MUMBAI:
In a brief yet significant ceremony in the presence of several art connoisseurs and many others at the Artist’s Centre Kalaghoda. Bernhard Steinruecke, Director General Indo German Chamber of Commerce inaugurated nascent artist S Anitha Sunil Kumar’s exhibition – Timeless Memories in Watercolours.
The exhibition displays 23 paintings in watercolours and contains various memories, depictions and vivid interpretations of the historic forts, mighty ruins and the glorious empires of our country. The collection is a composition of very different locations Leh in Ladakh, Hampi and Badami in Karnataka and the Senji Fort in Tamil Nadu. While capturing the historical marvels of Hampi and Badami there is an element of the great culture and vibrance. The images from Leh capture the tranquillity & ecstasy of the gargantuan Himalayan range. Overall the collection aims to create an essence through experience and an effort to recapture the soul of the glorious history and our great past.
Speaking about the collection S Anitha said “Although I have experimented with a lot of techniques (oil, pastel, acrylic, pencil, charcoal etc) creating various pieces from each, I was inclined to the medium of watercolour due to its modesty in expression but underlying richness. I felt it was easier for me to tell a story with this medium,”
Speaking about the collection Bernhard Steinruecke, Director General Indo German Chamber of Commerce said “ I have been in India for over 25 years and have been closely associated with the art scene, I am happy to have inaugurated the collection and the depictions have taken me back in time with the history and the tranquillity that the paintings depict”
S Anitha worked and learned from A V Dhanushkodi and is skilled at not only Watercolours but oil, acrylic and other mediums.
