A selectionfrom the works of Prodeep Mookerjee;

executed in a glass box overlookingthe shores of the Arabian Gulfbetween the spring of 2007

and the fall of 2009

Verseby Vickram Crishna

Edited by Mina JethmalaniPhotographs by Siddharth Mookerjee

Design and Concept - Arun K JethmalaniPublished by Arun K Jethmalani for Imagene.

First Edition 2009. All Rights Reserved.

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Paintings...dedicated to Hema,

my 'partner' forthe last four decades.

Thank youfor this journey

Dad by Sidd - 2009

Such a wild journey

Slide rules and Poisson curvedLate nights of yarns and dyes and endless weaves

Then only etch of hard black lead onFine white card: colourless was all

Neil Diamond sang and Johnny Cash servedFloyd’s animals and Simon’s leaves

That young man wonders his head is still onWith leaps from Bowreah’s cotton to Garware’s wall

Well, it was fun digging into numbers that talk About money going for cheese and chalk

Now with seven kings, palm islands flower And my icy dry rasps scour tiles and tower

But I didn’t know then, my mind couldn’t see My eyes are open now, my heart easy

I had no words, there was no sound Now language seems my firmest ground

Now my love and pain I relate to wellEach dawn I wake with more to say

I don’t know where this account will closeAnd it doesn’t matter, as long as I know

There’s no shortage of flavours, no lack of smellNo thought too small, no magic too fey

I guess I’ll keep on following my noseMy footprints tell me where to go

ProdeepbyVickram Crishna

Such a Wild Journey

Cellist2008, Oil on canvas67 x 99 cm

Caress, stroke,Music like smoke,Hangs in the air,

The perfect note Resonates, rhymes,

Reverberates, chimes,Yours and mine,

For a moment in time

“.…never heard of the artist, but the painting looks good....”Neville Tuli, Chairman, Osian's

Piano Player2008, Oil on canvas

71 x 99 cm

On the Edge2008, Oil on canvas99 x 149 cm

Dawn2008, Oil on canvas

107 x 138 cm

Kali, the Dark Mother2007, Acrylic and Oil on Paper36 x 44 cm

Night Shift2008, Oil on canvas

98 x 149 cm

Artefact2007, Acrylic and oil on canvas36 x 44 cm

Building Blocks2007, Oil on canvas

46 x 60 cm

Mumbai 26/112009, Oil on canvas99 x 148 cm

I saw you, oh my, with your little gunI saw you, oh yes, and you were having fun

Did it have to be this way?Lives shattered, blood spilt, night turned to day

Floodlights bright, voices high, all in good faith, you sayOne for all, but in the end, we saw, all for none

...."Little prince"....loneliness.......very good work....Majak, Photographer, Poland

Our Only Home2009, Oil on canvas

101 x 152 cm

Looking Inward2007, Acrylic and oil on canvas46 x 59 cm

Without looking out of my mindI know in whose heart I’m real

I don’t need further to look to findMy love, my life - my world

The Third Eye2007, Acrylic and oil on canvas

47 x 60 cm

One spirit, two souls2008, Oil on canvas98 x 148 cm

Meltdown2008, Oil on canvas

97 x 145 cm

“ Fantastic ! “Sula, Artist, England

Half of a Yellow Sun2007, Acrylic and oil on paper34 x 44 cm

Gautam's Crossover2007, Acrylic and oil on canvas

46 x 59 cm

The Promise2007, Acrylic and oil on canvas46 x 60 cm

Yes, I heard you say it, it was so clearA wish that our hearts would ever be near

You smiled, such bliss, for an eternity like this

Close we stand, life’s weary journey seen hereBowed but in body, our spirits cannot fear,

You turn for a kiss, I hold you like this

Our sepulchre of steadfast commitment burns sere

Miles to go2007, Acrylic and oil on canvas

45 x 58 cm

Reaching for Faith2007, Acrylic and oil on canvas47 x 60 cm

On the Road2007, Acrylic and oil on canvas

35 x 46 cm

O say, did you seeHer, in dawn’s early light?She fills my soulAnd I still taste her salt

Toilette2007, Oil on canvas46 x 59 cm

Red Light2007, Acrylic and oil on canvas

35 x 45 cm

Off guardDark brightSoft hardWrong right

Journey’s End2007, Acrylic and oil on canvas47 x 59 cm

I came, I saw, I thought I could beAll that you ever wanted for me

And now I must sayThe key to the way

Was always in my mind, really

The Face of Reason2007, Acrylic and oil on canvas

46 x 59 cm

I must admit, it’s perfectly clearOnce you put it to me this way, my dearEverything you say makes complete senseI’m Humpty, I’m Dumpty, and I’m off the fence

