CHENNAI: Though an artist’s insight leads to various dimensions, not many convey the subject in their desired ways. “What I want to represent through art matters, and I’m not concerned of the medium I use,” says Lokesh, a fourth year Architecture and Planning student at Anna University. The power of a painting comes from its outline, but the work needs feeling to make it wholesome. Leaving no stone unturned, his experiments with various mediums — working in oils, fingerprinting, drawing with coloured ink, water colours and poster colours as well as acrylic on paper, satisfy the art lovers who crave for an aesthetic experience. Starting from the miniatures of black and white to colour, he has touched upon all genres. Though his paintings are not under a common theme, his works draw a compulsive interest as individualism has a deep concern in fine arts.Lokesh seems to be eager in variety as that is the spice of life. He adds, “Though I love abstracts, I have experimented more with landscapes and portraits. The success of an artist lies when an outsider understands a painting at his first sight without any explanation from our side.” To him, the joy of pure creation is indescribable. He started drawing when he was four. Having learnt from Kerala artists Sreeja and Zakkir Hussein, Lokesh is the recipient of Bangalore Tamizh Sangam — Oviya Kalai Mani Award (2001) and the Bala Swarna Jwala Award from Youth Service, Lions Club (2004-05). Predictably, Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet and Renoir are his inspiration. “I did the backgrounding and filtering process for the complicated paintings in my free time, and that has been improvised later,” shares Lokesh.He adds that to experience visual arts, people need to be more sensitive and emotional. Interestingly he accepts that an artist’s perception need not coincide with that of the spectator. He adds, “What appears to me like an elephant could be perceived in a different angle by the another person. And there lies the beauty of art. Both art and architecture are synonymous; the principles of architecture come from art but a strong foundation in the former helps one design better because it involves analytical thinking.” One of his paintings reflects a sense of loneliness, while another demonstrates the use of language on handmade paper. Certainly one of the pieces that stood out from the display was one that represented the defenselessness in violence. The usual scenic paintings also find their respective place, apart from a man being illustrated in the form of a jug! Lokesh is doubtful of pursuing painting as a full-time profession, but would like to make sculptures out of terracotta. Can he sustain in the art field? “I don’t do it for the sake of money and my true passion will answer your question, when it has to be proved.” (The art exhibition is on till June 15 between 10am and 8pm at Hotel Ambassador Pallava, Egmore. For details, call 9962337288)
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