Art information

  • Title: Bouncing Coin | Life Line | Ray of Hope
  • Size: 90*60 in cm oil on canvas
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Bouncing Coin | Life Line | Ray of Hope

One can observe and contemplate upon this: the coin bounces from left to right and there are in total, 9 coins. The first one is touching the ground.

It means the starting point or birth and it is almost covered with Shadow. But you can spot the shadow gradually disappears and the coin gets illuminated. It means the dark days will slowly vanish. At a particular point, the coin flips and the other side is revealed which is shining with passion, an affirmation that there is a light and hope when it comes to success. But the game involve waiting with PATIENCE for this to be revealed. This light beckons with warmth and prosperity. If you notice the final coin, you'll see that that it hasn't touched the ground yet which is an indication that there is life left in it. However, the final coin does touch the ground: whatever that has a beginning has an end. From the dust, one will arise and to the dust, one will humbly return. One can see the motion of the coin: it has two components: one is rotation about its axis and the other is the semi-circular path traced by it. The motion along the curve denotes the journey from the beginning to the end and the rotation is a manifestation of success and failure in life.

how does Life line and Ray of hope reflects in the painting :

Here I tried to show the ups and downs of human life with the coin, as you can see the coin 1 face is up at the beginning but with the time it changes and in the position 9 it's become Up side down , so I relate the face changing process a human's failure to success, just you need passion and hope.

Again life line is the curve path of the coin from 1 to 9 ,I consider here position 1 is the birth and the coin 9 is the old age when the coin 9 touch the ground it will be considered coin 10( which is death). But in this painting coin 10 is not visible because I consider the man is still alive.