Doler

Shah

--Doler Shah is an accomplished artist, working with different mediums for over the last four decades. Educated in Textile Designing, Space planning and Interior Designing from Sir J.J. School of Arts she graduated at the top of her class. Doler has always found ways to be creative in what ever life threw at her, from painting furniture, painting murals, watercolor landscapes to drawing portraits. These days she is fascinated by the structure of different faces, and is intrigued by all the different faces she sees, trying to capture the different nuances, emotions, features, shadows, and the light play in her work, she has created this body of work. “In the sea of faces that we come across, what is it in the different faces that connects with us? How is it that we feel that connection even with strangers on the street? This has always amazed me.” When she paints her landscapes, she finds herself transported to different environments. Her love for creating these landscapes is in a way journey to her childhood memories. It is as if she is inviting the viewer to join her in the peace and tranquility of her landscapes. There are times where you might imagine you could hear the sound of trickling water on a stream or you might hear the sound of crackling iced over the branches under the winter sun. The paintings are a way for her to bring the outside in.

Artist Statement The world amazes me, the creation of our world and its astonishing natural beauty has found me tongue tied. The nature is such a wonderful creator, and there are so many wonders on this planet of ours. Its frail fleeting beauty has me worried at times. I love to try to capture it. I feel very close to it when I try to capture it on a surface. I feel one with it. I feel I am trying to hold on to its beauty and hoping we are going to turn back time and stop all the damage we are doing to this planet of ours. The other thing I am most intrigued about is the wide variety of people I come across. The faces I see around me all seem to be telling stories of their journey. It amazes me how unique we all are from one another. We all have very distinct unique features. I try to capture this difference, when I draw them or put them on a surface. By doing so I feel I know them personally, and that their faces talk to me. I find it a mystery of why we are created a certain way. Although being same human beings how many varied shapes, color, demeanor we all are. I kind of feel very lucky and excited about our uniqueness, and try to capture it as a form of record. I in my own way feel I am holding their memories through my art, and this why I create them.

Acrylic, Charcoal, Colored Pencil, Computer Illustration, Drawing, Graphite, Jewelry, Mixed Media, Pastels/Oil Pastels, Pen/Ink, Sculpture, Watercolor/Gouache

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