BAMBOO - L

Bjorksta - https://www.ikea.com/in/en/p/bjoerksta-picture-with-frame-birds-by-the-beach-aluminium-colour-s19416787/

This bamboo thicket is in Kudremukh “Horse’s Face” - a mountain town in Western ghats where my sister and I grew up.  A place of great beauty and charm nestled in hills it was ahead of its time with eco sensitive mining of iron ore in the mountains.  Some years ago we returned to it and sat in our class rooms, walked the street, played at the community centres and came across this thicket.  It is a symbol of the place now as mining has stopped and now the jungle has reclaimed the land – a place of fond memories which is no more.  Now a national park there is more on it here

Its coordinates are at 13°07′46.24″N 75°16′06.79

I wanted to capture in a painting the soft smile of a days old baby, a smile that is as soft as a morning light on a winter morning but is powerful enough to touch the hearts of us. Its subtle but radiating glow can pierce through the thick layers of conditioning that cover our hearts. The smile is not directed any anyone. It simply is a smile.

I found that child like character in bamboo plants. I wanted to depict them in a soft but glowing light with as less contrasting elements as possible. I wanted to present the glow of light by its own strength and not against the backdrop of darker hues, just like the way the child’s smile is enchanting on its own.

 For more detail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudremukh