Black and intricate

Black and intricate

Umakant Kanade, a Pune-based artist, believes in observation that goes into creating art. “A painting is born out of the melange of the eye, the mind/soul and the hand. They all need to be in synchronisation,” he says. 

Kanade uses ink on canvas with a crow quill to create his art work, a style which is reminiscent of the style used in comics. Says the artist, “It was through comic books that I was introduced to this technique. With the fall in the demand for comics, I thought of taking it forward through my art.”
 
His paintings intricately depict elements of nature. “Nature is all around us, that too in many shades. But I choose to add a depth to the painting by using black ink,” Kanade says, adding, “I have always been mesmerised by nature because there are so many details and designs that it encompasses. Be it a leaf or even a petal, they are so distinct in nature that I don’t really find the need to use colours to show them. I just bring them to life using black ink and intricacy, which works absolutely well.”

The texture of each rock or bird that he portrays is distinct through minute strokes, which is quite time consuming. Kanade needs to pick little amount of ink every time the tip of the quill runs dry. The artist, who also works as a professor at Bharati Kala Mahavidyalaya, says that the process of painting a single canvas is so long that it takes anywhere between 20 to 25 days to complete a 2 x 3 canvas. 

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The Art For Concern exhibition will be held at Vivanta by Taj, Blue Diamond, Koregaon Park on Oct 4, Noon - 8 pm

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