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Diversity in Unity
The paintings by different painters of Nepal Water Color Society distinguishes the unique style of each individual
By THAKUR AMGAI
The walls of Siddhartha Art Gallery , which are otherwise filled with artworks of a single artist on a single theme, are filled with water colors of different tastes. At an exhibition organized by Nepal Water Color Society (NWCS) more than 50 different water color paintings are exhibited.
The paintings exhibited at the third annual exhibition of the society depict a wide range of contents and styles. While artist Buddhi Gurung from Pokhara has painted the beauty of Davies Fall and beauty around Pokhara, Ratna Kaji Shakya has painted the semi-abstract Kathmandu city that shows the pollution and rampant urbanization of the city.
Likewise, Mandira Malla Rajbhandari has painted various deities including living goddess Kumari.
Many artists have used women as a symbol in the works. Although, the styles of projection differ from each other, most of the creations depict the current situation of grief and a longing for peace. Shant Kumar Rai has used bird with women in his paintings. As a symbol of peace, the paintings show women’s love for peace.
Popular cartoonist and painter from Pokhara Durga Baral has once again used his strong style of projecting the current grief through his paintings. He has used complete and incomplete women figures in various postures with dark color contrasts to depict the gravity of the chaotic situation through which the country just passed.
Ratan Kumar Rai, who is also the president of NWCS, has painted landscapes in his canvas. The beauty of his paintings that depict the lands of Tibet , Humla and Mustang proves that water color does the justice to the beauty of landscapes.
Artist Surendra Pradhan has applied cubism in his paintings that show grief and sad sides of human society. He too has used women in his paintings. Artists Naresh Sundar Sainju, Hari Bahadur Khadka and Tarzan Sangpang have also used women, mostly depicting grief. Sangpang has painted a nun, while Saiju has painted women attending to various household chores.
Other artists who have exhibited their works include Lok Prasad Gurung, who has painted the Kumari Chowk of Basantapur, Jeevan Rajopadhyaya, who has painted the scene of a stream and Hareram Jojiju ‘’Joju’, whose creations have expressed that water color can be very beautiful even when it is abstract. Jojiju has painted various elements of nature in bright colors with somewhat abstract forms. The exhibition is on till June 18.
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