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Inspired by Impressionists
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S. Anand's works are marked by a layered build-up of colour with flat, blunt-edged slashes
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PASTEL PALETTE One of Anand's works
He stops before one of his paintings — a landscape washed by a refreshing palette of cool blues and greens, which capture the stillness of the mountains. "When I place my first brush-stroke, I step into a different world," says artist S. Anand.
A world first visualised by the Impressionists and finding full expression in the oeuvres of masters like Van Gogh, Renoir and Manet, as a suggestion of perception rather than sight — the fierce radiating heat whorls of a punishing noon-day sun, the damp loamy richness of the furrows in a cornfield, and even "the blistering heat of the bitter winter cold", as Camille Pissarro put it. "I have always looked to the Impressionist style for inspiration", affirms Anand. There is the distinct influence of a Monet-inspired garden theme in his oil painting of a placid lake dotted with pink lotuses.
After completing a diploma in Fine Arts from Kalakshetra under the able guidance of Professor S. Dhanapal, Anand's technique evolved to experiment with different media and a wide range of subjects. His mixed media composition of an underwater ledge is suggestive of floating fronds of algae and marine formations in a mélange of yellow and blue-green.
Different techniques
The abstracts employ varying techniques. There is the layered build-up of colour with flat, blunt-edged slashes in an oil-on-paper where vibrant red and orange shades gradually lighten to a warm cream and yellow glow. Another series incorporates a star burst effect with thin-bladed random strokes inspired by the fleeting blur of electric-bright images on a television screen.
The "Rock Series" with its dark browns and black accents details the facets of ever-changing formations encapsulated in Cubist forms.
Tall, wind-blown grasses and swaying marshland reeds that part to open on to a clearing lit by a luminous glow that beckons the viewer — this is a recurring theme. The radiant inner space seems to offer a retreat from the cares and harsh realities of the world.
The exhibition is on at Sri Parvati Art Gallery, 28/160 Eldams Road, till March 16.
LALITHAA KRISHNAN
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