<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30398734</id><updated>2011-09-02T03:57:42.436-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fine Arts - Oil Paintings</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyofpainting.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30398734/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyofpainting.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Yeshwant Phatak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09755573952935959040</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30398734.post-1333218819294714415</id><published>2009-05-07T10:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-08T11:06:42.064-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SgMkEFqkuOI/AAAAAAAAACg/0a_kpTYmnjU/s1600-h/a2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SgMkEFqkuOI/AAAAAAAAACg/0a_kpTYmnjU/s320/a2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333146036395620578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Oil on stretched canvas 16"x18"-Varnished)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;(oops!! The helper at the studio did not know how to hold the image.  He printed my name on the&lt;br /&gt;incorrect side)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;This is the visual depiction of the process of "Spiritual Expansion", crossing the limiting adjuncts and worldly limitations.  The part of "Self" present in us reaching out to the "Ultimate".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SgMhqr_Kn3I/AAAAAAAAACY/7Dx_Cvuba74/s1600-h/a5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SgMhqr_Kn3I/AAAAAAAAACY/7Dx_Cvuba74/s320/a5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333143400982683506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(Oil on stretched canvas  - 8"x10")&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SgMg2XA4xSI/AAAAAAAAACQ/scjK3ULDs3c/s1600-h/S1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SgMg2XA4xSI/AAAAAAAAACQ/scjK3ULDs3c/s320/S1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333142501999559970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(Oil on canvas board - 14"x18")&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30398734-1333218819294714415?l=joyofpainting.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyofpainting.blogspot.com/feeds/1333218819294714415/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30398734&amp;postID=1333218819294714415' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30398734/posts/default/1333218819294714415'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30398734/posts/default/1333218819294714415'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyofpainting.blogspot.com/2009/05/oil-on-stretched-canvas-16x18-varnished.html' title=''/><author><name>Yeshwant Phatak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09755573952935959040</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SgMkEFqkuOI/AAAAAAAAACg/0a_kpTYmnjU/s72-c/a2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30398734.post-1917806498543050406</id><published>2009-05-07T10:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-07T10:51:02.448-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SgMe_MsgbDI/AAAAAAAAACI/Zqyg6SNrih8/s1600-h/a4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SgMe_MsgbDI/AAAAAAAAACI/Zqyg6SNrih8/s320/a4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333140454825290802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(Oil on stretched canvas 18"x24")&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a place in Uttarakhand.  Somewhere near Kath Godam.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30398734-1917806498543050406?l=joyofpainting.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyofpainting.blogspot.com/feeds/1917806498543050406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30398734&amp;postID=1917806498543050406' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30398734/posts/default/1917806498543050406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30398734/posts/default/1917806498543050406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyofpainting.blogspot.com/2009/05/oil-on-stretched-canvas-18x24-this-is.html' title=''/><author><name>Yeshwant Phatak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09755573952935959040</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SgMe_MsgbDI/AAAAAAAAACI/Zqyg6SNrih8/s72-c/a4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30398734.post-3944342458481794868</id><published>2009-05-07T10:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-07T10:42:44.840-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SgMcNQMFH4I/AAAAAAAAACA/bp_s-DyBk7k/s1600-h/a3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SgMcNQMFH4I/AAAAAAAAACA/bp_s-DyBk7k/s320/a3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333137397746311042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Back with some more artwork, but with a little delay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you like the canvases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some more canvases are in different stages of completion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please also punch in your views and comments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oil on stretched canvas - 18"x18" (varnished)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30398734-3944342458481794868?l=joyofpainting.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyofpainting.blogspot.com/feeds/3944342458481794868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30398734&amp;postID=3944342458481794868' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30398734/posts/default/3944342458481794868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30398734/posts/default/3944342458481794868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyofpainting.blogspot.com/2009/05/hello.html' title=''/><author><name>Yeshwant Phatak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09755573952935959040</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SgMcNQMFH4I/AAAAAAAAACA/bp_s-DyBk7k/s72-c/a3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30398734.post-1644534315013976732</id><published>2008-06-25T08:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T05:28:12.086-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SgV1OnHWEII/AAAAAAAAACo/IvO02UYK9JI/s1600-h/2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SgV1OnHWEII/AAAAAAAAACo/IvO02UYK9JI/s320/2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333798227568627842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;Conversion of a photograph into an oil painting.&lt;br /&gt;Can we call this "still life with Ganesha"?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(Oil on canvas board - 12" x 18" - Varnished)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey. After a rather long gap, here I present some of my recent works. There are some more on the easel, in various stages of finishing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please post your comments and views. Thanks. See you soon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SGO-30z0_NI/AAAAAAAAAAU/dtSTk_H-2_4/s1600-h/1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SGO-30z0_NI/AAAAAAAAAAU/dtSTk_H-2_4/s320/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216222659703274706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;Landscape &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(Oil on stretched canvas - 14" x 18")&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;This is one of the many beautiful locations on the way to Nagarjuna Sagar from Nalgonda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SGO_62oP_lI/AAAAAAAAAAc/ltBTvN_ZreM/s1600-h/3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SGO_62oP_lI/AAAAAAAAAAc/ltBTvN_ZreM/s320/3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216223811242819154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;Me on a beautiful location in Ratnagiri. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(Oil on canvas board - 12" x 18")&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;Conversion of a photograph in oil painting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;Trying my hand at Self Portrait !!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SGPCrsEbWNI/AAAAAAAAAA0/xt174aGymgU/s1600-h/5.