Artworks by Artist Hemant Rao

In my works the forms shape around a deep feeling of peace and tranquility. Somewhere I can find peaceful reflection of morning at the other the grey of dusk. The dots of multitude colors and shapes in forms and feelings, though abstracts, these are the seeds borne of my own inner self, yielding through different colors and shapes. In these unpremeditated forms I can find reflection of my own imaginative self. They are those moments of life which give me great ecstasy. Light penetrating through layers of grey off white shades its shadow. The transparent forms lay bare my own intrinsic elements of softness and sensitivity.

                                                                                  Hemant Rao

Wings.... by Shalini Srivatsava

 I painted on canvas my thinking my desires through my imagination whatever I do, or whatever I want to do in my life ,I express them through art in my paintings.  My paintings don’t have any special subject or medium. I depict myself, my dreams what I went to do, very freely, without any restrictions or bondages. In most of my paintings fairies are depicted, but these are not merely fairies but these are my dreams, my imaginations, what I think what to do. If I have”WINGS” then I will do all those things in a better way. I can reach those heights which I want to go “TOTALLY FREELY”.

Shalini Srivatsava

Monsoon by Neeraj Yadav

Neeraj Yadav

He likes to paint the monsoon and the thunder. After all this great phenomena is the harbinger of fresh life sap in the stems of the trees blood in the human veins. In the transition from the hot to the cool nature composes eternal patterns. This play of lightning and thunder attracts me a energizes me to paint and paint experimenting new forms.

Anil Ijeri's colograph

Anil Ijeri's recent works are based on the human desire and his needs, some where he has pointed out his own character comparing with others. Here he felt the possibilities of using different forms from Egyptian civilization; it was in the point of analyzing mythological understanding between different cultures. His aim was to point out rural culture comparing with Egypt, it was through the mummy, pyramid, calligraphy ancient scripts and the aquarium pot, which inspired him to depict and keep attention with the concept of energy and holy happenings. 

Artworks by Painter and Sculptor Swaroop Biswas

 Art for Swaroop Biswas is ‘almost a parallel life’. This is not a punch line but a paraphrase of Swaroop’s journey so far in the field of Art. He states this view about his interpretation of Art in a recent interview given to Kala Dirgha, an international journal on visual art. Kala Dirgha on its tenth anniversary year of their publication released two volumes dedicated to renowned visual artists who were connected with the College of Arts, Lucknow. Swaroop Biswas was selected by this renowned Journal for this honour. Swaroop who did his graduation in Fine Arts from GCA, Lucknow has come a long way in this journey in his pursuit of expressing his deep emotions in the Art form. A journey which he calls ‘rollercoaster’.

Swaroop has been inspired by three great artists which he likes to highlight as artists who have had distinct impression on him – Ganesh Pyne, Picasso and Badrinath Arya. But the greatest of his inspirations have been the people and the world around him. He says, “In my works I have explored different facets and sometimes completely different human beings caught in the same body”. He is distinctly intrigued by the myriad of possibilities that are exhibited by the complexities of the human psyche. In his words, ‘this unforgiving world creates immense pressures on the individual mind which in a way manifests in distorting the very basis of the character of the personality and the individual starts creating an illusion around him.’

He has been able to explore infinite number of possibilities of the way this illusion surfaces in the visual presence. This visual presence we know as ‘Mask’ which we know both in the literal form and as well as a metaphor. Swaroop’s idiom is manifested through the theme of Masks which is one of his major themes in the recent times. The other style of his works were aptly titled very recently in his exhibition in Chennai – Perspective.
Swaroop is a keen observer of the life as it happens, transforms and manifests around him and all of us in our day today existence. Even though he himself denies the beauty of his creations, his pieces immediately draw the attention of the viewer.

His use of vivid colours that are not challenging to our perceptions is very clever. It may be unintentional but is so obvious that that once you are placed before his painting you are then transformed into a discourse with the painting. The simplicity of the imagery used by Swaroop is also another charming aspect about his art. Step by step you enter into his world and the world of his creation and his painting enters into your mind and you start uncovering the wonderful different facets laid out by him in his art. This process becomes so beautifully indulgent that the impressions never leave your senses even after you have left the scene. He registers his thoughts in your mind. And he makes it a point that they do, such is the lasting impression about his art.

Swaroop has participated in 24 shows of his paintings all over the country and abroad. And a third of these are solo exhibitions. A widely viewed and appreciated artist, Swaroop has left indelible marks of his unique works wherever he has gone. The beauty about this man is that he is not a closet artist who is cocooned within the four walls of his studio. He is a remarkably effervescent man. Having indulged in works of photography, design and theatre, he comes across to you as a very worldly wise man with no baggage at all of being such a prolific artist.