Very often, all the colours in the world are not enough for artist Sreekanth Nettur to convey his positive outlook.
Watching his acrylic paintings, one could wonder if the picture could be any brighter. But the artist feels that acrylic sometimes is not bright enough for him and hence resorts to glass colours.
Mixed mediaOne of the major attractions of ‘Floating Soul,’ Mr. Nettur’s exhibition of paintings now on at the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi art gallery in Kozhikode, is a series of mixed-media paintings in which acrylic colours have been brilliantly mixed with glass colours on thin polythene sheets.
“I never get tired of these bright colours. Many artists complain that my works are too colourful. But this is how I see the world. My paintings are mostly based on nature around me and nature is always bright. I do not want to paint depressing themes that people do not like to keep in their homes,” the artist makes his stand clear.
Mr. Nettur has also touched on a few environmental issues such as the loss of landscape around owing to quarrying.
His ‘Auspicious Wondering’ shows how the mankind is desperately clinging to the roots in a floating world. Simple thoughts such as the conversation between the waves and the land; the meditative effect of a stone thrown in still water; and the calmness of the docks in Kochi just before midnight are depicted by him.
“I do not want to ponder on international topics. My paintings are based on what I see when I look out of my window,” Mr. Nettur says.
A rare work on display here is a wood-cut portrait that is made by cutting plywood in a desired pattern to serve the purpose of block printing.
The exhibition that began on December 21 will conclude on Saturday.
