Auroville’s Centre d’Art is hosting an art expo by Cuddalore-based artist P. Saravanan.
‘Together’ showcases a collection of the self-taught artist’s works that transmit the simple joys of life.
“My paintings are filled with people, simple folks yet very colorful beings, who are only bothered in the moment but also celebrating the small gifts from nature and god, in every fleeting moment”, he says.
The artist feels that his creations and the viewer response feed off each other. “I feel motivated when people find joy in my paintings and I recreate the same theme in a hundred different ways, the girl kissing a cat, or chasing geese or the fisherwoman and the fish all merging together to make a small world”.
The influence of living in the coastal part of the town is found in the predominant seaside settings in his works as he populates hamlets with bold colours, mainly the vivid yellow, blue, red and orange. “I try to blend the harmony between man and nature in all my works”, the artist said.
