Backyard Artist Photo

Photographer’s Note

This artist is also a policeman, who paints in the yard of my friend’s house in Kathmandu. The police are not much trusted or respected in Nepal. He belongs to a low caste, and my friends are of a higher caste, but they occupy the lower part of the house and they get along well together. He lives with his wife, his aged mother and two children and when he is not being a policeman he loves to paint. Here he is working on an image of the god Shiva. He and his family are lovely, friendly people. In the past different castes did not mix much, but, I am told, today the caste system is more relaxed, although very few people would risk social ostracization by marrying out of caste.

dareco, patdeph, jhm, adores, John_F_Kennedy, PixelTerror, ribeiroantonio, siolaw has marked this note useful

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dareco (17104) 2008-08-14 10:11

This very nice and interesting. A very talented man and I love his smile. Nice sharp colors and detail. TFS and have a happy day!

Morac (20823) 2008-08-14 10:55

Good evening Kevin,
Interesting information on the system of caste in Nepal. One thinks has l' India and not in Nepal.
Interesting hidden side of this police officer who has a real talent.
Amicallement
Marc

axiotea (16263) 2008-08-14 11:52

Hello Kevin
He seems to be proud in front of his Shiva painting and you've chosen the adequate format for this image. The details and colors came out nicely! It looks you made use of the flash?
Concerning the castes, they might be slightly more relaxed nowadays but still they do not mix so much...
Cheers
Marilyn

chirasak (575) 2008-08-15 1:04

Hello Ajarn
nice painting,very interesting mixing color, i am not sure if this picture look a little bit dark, did you used flash to take this picture, it is nice picture TFS

Regards
Chirasak

trekks (14334) 2008-08-16 0:52

hello Kevin

Very interesting to see artist and his work at the door for this portrait shot. The artist must be talented. How many policemen can paint in this world other than using the baton or gun?

Nice capture from Nepal.

tfs, bill

patdeph (18286) 2008-08-16 9:13

hello Kevin
this is a nice and intesting and colourful picture,and your note is really instructive.I like when the note tell a story!It's a good thing that the system of caste is now more relaxed,it permit to the people of low cast to get a better life.
Regards.
Pascale

jhm (83276) 2008-08-18 2:05

Hello Kevin,

I think that this policeman can proud are on his work, thgis is a very good painter.
You took a excellent pose of the painter and his work, he looking nice in the camera, eye contact is very important.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John.

adores (15741) 2008-08-18 17:20

Hi Kevin!
This is really nice, the painting, the wy he seems so proud of his work. You framed him very well.Very nice colours and detail.Very good note also!

John_F_Kennedy (31994) 2008-08-20 9:21

This is a lovely shot of this interesting painting. Colours are great. Well done.
Best wishes,
Achim

PixelTerror (86797) 2008-08-22 2:54

Hi Kevin,
You being the 3rd painter here add depth to this scene, you paint in pixels the painter painting in colors the subject, well framed image with vivid colors.
Have a nice day JY

siolaw (25830) 2008-08-26 23:53

Hi Kevin,
An interesting shot of this painter/copper! He looks quite friendly anyway... and he is not a bad artist either. Colors and sharpness are fine, the framing is OK too
Regards
Laurent
PS. Coming soon in BKK... ;D

ribeiroantonio (21967) 2008-08-27 0:44

This is a very different type of art, considering your previous posting. However, it is also very nice where the colours are really stunning. I like his position and his facial expression. Another interesting detail is the television set in the background. Well done.
Antonio