Dancing with Paint
A saturation of expression is reflected by the movement of paint upon the canvas.
Photo courtesy of SC Shekar
It all started when…
I was preparing for a kathak performance in Perth. The customary flourish in a 'tihai' or ending flourish calls for a burst of energy upon the last 'sum'. I began thinking that if I converted my energy to paint, what would it look like? Thus I began my 1st series of four paintings (In Black, Blue, Red and White) of dancers for an exhition in Paris. The 'energy cycles' and lines were more significant for me than the actual figures. I danced the flourishes while I painted. There and then was born a style that stemmed from a lived experience... of living a moment of dance.