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Watch the rain, feel it in these paintings
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The monsoon blues and greys are translated into water colours at Orthic Creative Centre
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PHOTO: VIPINCHANDRAN
WATERWORKS Capturing the spirit of the rains
As the monsoon clouds gather, shades of grey and blue predominate the landscape. But there is something about monsoons and rains that feed the imagination; most artists have drawn creative sustenance from the rains at some point or the other. `Monsoon' an art camp organised by T. Kaladharan at Orthic Creative Centre saw artists such as C. N. Karunakaran, Ashanthan, G. Rajendran, Nandan P. V., Rajan M. Krishnan among others participating in the camp.
The medium that the artists used was watercolours. Kaladharan, who got the artists together at Orthic for the camp says, "Since it is raining, I thought using water colours would be appropriate. A kind of keeping with the spirit of the season." The two-day camp saw artists work at Kaladharan's studio-cum-gallery. The works were then put up on exhibition, which is on at Orthic Centre, Karikkamuri.
Fusion
Each frame/painting is a window to each artist's perception and interpretation of monsoons, the sights and the season's spirit. What is on show is not just works of 17 artists, but also 17 different sensibilities.
Asha, Nandan P. V. and G. Rajendran, three artists who were unable to participate in the camp, sent their paintings for the exhibitions. The show is a fusion of works so varied but unified by the theme.
The differences of sensibilities were evinced by the fact that the frames were not solely in the tones of the monsoon - shades of grey and blue, or for that matter `post-monsoon' green.
For instance, Jayendran's painting of a woman in the hues of the earth, with mud coloured raindrops was interesting or Minna Philips' trademark geometric motifs. Jayendran's paintings of a girl playing a flute, seems to be calling on the clouds to pour or that of a fisherman walking towards a catamaran in the backdrop of gathering monsoon clouds.
Be it cityscapes, landscapes or human forms or abstracts, monsoon was indeed the season of the day. Although the medium was the simpler to handle watercolours, the paintings are multidimensional.
Thomas Kurisingal's paintings of the seashore, with boats moored on the shore captured the anticipation of the monsoon. C. N. Karunakaran's paintings were a trademark of the artist with a profusion of greens and blues, and mythology. Kaladharan's abstract paintings in hues of the rainbow, were an interesting interpretation of the rain. V. Venkiteswaran's cityscapes in the aftermath of a rain and during a rain conjure up images of the rain.
Equally evocative of the spirit of the monsoon were Rajan Krishnan, Ashanthan and Sunil Vallarpadam's paintings as well.
The rains maybe playing truant, the sun is beating down hard but the paintings are a soothing visual treat.
SHILPA NAIR ANAND
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