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Simply enough this is a painting of five farmers transplanting rice painted in a modern impressionist/fauvist style - bird's eye view.
On a deeper sense, and as my inspiration, this is about retirement, slowing down, relaxing and taking over of the younger, and as seen in the painting (3 farmers at upper right corner) - a faster next generation. Interestingly enough, some viewers actually see it in reverse. The 3 farmers are the more experienced workers and they are teaching the 2 younger ones lagging behind.

I paint visual narratives. I try to create stories with themes that range from the blissful to the brooding. Typically, my compositions are laden with common and personal symbolism. My works seem to have disconnected elements but they are in fact linked in the way that I see them. To the audience, however, they are like puzzles; open to varied personal interpretations. I don’t like to confine myself in a box. Some days I paint social commentaries. Other days I just paint my personal observations of issues that pertain to almost anything under the sun - this can be political, social, environmental, religious, cultural, and even agricultural. I try to paint realities in, out, and of life. Early in my career as a painter, I was mostly...