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Shades of life

Young Fine Arts graduates Singaravadivel and Solomon display their true colours

TWO GOOD Artists K. Singaravadivel and R. Solomon PHOTO: K. ANANTHAN

Two brushes, quite distinct from one another. Artists K. Singaravadivel and R. Solomon display their work at Kasthuri Sreenivasan Trust Culture Centre till May 29.

If the paintings of Singaravadivel are any indication of his life in the gramam, it must have been a happy one indeed. It is immediately apparent that there is no dark and sinister presence here. It is all about blue skies, pink clouds and harmony and peace. Bucolic simplicity is the leitmotif. A plentiful harvest, a temple protectively towering over the village, farmers enjoying a golden harvest and the old and young alike having plenty of time to sit down and enjoy the simple pleasures of life. Childhood is obviously a happy time. Most of his works show children playing gilli danda, pallankuzhi, goli and hopscotch. A couple of village elders while away time playing aadu puliattam.

In times when happy childhoods and innocent and contented lifestyles are rare, Singaravadivel is obviously no stranger to them and each work of his reflects this.

R. Solomon has another style altogether. While his paintings also reflect lifestyles and people, somehow they are different. A flight of birds in shades of orange and black, three little boys intent on a game they are playing amidst the waves and an elderly man sitting on a bench in a contemplative mood are particularly striking. For this collection, Solomon has taken a series of photographs — at Varanasi, in Shimla and elsewhere — and then transferred those images onto canvas.

They have a realistic touch to them. A couple of paintings stand out. They look of a completely different style and you soon find out why. They are reproductions of Raphael's paintings that Solomon admires and he has copied and filled them in with his own colours.

Singaravadivel plans to do his post-graduation followed by a PhD in art and perhaps teach, while Solomon says he just wants to be a freelance artist. The paintings of both are for sale and range between Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 4,000. Open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. For details, call: 0422-2574110

PANKAJA SRINIVASAN

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