Jahane Rumi | New paintings inspired by the golden Bengal

New paintings inspired by the golden Bengal

Having spent some weeks in Bangladesh, I ventured to closely observe the folk motifs in Bengali art. I had always admired the simplicity and the colours of these powerful lines. With my new-found passion, I am daring to use bits of this style.

So here I am, ambitious as ever, in complete disregard of my limited abilities, painted the image above using acrylic colours on paper. ”Dhaka Colours” is a hurried work as I had only a few hours to work on this composition.I hope to work on it a little more.

The painting on the right entitled “Melting Meghna”was inspired by a brief trip to Meghna river just before the sunset. The colours and legendary Bengali river feel were all too overwhelming.

And the one below titled ”Meghna and Me“ is another composition that I have started and am still struggling to complete it. When sunset turned into dusk at river Meghna, I thought of this line - dil jalao ke roshnee kam hai (light your heart as it is getting dark..). I even painted this line. A little cliched, I admit. But then isn’t art supposed to be personal. And this ‘personal’ argument is enough to keep me painting..