Sailboat (2019) Painting by Nirakar Chowdhury

Nirakar’s love for his abstract depictions of nature and animals is very evident in all of his work, using them as the subject of most of his works, he gives his paintings his own twist, with an element of cubism, that the attributes to his inspirations, Braque and Picasso.

Growing up surrounded by a family of artists, Nirakar has always aspired to be an artist himself. “My art journey started from when I was just a child, at that time I focused on art rather than on my studies.” Since grandfather was my biggest inspiration.

Even though I do not use a fixed color palette for my work, I use different brush strokes for different parts of my paintings. I create smooth, vertical gradients in the geometric shapes, for the background, to help establish a base for the paintings. The backgrounds are usually pastel type shades and seldom interfere with the subjects that are usually more vibrant in nature. Playing with light and dark shades of color, creating highlights and shadows, to depict the time of day, or setting in general. For his fauna (usually the subject of my paintings,) I opt for textured brush strokes to have them remain as the subtle focal points, mixing a few saturated colors, to create depth.

• Nationality: INDIA
• Date of birth : 1985
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• Groups: Contemporary Indian Artists