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Inner Sound
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| Size | : 48" x 36" |
| Medium | : Acrylic |
| Surface | : Canvas |
| Frame | : Frame is not available for this size |
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Inner Sound is a 48" x 36" acrylic original by artist Arvind Kolapkar, and unlike the musicians elsewhere in this series, the woman here holds no instrument. The title points inward instead — to a music felt rather than performed — and Kolapkar paints that idea literally by letting a flock of birds gather at her shoulder so closely that their forms merge into hers, reading as a wing or plumage growing directly from her body rather than a companion beside her.
That fusion is the entire subject of the piece: the birds aren't illustrating sound, they're standing in for it, an inner music made visible as something living and feathered rather than as an instrument being played.
Kolapkar paints the birds in blended passages of blue, pink, and teal, working the colors into one another rather than keeping each bird as a separate shape. That blending technique is what allows the flock to dissolve into the woman's silhouette instead of sitting apart from it as decoration.
Two solitary white doves sit at a distance from the main flock, drawn in a lighter, more open outline. Their quiet, separate presence contrasts with the dense, richly colored cluster at her shoulder, giving the internal sound at the center of the painting more weight by comparison.
The background is kept to a soft, muted grey-blue, a flattening that pushes all of the painting's color and detail into the figure and the birds, leaving nothing to compete with the fusion the title is naming.
This treatment of sound as something felt within the body, rather than made with an instrument, sets Inner Sound apart from the more literal musicians elsewhere in Kolapkar's series.
The horizontal canvas suits placement above a sofa, headboard, or sideboard, where the quieter palette and the intimacy of the central image can hold a room without demanding constant attention.
This is a hand-painted acrylic original on canvas. Inner Sound asks to be read slowly, at the exact point where the woman ends and the birds — and the sound they stand in for — begin.
Inner Sound sits alongside pieces like Musical Concert in Kolapkar's Guest Artist collection, part of Kolapkar's consistent visual language, where musicians and birds keep reappearing as companions rather than backdrop. Being acrylic on gallery-wrapped canvas, it doesn't need a frame to look finished, though a simple floating frame works well if you prefer a more polished presentation. Inner Sound would suit a music room, where its scale and palette can anchor the space without overwhelming it.