The Long Thaw2007, Acrylic and Oil on canvas46 x 59 cm

O faithless few, who trod through saltYou know the journey’s too long to halt

Why do you trouble me, with questions that pryFor things you already saw in my eye?The winter’s

gone, now gather your skirtAnd take to your heels, I’ve gone too far to flirt

In search of my muse2007

Oil on canvas46 x 59 cm

We Are Stardust 12007, Acrylic on canvas35 x 45 cm

While the music playedThe world had seemed so far away

But now the vault of heaven grows nearIn awesome majesty, the celestial sphere

We Are Stardust 22007, Acrylic on canvas

35 x 45 cm

Yes, the truth isIt was a lieThe tears I so hopelessly criedWhile all along, a stranger inside

Back to the Beginning2008, Oil on canvas97 x 145 cm

A kind of September2008, Oil on canvas

99 cm x 149 cm

Not quite the end of thingsNor yet a beginningNor even halfway there

You could be someone I once knewOr wish I didWhy must life be so unreal?

“A kind of September” remains one of my favorites. I resonate with thepainting where I’m in it... looking through the eyes of my soul so to speak..Like somehow you have captured my mind, not the mind of the person in thepicture.”

Dr Vijay Kajla, FRCS, Worcester, MA

After Us 12007, Acrylic on canvas27 x 38 cm

A new heaven and a new earthFor now the first are gone

Of the terrible freeze yet a dearthSoon the day will be done

After Us 22007, Acrylic on canvas

27 x 38 cm

Lies hope six fathoms deepAnd still as evermoreLivid virulence above will steepExhaust’d miasma sunk well below

We are Dancers2008, Oil on canvas108 cm x 138 cm

An Uncertain Homecoming2008, Oil on canvas

98 x 149 cm

The Kiss2008, Oil on canvas98 x 148 cm

Mother and Child2008, Oil on canvas

108 x 138 cm

Empty Canvas2007, Oil on canvas46 x 59 cm

“ Great feel-moody! “David Hales, Artist, New York

Three Pillars2007, Oil on canvas

46 x 59 cm

I know who I am, and so do youIt’s in my name, and my soul, and my heartIf ever I return, then don’t ask whoOr when, or why, did I depart

For it’s in you, and in you, and in you that I’m rootedYou’ve always stood firm, in sheerest crystal you’re flutedI’m nonce by myself, but my heart and my nameAnd my soul, of course, and there lies the blame

Freedom Hour2008, Oil on canvas108 x 138 cm

One for the Road2008, Oil on canvas

99 x 149 cm

Inside, looking out2008, Oil on canvas100 x 120 cm

Forgotten Faces2007, Oil on canvas

46 x 59 cm

The reins of time pull tightDeep in the shadows of the nightSo many memories, missed chances, such painThose dear sweet angels I’ll ne’er see againSee them go, watch them leave, turn awayThis burden of darkness fills each day

The Selfish Gene2009, Oil on canvas99 x 149 cm

Inanna2007, Acrylic and oil on canvas

48 x 59 cm

Neverland2008,Oil on canvas78 x 118 cm

The Promised Land2008, Oil on canvas

98 x 148 cm

Mira, revisited2008, Oil on canvas99 x 149 cm

Weather report2008, Oil on canvas

99 x 119 cm

Summer Heat2009,Oil on canvas98 x 148 cm

Metamorphosis2007, Acrylic and oil on canvas

46 x 59 cm

Gently veiled, hid once and for allThe lies of old time slowly fade and pallThe winds of reason my thirst do slakeAn open eye and lips that takeMy senses to heaven, while here on earthMy visions on flat planes come to birth

The First Day of the Rest of her Life2009, Oil on canvas78 x 118 cm

Soothsayer2007, Acrylic and oil on canvas

59 x 74 cm

Two Gates2008,Oil on canvas108 x 138 cm

Father and Son2007, Acrylic and oil on canvas

34 x 45 cm

Now it’s time for meTo settle down and take it easyYou’ll always be too young, that’s the faultAnd I’ll never be happy with what you’ve got

Bird talk2007, Acrylic and oil on canvas46 x 59 cm

The nightangale’s song, part verse, part prayer,Trilled of the best, I could ever hope or dare

Filling my ears like a summertime gnatWith little secrets, about this and about that

Old Friends2008, Oil on canvas

46 x 59 cm

Sanctuary2007, Acrylic and oil on canvas35 x 45 cm

Your passionate soul singes my heartThough you’re far away, we’re never apart

I know your heat, your love, your charmI know I’ll burn forever without harm

Lou Andreas-Salome2007, Oil on canvas

47 x 59 cm

Different Shades2008, Oil on canvas98 x 149 cm

Partnership2008, Oil on canvas

99 x 119 cm

A Familiar Sadness2009,Oil on canvas,70 cm x 100 cm

Yearning2009,Oil on canvas,

70 cm x 100 cm

Forbidden Fruit2009, Oil on canvas,101 x 152 cm

Free of Thought2009,Oil on canvas

70 x 100 cm

I am here, here I amI am me, who I amI am lostFound I amFalling into myself

‘Other than Picasso & Souza,I do not recall seeing an artistwho does not repeat himself.’

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