Daily life by Abdul Salim in Cochin, India

Painting of a man in a white shirt cooking at a stove in a smoky, dim kitchen

Daily life by Abdul Salim in Cochin, India.

Unfortunately for the world, this piece is not for sale. There are about a million and a half reasons that this painting is awesome. I’ll try to stay focused and share just a few.

We’ll start off with the obvious – the steam. The steam blurs your vision of the stuff that is behind it and crawls up the wall. The subject’s stance? Come on. And, oh yeah, everything else.