About The Painting : Marriage
One of the first few viewers of the painting remarked, “Is this what you see a marriage as? Fragmented, chaotic, broken?”
To the artist, marriage is balance. A coming together. A melding. What one chooses to see, perceive, and interpret, is more a reflection of one’s own stories. In that sense, art serves the vital purpose of bringing forth our stories, the conditioned mind, and gives us a unique opportunity to free ourselves.
Just like marriage. Not necessarily the government ordained ceremony but the marriage of two beings. Relationships activate us. The ultimate sanctuary where two beings feel love and safety enough to allow each other to embrace their shadows and build and grow together.
In marriage, everything comes together. Light & shadow. Stories & freedom. Consciousness & unconsciousness. Masculine & feminine.
The signature art style of the artist’s partner is patterns of circular dots representing energetic vibrations. The artist’s signature style is lines. The painting was meant to be a visual representation of the two styles coming together. But without this back story, the piece can mean anything that the viewer chooses.
“Choose your own adventure”, as Jamie says.
This painting is available to acquire directly from the artist from the online store. Currently priced at AUD 1,800 + shipping (shipping within Adelaide is free, please email / text). Please contact the artist directly on email [email protected] or text 0429048917
The painting is signed and dated and is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Materials
The artist uses acrylic markers to hand-paint each artwork. Acid-free gesso is applied to the canvas before she begins the painting. Some paintings have pencil sketches on top of which the synthetic polymer paint is layered. Each painting is photographed prior to the application of varnish. Several coats of high-gloss liquid, UV resistant, museum-grade, acid-free, non-yellowing varnish is applied to the painting, and it is finished with several layers of permanent matte varnish spray, similar in grade to the liquid varnish.
This painting also uses some bronze and gold paint that reflects light differently, depending on the angle it is being viewed from.
About The Series
The growing discourse on gender, sexuality and identity, is what brought forth this series for the artist. While the online world can seen as polarizing and swinging between the two extremes of centuries-old misogyny and newly-minted misandry, real people in real life continue to collaborate and build lives of magical energy. After posting a couple of short videos on her Instagram page, and after reading through and responding to thousands of comments, the artist feels like the fervor has never been this in-her-face. She feels the vibrations from women who seem to be coming into their own, developing relationships with their divine and sacred selves, choosing to get to know themselves better and unlearning the conditioning of needing a man in their lives. At the same time, men seem to be coming into their own as well. Breaking free from patriarchal strong holds, exploring their spirituality and honoring the feminine within their masculine.
The lived experiences of both the feminine and the masculine are colliding. And not always in beautiful ways. Regardless, there’s an energy and a vibration around the artist that she has not experienced before in her life.
She aims to bring forth these vibrations in her paintings for this series.
The title of the series has not been worked out yet.
About The Artist
Naina is a contemporary artist based in Adelaide, South Australia. In India, she is represented by The Art Qurious and Ochre Art, which are both Art Galleries based in New Delhi.
Naina had her first gallery exhibition in August 2024. Her first ever art exhibit was in 2020.
You are also able to follow the journey of her paintings on her Instagram Reels page.
To browse through Naina’s art, please see the Khaosphilos section on this website.
For art acquisition enquiries in India, please email Sangita Rajani of The Art Qurious on [email protected] or Vipula Monga of Ochre Art on [email protected] and for art commission enquiries or gallery representation in Australia, please reach out to me on [email protected] or text on +61429048917
The first painting in this series is titled “We Ride At Dawn” and you can read more about it here and purchase it from my online store by clicking below. (Shipping within Adelaide is free, please email me on [email protected]).
45, 2025. Synthetic polymer paint on canvas. 90 cms diameter
System Of Becoming, 2025. Synthetic polymer paint on canvas. 90 cms diameter
Photographs
The following photographs are self-portraits that the artist shot at Grange Beach. The artist feels a special connection with the Ocean, salt water, Sunshine , the Sea breeze, sand and the calming, grounding energy of being close to the water ( when she isn’t IN it). The artist has experienced a few dates at Grange Beach and the energy always felt different, in a good way. It only made sense to her to photograph this painting at said beach.
