MRINAL JOSHI 






Watching Ships Drift Away into the Blue Abyss from under a Rock


(Ongoing)

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Catasterismi, Oil on canvas, 8x8 in

Ariadne (after Tiziano), Oil on linen, 8x18 in


Withdraw, Oil on canvas, 16x20 in, SOLD

❤️💣 Diptych, Oil on canvas, 11x14 in (each)

Reflection (for Amy), Oil on canvas, 16x20 in

Pale Moonlight, Oil on canvas, 11x14 in

Sanctuary, Ink and gouache on watercolor paper, 5x7 in

Blue Abyss, Ink and gouache on watercolor paper, 5x7 in, SOLD
I couldn’t make them last forever, Oil on canvas, 11x14 in, SOLD

Pale Blue Eyes, Oil on canvas, 10x10 in

Crashing, Oil on canvas, 10x10 in

Marooned (Stargazer), Oil on canvas, 11x14 in, SOLD

Rock, Oil on canvas, 2.75x2.75 in

Sea, Swallow Me, Oil on canvas, 2.75x2.75 in

Exile (Slumber)-Étude, Charcoal and white conte on toned paper, 5x7 in
Crossing the Threshold, Oil on canvas, 5x7 in
Orpheus, Oil on canvas, 11x14 in
Myth, Oil on canvas, 5x7 in




On a hot summer day in Naxos, I gazed into the Aegean Sea, where the undulating waves carried ships to and from the island. In this intimate yet infinite landscape, tinged with the whispers of ancient myth and history, I encountered the sublime. It was a moment of reckoning with my solitude and a labyrinth of emotions threaded together by the endless sea.

And amidst the crashing waves, I felt like Ariadne.

This body of work is my attempt at capturing the poetry of this minutia. Intertwined with this is a personal odyssey of love and abandonment, drawing parallels to the myth of Ariadne. These paintings contemplate the transience of human connections and offer a glimpse into the deep introspection that emerges when confronted with the sublime.





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2024