Image of Earth

Like little birds in the sky, Shamendu takes a flight on the open horizon to capture the beauty of things all around us.

What an artist of Shamendu Sonavane's caliber like to present on his canvas?

Naturally, it has to be something to with “Mother Nature”. But, artist's vision of things has to gone beyond the mundane and the simple. Simple things done beautifully and eye -catching.

Shamendu does it with the felicity of veteran and with grace and ease. Gone are the way, where you present the sea-shore and the landscape with multi-colored layers . Gone are the style , which is a poor replica of photographic image. Shamendu captures the beauty of nature in his own style. A signature style . His own style . His own way . His own vision.

All things on his own but he takes you along with him . You see coloured pebbles on the sea-shore . A wash of the fresh wave . A texture of the soft sand on the shore . A multi-hued perspective of the vast horizon.

It just washes you . It just drenches you . You feel the beauty of the colours . You just feel the smell of the colours in you system. In your breath. A fresh way of living life. A new way of looking at things.

All earthy colours. All earthy tones. And in such a canvas you find a red stone. A coloured pebbled. A thing you just want to touch and take in your palms.

You feel the beauty of the texture . You feel the beauty of his strokes and you feel something beyond the words.

A veteran like Shamendu keeps returning to the nature, as it is in the ultimate muse, final reality . But , Shamendu creates the charm of things which oscillates between the realistic and the abstract . An artist is the one who can share his vision with you and convince you to be a part of his vision . Shamendu succeeds in his artistic endeavor to replicating landscape for him . It his vision , his perspective . His colour combination , his stroke that strikes you .

Didn't I say , he keeps returning to his roots. Like a little in the sky which takes great flight but comes backs to its ‘nest' for good.

A Purushottam