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Lakshmi Raman learnt glass paintings from a TV show, and today among her many students is her husband
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PHOTO: T. SINGARAVELOU
RAMAN EFFECT Lakshmi Raman and Uma (behind)
The walls of their home in Reddiarpalayam are decorated with images of Krishna dancing with the Gopis, the Buddha, animals from the Jataka tales, sceneries… The light from the bulbs bounce off the colourful glass paintings, and they reflect La
kshmi Raman’s face as she proudly holds up her work.
Today a teacher in a private school, she was pursuing her post-graduate degree when she picked up the basics of glass painting from a demonstration on TV. “For a kolu after my marriage, I wanted to make something spectacular and made a huge glass painting with a Radha Krishna. All my friends, neighbours and relatives loved it. Many who saw it wanted to learn the art and I taught a couple of them.”
Lakshmi Raman picks the designs, draws the outline with glass outliners and then fills in with colour. “I either fill the back or the front with glass colour. Outliners in black, gold and metallic tints make the painting more colourful,” she says. It takes her about a day’s time to draw the outline for a large-sized painting and another to colour it. Two days more for the colour to dry, and the painting is ready to be framed.
Her husband Raman and their neighbour, Uma Sathish, a school teacher, who learnt the art from her are exhibiting a collection of their paintings at the Alliance Francaise’ Maison Colombani on today and tomorrow, from 10.30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Uma Sathish learnt it only to get creative while gifting her friends and relatives. But now, in the past 6 months, she has joined hands with Lakshmi and Raman and sells paintings of all sizes and designs. “A lot of people like the Ganesha and Radha Krishna paintings. Some shops too stock out paintings as gift items,” says Lakshmi Raman.
DEEPA H RAMAKRISHNAN
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