When Clarice Vaz's college-going son Craig passed away most unexpectedly from a heart ailment, the mother of two and wife of Brian Vaz (of Sonarbhat) took to painting -- with no training, as she repeatedly notes. She has done some interesting works, which can be seen on the Net here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/8589626613/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/8589634215/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/8590764914/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/8589694079/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/8589724719/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/8589770007/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/8590879506/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/8589787437/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/8590914616/in/photostream Some of the paintings are based on the work of the Canada-based Saligao artist Mel D'Souza, recreated with his permission. She says: "Though these paintings, I'd like to highlight the role of Mel D'Souza rather accurate illustrations of Saligao. His love for his native village is immense." She recreated some of his amusing sketches -- including one which depicts villagers through their local nicknames, and another which shows them celebrating the early May annual village feast in cities across the globe. Clarisse feels the paintings capture the times and conjure up memories of people living here. Says Clarice: "This whole project of my painting work is a tribute to my son Craig. No doubt it has helped me heal... In fact I have adopted his name as my signing name or signature on all my work." These pictures are for sale and for those who might seem interested can contact Clarice. She adds: "They are just 16 by 20 inches and can be taken abroad ...for those who want to have a piece of local history with them in their living room. (The feast of names and Day of the Fox are very appropriate!) With the proceeds of all these paintings I'm hoping to clean our Saligao cemetery and maybe have a small garden and maintain it. This project will be undertaken by me personally with a group of four volunteers and of course with due permission." Clarice's contacts: clarice...@ymail.com 9527 528285. FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 f...@goa-india.org Audio recordings (mostly from Goa): http://bit.ly/GoaRecordings Goa,1556 http://www.scribd.com/doc/76671049/Goa1556-Catalogue-Books-from-Goa