About My Palette

As a painter I have always been exploring the varied facets of nature, and history through my work. Over a long period of time I have developed a style of abstraction by exploring variations in different materials and techniques. I found that the techniques, colour and texture gave me the means to explore ideas, memories, observations and imaginations in my painting and print making. In my work colour is both the subject and the means; the form and the content; the image and the meaning.

I like the water in the paint mixture to lead me; to suggest the scribbled drawing which gives birth to the images. I have tried to portray my images with fast moving fluidity of drawing and softness, coming from the watery medium itself.

I am also fascinated with printmaking, which allows me to experiment with different materials and let me explore different ways of inking the plate. I used photographs throughout for ideas and as my main tool for recording code. I have been working with collagraphs, monoprints, solar plate etchings and silkscreen. I like to draw on wide range of techniques and themes to produce my prints and often incorporate photography, drawing and painting into the print process.

In the past, I have worked exclusively on the landscape, always using locations that I have been familiar with over long periods of time as the paintings incorporate both time past and time present. However, post the completion of my MA Fine Art (Painting & Drawing) degree at the Winchester School of Art (WSA), University of Southampton, UK in September 2008, there has been some additions to the range of subjects that I tend to address through my work. Also, from the technical aspect, there have been a quite a few introductions – an obvious ripple effect of the breadth of knowledge and techniques that I was presented with at WSA.

In terms of the creative aspects, as I mentioned already, I am exploring some new subject areas; the critics and viewers of my work will be able to observe some newfound direction. I have begun to analyse and probe into some ever present facets from the package of human emotions that I never seriously dealt with through my work previously – such as agony, suffering and sorrow. For example, the final project for my MA course at WSA is a series of representation of the Liberation War of Bangladesh. I have essentially used this chapter from our history as a metaphor or a symbol to portray the agonising memories and thoughts I have of it – touching some really raw emotions.