Church of Saint Cajetan - Assagao - Goa

 

From Line Art Drawing to Water Colour Rendering

on woven strips of parchment paper by Tony Fernandes.

Church of St. Cajetan - Assagao, Goa.

Viva Goa - Beach Scene

'Viva Goa' - Beach Scene.

Artline to Watercolour Rendering

by Tony Fernandes

Tonferns Art Gallery 1

 

Dominique Appia - Swiss Surrealist Painter

In my quest in solving the mystery about this surreal painting that we saw at Willowood Camp, I found out that the artist is Dominique Appia, a Swiss surrealist painter. I had taken a close-up photo of the fine-print on the edge of this painting and when I looked it up close after getting home, I was amazed to see the one above among other paintings by him on Google. His art is mind-boggling and fascinating.

In a rather very uncanny aspect, here's one intriguing depiction in the phenomenal painting above in which the artist leaves it to the viewer to figure out. Notice the painting of the 'Leaning Tower of Pisa' within the painting? Well, it seems the artist himself is not happy with the painting showing the famous tower at a tilted angle. So, he tilts the painting instead, in a rather witty way keeping the 'Leaning Tower of Pisa' upright!

Apparently, the image above is one of his best-known works entitled "Entre les trous de la memoire",  in English "Between the Holes in the Memory" by this intriguing and little-known artist. Dominique Appia's paintings are based mainly on the elements: air, water, fire and earth as one can see in the painting above. Some Indian artists do the same I believe. The Indian Zodiac signs are an example - a set of 4 (air, water, fire, earth x 3 = 12 months.  

Dominique Appia (29 July 1926 – 8 January 2017) was a Swiss painter based in Geneva. His paintings depict imaginative scenarios of cities, landscapes and interiors where familiar elements are juxtaposed as in a dream: a cathedral becomes a railway station, the Mediterranean gushes up from the Paris Metro, and a room with disappearing children is invaded by different world environments. "Entre les trous de la memoire", in English "Between the Holes in the Memory", is the best known image by this intriguing and little-known artist.

His dreamlike paintings are often mistaken for the work of Salvador Dalí.

- Wikipedia

Picturesque Goa Framed

Recent watercolour paintings framed today.

Size: 16”x13”.

Picturesque Goa.

By Tony Fernandes.

Romance along the balustrade on the Promenade

Romance along the Promenade

along the River Mandovi, Panjim, Goa.

 Art by Tonferns. Size: 12” x 9”.

Rendering in Pen & ink/Water Colours (Pencil).

Steamer sailing Goa/Bombay,

barge carrying iron ore,

a lone boatman,

2-tone automobile of the 1960’s.

Reis Magos Church, Fort Aguada Jail

and lighthouse in the distance

Water Colours - St. Anne's Chapel, Guirim, Cumbiem Morodd

Line Art/Watercolours by Tonferns.

St. Anne’s Chapel of the 1960’s.

Cumbiem Morod, Guirim, Bardez, Goa. India.

 Size 10”x8”.

A LINE IN TIME - A Forthcoming Publication

My forthcoming publication

 "A LINE IN TIME"

is a collection of line drawings

that are reflections

of all things Goan,

scenes of the U.A.E.,

as well as landscapes of Canada.

The booklet contains

136 pages of illustrations

 and descriptions of drawings

 that were sketched over my lifetime.

TonFerns Miniature Violin

Hand-crafted Violin 

1/6 Scale - 1/8 thickness plywood - hollow body 

by Tony Fernandes.(TonFerns Creations)

The violin is for display only. Looks beautiful on a piano. Or on a home display shelf. It balances itself at a slight left or right tilt on its own. I also make custom-built mini stands for miniature violins and guitars.

Down by the River at Chapora - Goa

Down by the River at Chapora, Siolim, Bardez, Goa.

 ~ Water Colours by Tony Fernandes

Hatta Fort - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Line Art Drawing

'The Fishing Dhows of Deira' - Dubai 1976.

Line Art Drawing by Tony Fernandes

Originally drawn on a sketchpad as a hobby, this drawing was later adopted by the corporate sector in Dubai and Sharjah as a Greeting Card in the late 1970's from a series of my other line ink drawings of this nature. The skyline of Bur Dubai viewed from across the creek in Deira pretty much looked like this in the early seventies.

The dhows drawn in my line art drawing are local fishing craft. They are not meant for venturing out too far out into the open sea. These wooden boats were powered by robust 'Yamaha' diesel engines. Poised on a rack at the rear of the dhow just above the engine (2nd dhow from right), are fishing nets that were lowered into the depths of the waters of the Arabian Gulf.Then there were bigger merchant dhows that used to sail to Karachi, Bombay, Goa and Iran. These had very deep drafts and carried a sizable cargo in their holds. Such vessel were the lifelines of trade of the Arabian Peninsula in the 1960's and perhaps continue even now.

AUM SAIBA POLTODDI VETAM

KONKANI DEKNNI

Ghe Ghe Ghe Ghe Ghe Ghe Ga Saiba...

Maka Naka Go, Maka Naka Go

Hanv Saiba Poltoddi Vetam,
Dalmulea lognak(u) vetam,
Mhaka saiba vatt(u) dakoi,
Mhaka saiba vatt(u) kollona.

Damulea matt(u) vant(u),
Kolvontacho kell(u),
Damulea matt(u) vant(u),
Kolvontacho kell(u).

Ghe, ghe, ghe, ghe, ghe, ghe ga saiba,
Mhaka nakka go, mhaka naka go.
Him mhojea paianchim painzonnam, ghe ga saiba.,
Mhaka nakka go, mhaka naka go.

Oh, to the other side I'm crossing,
I'm going for Damu's wedding,
Show me the route, I pray,
For I do not know the way.

In the tent of Damu's wedding
The dancing girls are playing.
In the tent of Damu's wedding
The dancing girls are playing.

Take it, take, take, take, oh!,
No, I don't want, I don't want it, oh no!,
These anklets from my feet, do take them, go!,

No, I don't want, I don't want it, oh no!

COCONUT INSTRUMENTAL

Pyrography

By Tony Fernandes