Luminous Tales…. When we engage in the arts, we dip into our souls to discover deep pools of wonder, breath-taking gifts of beauty, and quiet revelation. As we create, we are invited into playfulness, poignancy, and surprise-energies that renew us and revitalize our sense of purpose. Overlapping geometric floating planes have always been my preoccupation. After establishing my signature style-rhythmic waves of floating figures and forms merging into one another in a harmonic symphony, I felt an urge to explore a new vocabulary. As such, change, transition and revisiting one’s core are indispensable part of an artist’s journey and also integral to my artistic Endeavor. Through my recent suit of works I seek to explore the realms of mythology, folklore, innocence and the vibrancy in beauty that are present all around us. These ephemeral images engage the viewer in a silent discourse into the dimension of transcendent reality. The past, present and future emerge as a flux of transitory shapes caught in overlapping layers of experience. Rich tapestries of symbolic forms have been weaved in these paintings. Shri Dattaterya, the Indian god with three heads, appears as the central figure in my works. However, rather than exploring his divine aspect I focus on representing the god as the transient quality of human mind; the tender, the preserving and tough. Similarly, cows and birds are the constant recurring motifs in my works. Cows, indicate the creative and nurturing aspect of the nature; whereas birds indicate the fleeting quality of human mind. In a mix of figurative and abstract renderings, my paintings project delightful dramas with undertones of a sublime ambiance. I carefully create layers to build astonishing tones and textures that give these works a peculiar radiance. I employ a palette dominated by the blue of the mountain sky, ocher and crimson complemented by the muted shades of the midnight grey, the spring green and the muddy brown and highlight them with sharp, percussive strokes of mellow, placid hues. In totally these images create multi-layered crystalline narratives that present luminous tales, mesmerize the viewer, touch their hearts and stir their souls. – Shraddha Purnaye