|
|
Sikh Artwork
from the UK
Release Date:
2006
Artist: Jagmeet
Singh Khalsa
Website: Akaal Media
Summary:
Jagmeet Singh
Khalsa will be the first to admit that he has a passion for
photography, painting, and chalk based drawings. He has used his
talents to capture his thoughts artistically, which leaves viewers with
a sense of inspiration. As he finishes his studies in an Art
& Design College in the UK, Jagmeet has devoted some of his time to
create artworks that restore a sense of pride to the Sikh community.
Below you'll find just a sampling of Jagmeet's hard work. In the
future, he hopes to work with many who share interests in art and
design, especially in promoting Sikh pride.
Each art piece below has a caption written by Jagmeet. This
allows for a full understanding to his mind frame when these works were
created.
|
|
In 5 He resides.
"This painting shows the Panj Piare (the five beloved
ones). In this work, I used mix media materials such as oil
pastels,
charcoal and acrylic paint. This gives an overall atmosphere and
mood to the authority Panj Piare. They each have the qualities of
Guru Gobind Singh, in which 5 He
resides." - Jagmeet
Singh Khalsa
|
|
|
Ek
"A life drawn and painting of a hand expression of 'One God,' Ek Onkar. This is purely
an acrylic painting, using vertical paint strokes with a wide paint
brush." - Jagmeet
Singh Khalsa
|
|
|
Ram Das Sarovar
"A direct copy of a photograph taken at Harimandar Sahib about two years
back. I was really amazed at the beautiful tones of the blue that
came out in the photograph and felt the urge to paint using a variety
of blue tones. Not much detail has been put into the rest of the
landscape, as my aim was really to bring the depth of the sarovar." - Jagmeet Singh
Khalsa |
|
|
Twins
"A charcoal drawing of the Tabla cornered into a space. I've
tried to use a wide tonal range, with out making any solid lines which
turned out more difficult than expected. To be honest this was a
quick attempt to fill up my life drawing module which was handed in the
next day!" - Jagmeet Singh
Khalsa
|
|
|
Speak Out
"This was a very quick 'sketch' which I felt the need when I first
started reading about the attack on Harimandir Sahib and Sikhs in 1984. Using simple flat
colours, I wrote and expressed the words of this tragedy using my own
fingers. Finger prints are also visible which makes the piece
very personal. I used Adobe After Effects to bump up the
contrast." - Jagmeet Singh
Khalsa
|
|
|
Ek Onkar
"This is a composition of Ek Onkar using pieces of glow in the dark
plastic, which I cut up myself years ago, and stuck on my bedroom
wall. At night this glows green! Here light is shining
through my bedroom window, and creates a very dark contrast with light
and shape. The light only shines within the whole shape of Ek
Onkar. Interesting shapes with the different offset shadow, looks
very similar to paint brush strokes." - Jagmeet Singh
Khalsa
|
|
|
Singh Picasso
"A rough sketch of a painting I saw by Picasso. I simply just
added a turban to the painting I saw, really! At the time I was
searching for a subject for one of my final year projects. One of
them was based on 'confusion.' Confusion about one's life, where
they come from, where is there purpose in life and really who they
are? The painting I looked at gave me that feeling, as I wanted
to relate to how I was confused at the time about my identity." - Jagmeet Singh
Khalsa
|
|