"Painters without Borders"
2012
Travelling Exhibition, Venues
and dates to be announced
soon in 2012
Solo Exhibition George Oommen
Agora Art gallery in NYC
Nov1- Nov 21, 2012
opening on Nov 8, Thursday
2012 at 6.00 PM to 8.00 PM
Agora ...
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Artist Galleries:
George Oommen: Visions of
Kerala
Locco Ritoro Gallery
450 Harrison Avenue. SoWa
District
Boston, MA 02118
loccoritoro@aol.com
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Artist Reviews:
http://harvardmagazine.com/2010
/09/tropical-abstractions
Monsoon Magic/ Rain Painter
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/0
7/09/stories/2006070900140200.h
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ARTICLE 535 - Monsoon magic
[July 09, 2006] SHALEENA
KORUTH for THE HINDU.
George Oommen paints to
reawaken the feeling the image
brought when he first saw it.
Once...
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Collections:
IN THE COLLECTION OF
A ABRAHAM AND GRACY ABRAHAM,
Trivandrum, India
MODUPE
NYIKOALE AKINOLA Cambridge
Mass
DEENA ANDERSON
Mass USA
EBRAHIM ALKAZI , London ,UK
DONU ARAPURA
, Chicago USA
SHERYL BARNES
CAMBRIDGE MASS
THARANA BARKATT , New Jersey
,USA, Mumbai India
PAKHI AND SHEKAR BHATIA ,
New Delhi ,India
DIANNA BHOMER , Boston
Mass...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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George Oommen's Premiere Artist Portfolio
Welcome to George Oommen's Portfolio.
George Oommen: The Image as the key
Born in Munnar, Kerala, India, and educated in India, Mexico, and the United States, George Oommen continues to derive artistic inspiration from the lush green landscapes of his homeland. Every winter, Oommen visits Mankotta, a small island in the inland waters of Kerala in southwestern India, ten miles from Oommen’s ancestral home. The weeks spent there fuel his painting year round.
What follows is a series of questions and answers by Oommen about his work. The conversation took place over a series of days but reflects a lifetime of thinking about the meaning of his art.
Q: What is the goal of your art? What inspires and motivates you as an artist?
A: My painting is fundamentally about communicating what I see in my mind’s eye. While verbal expression is the predominant form of communication, from early childhood, I have had a facility with visual expression. Painting is my vehicle for this.
The specific goal of my art changes with each series I embark upon, but the general objective is always to transfer the image in my mind to the canvas There are many sources of inspiration for me—it could ... |
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Kerala Dyptic, 2002
Acrylic Painting,
108 x 54 X 1 inches
Availability: Sold
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