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Nostalgia
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| Size | : 58" x 41.5" |
| Medium | : Acrylic |
| Surface | : Canvas |
| Frame | : Frame is not available for this size |
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Nostalgia is a 58" x 41.5" acrylic original by artist Sanjay Sabale, the largest of his titled figurative works. A woman in traditional dress, carrying a round vessel balanced on her head, holds a tambourine-like drum in one hand while a dramatic sweep of pale, striped hair flows out behind her across nearly half the canvas.
That flowing hair is the piece's most striking device — rendered in long, wind-swept strokes that carry the eye across the full width of the composition, giving a still, standing figure the sense of movement and passage that the title's backward-looking mood calls for.
Sabale sets the figure against a saturated green field broken by an angular red shape behind her shoulder, the warm red reading almost like a memory or afterimage pressing in behind the more solidly grounded green.
Fine hatching builds the figure's exposed skin and patterned blouse, consistent with Sabale's other figurative work, while the flowing hair itself is painted in smoother, more continuous strokes, distinguishing the one moving element from the otherwise textured, still figure.
The drum held loosely at her side, sticks in hand but not mid-strike, suggests a performance paused rather than in progress — a moment held rather than a moment happening, fitting for a painting titled Nostalgia.
Given its scale, this piece suits a substantial wall — a living room feature wall or a space where its full sweep of color and hair can be taken in from a distance.
This is a hand-painted acrylic original on canvas, not a reproduction. The fine hatching throughout is built up by hand, part of Sabale's consistent figurative technique.
Nostalgia uses scale and a single sweeping gesture to do what its title asks — hold a memory large enough to fill a room.
Nostalgia sits alongside pieces like Unconditional Embrace-II in Sabale's Guest Artist collection, part of the same restless movement between figuration and abstraction that runs through Sabale's collection. 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. Beyond the spaces already suited to it, Nostalgia also works well in a reading nook or quiet corner for a slightly different feel.
Works like this one are built up gradually in layers, with the final surface holding the marks of that process rather than smoothing them away. Natural, indirect light tends to bring out the surface texture best; direct sun for long periods should be avoided so the colour stays true over time.
