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Prelude to an Overture

Sonatina Mendes

Curator Jasmine Shah Varma

Paintings in oil on canvas
January 16 to 31, 2009

HACIENDA  GALLERY
Great Western Building, Ground Floor, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai

House in nowhere 2008
Oil on canvas 48" x 48"
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Out of the tower 2008
Oil on canvas 7.5" x 10"
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Lazarus in a landscape 2008
Oil on canvas 48" x 72"


Breaking into 2008
Oil on canvas 30" x 40"
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Herd 2008
Oil on canvas 48" x 72"
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Figure in the water 2008
Oil on canvas  36" x 36" S

Sarcophagus 2008
Oil in canvas 7.5" x 10"



Crossing the river 2008
Oil on canvas 17" x 18"
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Studio I 2008
Oil on canvas 5" x 6.5"
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Head 2008
Oil on canvas 5" x 5" S


Suspension in mid-air 2008
Oil on canvas 60" x 46"










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Born in Mumbai in 1983 Sonatina Mendes grew up in Goa and graduated in Fine Arts, Painting from College of Arts, Goa. She did further studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University, Baroda. She is now based in Baroda.
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Figure in a landscape at dawn 2008
Oil on canvas 60" x 46"
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Ancient Mariner 2008
Oil on Canvas 6.5" x 5"
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Ravine in Sama 2008
Oil on canvas 42" x 47.5"



Grey landscape 2008
Oil on canvas 5" x 6.5"
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Corridor dreamer 2008
Oil on canvas 60" x 47.5"
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Ephesus 2008
Oil on canvas 10" x 7.5"
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Bodies on the Bosphorous 2008
Oil on canvas 17" x 18"
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Studio II 2008
Oil on canvas 16" x 18"
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Headless 2008
Oil on canvas 6.5" x 5" S



Red 2008
Oil on canvas 24" x 30"
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Silent Prayer 2008
Oil on canvas 5" x 5" S