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Commission Art
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I think Kumkum is an incredible artist. She captured one of our cats, Chubbs, perfectly sitting on a table that had a statue of Buddha on it. And this was the first time she had painted an animal! Chubbs died a year ago, and she sent me the slide which my husband (a photographer) printed on canvas. The picture is hung above the Buddha in our entry way, and we often have people commenting on the wonderful job she did in capturing the color of his eyes and the pink of his ears. What a lovely memory! Thank you, Kumkum! – Ritu Shivdsani, Utah, USA |
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Walk into the office building of Pathway Communications in Markham and you are greeted by a riot of colours, shapes and textures – bright, vibrant and engaging paintings on every wall, a testament to the artistic talents of Pathway employees, as also of their artistic mentor, Kumkum Ramchandani. Rather than buy paintings for their new office building, the Pathway team decided to create and frame paintings made by their own families, at a painting day – under the guidance and support of Kumkum Ramchandani. Kumkum arranged and orchestrated the entire event, making it fun, interesting and hugely instructive. Kumkum’s enthusiasm and energy were incredible. Starting with the basics of painting for beginners, Kumkum was able to gently coax talent out of every budding Picasso, from three years old to fifty plus. Today, thanks to Kumkum’s efforts, employees proudly show their handiwork off to all visitors. Thank you, Kumkum, for your incredible talents, energy, support and enthusiasm! – Ashok Kalle, CEO, Pathway Communications, Markham, Canada |
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Kumkum’s painting ‘Broken Woman’ is the perfect reflection of the theme of my book Bruised but Unbroken. It was quite serendipitous that Kumkum’s painting came to be on the cover of my book. I’d been writing this book for two years and had the title in mind from the get-go. My vision for the cover was one of earthy colours, burnt oranges, sepias, with a South Asian flavour to it. When Kumkum sent me the image it was a great fit with the concept of the book. The topics of many of the poems are heavy—violence against women, both domestic and cultural, as well as degradation of the environment. The poems speak about survival through tribulation. Kumkum’s illustrations inside the book were a nice element of connection between the different sections.
– Cheryl Antao-Xavier, poet, writer and publisher (In Our Words Inc.) |
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Kumkum's painting of two women and a snake charmer is captivating, and compels you to look at it and smile or look closely again and again. The women's expressions capture the sheer joy, vitality and innocent pleasure in the presence of the snake charmer. I have imagined different stories of their lives ever so often. It is an uplifting picture, bedazzling in its rich hue of colours and depiction of ethnic life and the guilty pleasure of two young village women caught enjoying the music of the snake charmer. They seem to be surreptitiously dancing as if aware of the taboo of such abandon but helpless in their temptation. Perhaps they are dancing as the snake does... not seen in the painting. – Dr. Sashi Shukla, Long Island, New York |
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