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Kathmandu Tuesday October 02, 2001 Ashwin 16, 2058.
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Suresh gets words of praise from his
seniors
By Ranjana Pradhan
KATHMANDU, Oct 1 - His strong love for art reflects a
childhood upbringing well grounded in arts as his father is the real source for his
leaning towards this creative field.
With his father always pushing him to concentrate on
painting, Suresh Kumar Dyola has finally become a thorough professional in his field.
"I got the inspiration from my father who has helped me
all the way, he is my guru and I intend to live up to his expectations," says
27-year-old painter who started painting 8 years ago. "Now I have decided to take it
up professionally."
He still remembers the day when his father used to make him
sit in front of the mirror for hours and paint a picture of his own face. "I had
great difficulty in grasping the expressions," says the young artist, whose primary
interest of painting faces need to catch different moods. But eight years of his hard work
has today enabled him to fulfil this important aspect as well.
Paintings done on hand-made paper and that too using charcoal
as a medium is a unique and uncommon concept. Talent can be scooped out of so many things,
you just need a way to search a medium to get there.
Suresh Kumar, born in Lagankhel in 1974, has come up now with
his collection of 35 charcoal paintings which took him a year to complete. His exhibition
of charcoal paintings, entitled "Mirror of Nepalese People," has depicted the
facial expressions and moods of people from different communities and races.
He has prepared a majority of his paintings after visiting
different places of Nepal. And has succeeded to portray various images in a remarkable
way. "It is easier to paint an old man rather than a young one because the younger
people are not patient enough to give me their time and attention which I need the
most," he says.
His paintings are even more realistic as he has only used a
black colour to catch expressions of so many faces. Even those present at the exhibition
praised Suresh for his works. I.B.Malla, chairman of Commercial Artists’ Association
of Nepal, said, "We really enjoyed his paintings because of their beauty and
realistic nature of faces of the Nepalese people." Showing different impressions by
using just a single colour is the most attractive part of his works, he added.
Even his mentor father Baburaja Dyola is proud of his young
son. But he knows that his son still has a long way to go. "Suresh is still young,
energetic and is a skilled artist," says senior Dyola. "I know he still has a
long way to go but I hope this exhibition will encourage him to focus more on this
creative field."
Suresh Kumar’s first solo exhibition began at the Nepal
Art Council gallery on Sunday and will continue for a week.
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