Overwhelming

Acrylic on Canvas 36" X 60"

Comments from Viewers, in response to the VTS question "what is going on the image"

Trupti Godbole the first thing that came to my mind looking at this pic is the tsunami that hit japan and took so many lives. the red wave, the whirlpool.. but the tears and the frown on the face in the pic symbolises that motehr earth is not happy with whatever is happening either.. March 14, 2011 at 9:59am · Like · 1

Sujata Tibrewala Thanks deeti for liking this March 14, 2011 at 9:17pm · Like

Sujata Tibrewala Trupti, this image reminds you of tsunami.. what do you see in the image that makes you say that...? The tears, frown, read wave and whirlpool remind you of a sad/angry mother earth... What more can we find? March 14, 2011 at 9:18pm · Like

Trupti Godbole the things being sucked into the whirlpool made me think of the tsunami. just shows how recent events affect perception.. March 15, 2011 at 10:11am · Like · 1

Meenakshi Rungta Lost... the TV series. The island, the smoke monster, the sea... the mystic air... its all there!! Valid up until the last 20 minutes of the series finale though. If thats what it is.. I give it a super like!! March 15, 2011 at 11:02am · Like · 1

Abeer Mathur i'm seeing here an unknown danger ..a devil or a monster that is coming to eat up mother earth:) March 15, 2011 at 1:47pm · Like · 1

Sujata Tibrewala ‎@Trupti, the whirlpool sucking things in remided you of Tsunami. Is there anything else, may be at the sides of the painting which reminds you of flood etc.. March 15, 2011 at 10:57pm · Like

Sujata Tibrewala ‎@meenakshi I did not know about the series, but after you mentioned I saw a few clips and now I know what you mean.. It is uncanny how it has all the things you mentioned.. March 15, 2011 at 10:58pm · Like

Sujata Tibrewala ‎@abeer you cannot define the danger, but the monster is about to eat mother earth.. That is what you feel... What do you see in the image that made you say that March 15, 2011 at 10:59pm · Like · 1

Sujata Tibrewala Hey When I ask you what do you see in the image that made you say that, it does not mean you had a right or wrong answer. I am just trying to take a second look at why you reacted the way you did, and hence look more closely at the painting and your instantaneous reaction. Hopefully that will give you an insight of how you think... March 15, 2011 at 11:00pm · Like · 1

Abeer Mathur something unseen but felt very hard..is coming our way!but i'm sure that we'll fight back strongly March 15, 2011 at 11:14pm · Like

Trupti Godbole it is not very clear what the people on the right side in the painting are doing. in fact are there any humans there? can't see clearly. March 16, 2011 at 11:05am · Like

Sujata Tibrewala ‎@abeer when you see the painting you feel something unseen and hard is coming your way, and you also get a sense of hope from the painting that we will fight back... Amen March 16, 2011 at 4:49pm · Like · 1

Sujata Tibrewala ‎@Trupti. You cannot see what people are doing on the right. You are not sure if there are any people at all. I know the digital version of the painting is never very good. But you are right we do not see any people at the right hand side.May be you saw something in the way water on the left is transitioned into what you see at the right. March 16, 2011 at 4:54pm · Like

Sujata Tibrewala can we imagine what would happen if we were there on the right bottom corner, had we stayed there a few seconds longer? Will the landscape stay the same or will it change a few seconds into the time, this was painted.. March 16, 2011 at 4:56pm · Like

What Sujata had in mind when she painted

This painting was done as a fund raisor for Bihar Flood Relief. Here the water monster is shown gobbling up whole villages in one go..