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SGPCrsEbWNI/AAAAAAAAAA0/xt174aGymgU/s320/5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216226849245059282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me with wife on another beautiful place near&lt;br /&gt;Pratapgarh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conversion of a photograph in oil painting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(Oil on stretched canvas 18" x 24")&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SGPEFQ6RTxI/AAAAAAAAABI/99EJI2gtfTA/s1600-h/6.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SGPEFQ6RTxI/AAAAAAAAABI/99EJI2gtfTA/s320/6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216228388142927634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;This is the first room of the  official quarter where I stayed for two and a half years.&lt;br /&gt;Bhubaneswar (Orissa State)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(Oil on stretched canvas - 14" x 18")&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SGPGC7UPR-I/AAAAAAAAABY/DSogSD8PF-s/s1600-h/4.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SGPGC7UPR-I/AAAAAAAAABY/DSogSD8PF-s/s320/4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216230547009783778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;An honest attempt to explain through abstraction and c0lour, the great fight between black/negative forces and other positive ones.  Everything ends in the positive energy, though.  Somewhere in between we are bogged down by negative forces, but are supported by full, vibrant life force. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(Oil on stretched canvas - 18" x 24")&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30398734-1644534315013976732?l=joyofpainting.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyofpainting.blogspot.com/feeds/1644534315013976732/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30398734&amp;postID=1644534315013976732' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30398734/posts/default/1644534315013976732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30398734/posts/default/1644534315013976732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyofpainting.blogspot.com/2008/06/hey.html' title=''/><author><name>Yeshwant Phatak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09755573952935959040</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ckIo_g-sMsc/SgV1OnHWEII/AAAAAAAAACo/IvO02UYK9JI/s72-c/2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30398734.post-117471946338979887</id><published>2007-03-23T23:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-08T10:26:20.573-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Yes, friends.   Here are some more of my recent works.  Please do punch in your views.  Thanks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/454/3260/1600/1.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/454/3260/320/827512/1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(Oil on  stretched canvas - 18" x 24")&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(framed)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/454/3260/1600/828687/2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/454/3260/320/470565/2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(Oil on stretched canvas -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/454/3260/1600/140907/3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/454/3260/320/710968/3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt; 15" x 18")&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(Oil on canvas - board 12" x 18")&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/454/3260/1600/4.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/454/3260/320/227170/4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(Water colour on paper - 12" x 15")&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(framed)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;This is a part of the shore line of Mangalore !!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30398734-117471946338979887?l=joyofpainting.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyofpainting.blogspot.com/feeds/117471946338979887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30398734&amp;postID=117471946338979887' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30398734/posts/default/117471946338979887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30398734/posts/default/117471946338979887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyofpainting.blogspot.com/2007/03/yes-friends.html' title=''/><author><name>Yeshwant Phatak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09755573952935959040</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30398734.post-115151790652425949</id><published>2006-06-28T10:28:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-07T10:15:20.406-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Hello,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;I am Yeshwant.  I live in Hyderabad, the capital city of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.  I work as a Senior Audit Officer in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department of the Government of India.  I had undergone training in drawing and painting.  So when I had fractured my left hand, a couple of years ago, I resumed painting to re experience the JOY of painting.  Recently, some of my friends, who had seen the original oil on canvas paintings, had told me to sell these to anyone who appreciates the paintings.  I didn't agree at first. But now after giving out some paintings to relatives and after covering most of the available space on the walls of my modest home, and after some more prodding from my dear friends, this is my first attempt to display my works to a larger audience, also with a hope to invite quotes for them.  So then, here are some my recent works.  Certain others are in different stages of completion, which I will post upon completion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Please DO punch in your comments and suggestions. In reality, I am waiting for some response!!!.  Thanks .......&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/454/3260/1600/4.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/454/3260/320/4.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Oil on canvas - board 12" x 18"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;(SOLD)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/454/3260/1600/2.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/454/3260/320/2.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Oil on canvas - stretched canvas 18" x 24"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;(SOLD)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/454/3260/1600/5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/454/3260/320/5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oil on canvas - board 12" x 18"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;(SOLD)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/454/3260/1600/3.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/454/3260/320/3.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oil on canvas - stretched canvas 18" x 24"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;(SOLD)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/454/3260/1600/1.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/454/3260/320/1.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oil on canvas - stretched canvas 18" x 24"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;(SOLD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30398734-115151790652425949?l=joyofpainting.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyofpainting.blogspot.com/feeds/115151790652425949/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30398734&amp;postID=115151790652425949' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30398734/posts/default/115151790652425949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30398734/posts/default/115151790652425949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyofpainting.blogspot.com/2006/06/hello-i-am-yeshwant.html' title=''/><author><name>Yeshwant Phatak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09755573952935959040</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry></feed>
