Many artists, one camp

For the last fortnight, these 35 artists gathered around colours, spoke about the techniques, witnessed the various methods employed by each, and painted too. quot;It was not just canvases and colours, we interacted with the city8217;s art lovers too getting a chance to know their views on our art,quot; noted Prem Singh, one of the veterans at the camp. S.C. Ahuja from Delhi joined him, quot;Moreover the youngsters found it quite useful.quot; A point the young and promising Sudesh Kumar from Delhi made, quot;I could come face to face with different artists and what I was interested in was to get a glimpse of the psyche of each one that went into the painting. I used to be amidst them during day time and paint at night.quot; And his painting has an intriguing look in mauve hue.

The outcome is indeed interesting as it was to be. If Shiv Singh has the Self emerging within, S.N. Lahiri from the Delhi College of Art spoke of the communion of the body with nature. Deven Seth has crafted the mystery of hidden life in equally mysterious shades whereas Jiwan Adalja has stuck to his typical thought-provoking women. The expert on straight lines, S.K. Sahni, has come out with an experiment as his lines have thread-like surface this time. Anil Karanjia8217;s luring loneliness in misty azure and Yadava8217;s figures, a slight deviation from his usual ink droppings though the depiction was in the format, were indeed a delight to watch. And as Gurdeep, a final year student of Painting at the Government College of Art here, remarked, quot;such camps provide an impetus to students of art like mequot;.