Whimsical Portraits
by MOHAN SIVANAND

This page has ten (rather cheeky) paintings.
Today's objects, especially computers, are inherently ugly,
so artists don't paint them, said a 1997 article on still-life in a
leading British art magazine. I disagreed, for I'd been painting
them for years. Computers are smart (or else you won't
be looking at this page) and colorful subjects.

YOUNG WOMAN SAVING A TIGER. 1994
(After Renoir's Young Woman
Feeding a Bird, c. 1876)
Oil on canvas 17 x 22"
Collection of Jeff Roome, London

OSCAR & THE PENTIUM. 1998
(Oscar, born circa 1997, is our resident tom.)
Oil on canvas 24 x 28"
Collection of the artist

THE CORPORATE THINKER. 1994
Oil on paper 17 x 22"
Collection of Jeff Roome, London

LADY WITH A MOUSE, circa 1992.
Painted 1994. Oil on canvas 17 x 22"
Collection of Prof. Madhavi Sunder, California

NIGHT SHIFT WITH THE SCREEN SAVER. 1999
Oil on canvas 28 x 24"
Collection of the artist

COUPLE WITH THE PAGER. North India, 1995
Oil on canvas 25 x 31"
Collection of Prof. Madhavi Sunder, UC Davis, Ca.
("My particular academic focus," writes the professor
of law who acquired this work in 1999, "is on the
tensions between tradition and modernity in India,
hence you know why I loved your paintings so much.")




THE CEO MISSES HIS VACATION. 1999
Oil on jute canvas 32 x 36"
Collection of the artist

BLUE GIRL IN STILL LIFE. 1999
Oil on canvas 16 x 20"
Collection of the artist

HACKER. 1999
(The guy who once cracked my
password must have worked like this.)
Oil on canvas 26 x 34"
Collection of the artist

MADONNA OF THE
FRUITS OF TECHNOLOGY.
Oil on canvas 3 x 4 ft. Painted 1998
Collection of the artist

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