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Symphony
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| Size | : 36" x 36" |
| Medium | : Acrylic |
| Surface | : Canvas |
| Frame | : Included in the price |
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Symphony is a 36" x 36" acrylic original by artist Arvind Kolapkar, the first of a three-part series, and its title signals something broader than a solo performance — a symphony is many parts playing together. Kolapkar builds that idea into a single, striking detail: a bird perched directly on the flute itself as the central figure plays, resting on the instrument rather than reacting to it from a distance, as though bird and musician are contributing to the same piece of music.
A second figure stands behind her in deep blue, set slightly apart, while a warm golden halo shape glows behind the flute player's head, splitting the canvas between the cool blue of the background figure and the warm gold surrounding the central one — two distinct parts held within one composition, echoing the layered structure a symphony implies.
Clusters of small birds gather at the lower corners of the canvas, painted in the same warm gold and cool blue tones as the two figures, tying the flock visually to both halves of the composition rather than favoring one palette over the other.
Kolapkar's brushwork stays close and layered around the flute and the perched bird, the two areas of greatest detail in the piece, while the surrounding figures and background are worked more loosely, directing attention back to that single point where music and bird meet.
As the opening work in the series, this canvas establishes both the visual device — a bird responding directly to the music — and the blue-and-gold palette that Symphony II and Symphony III go on to develop as movements within the same larger idea.
The square format suits a range of placements, from a single statement piece above a desk or console to one element within a larger grouping alongside its companion works.
This is a hand-painted acrylic original on canvas. Texture and brushstroke vary naturally across the surface as part of the handmade process.
Collectors interested in the full series may want to consider Symphony alongside Symphony II and Symphony III, tracing how the bird-and-musician relationship shifts across all three canvases like movements within one symphony.
Symphony sits alongside pieces like Symphony -II 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. Beyond the spaces already suited to it, Symphony also works well in a meditation or puja corner for a slightly different feel.
