Observing and documenting the physical world has a pivotal role in my art practice. While traveling
through different lands, I try to capture the structural transformations of landscapes. Over a period
of time, my sketchbook has collected memories of a variety of landscapes. These memories
are not just a compilation of scenic beauty; they also try to document happenings.
Studying various elements from a particular site, like leaves, textures of stones, insects, pigments, etc., my sketchbook becomes the tool for doing a comparative study of landscapes. Part of this sketchbook carries my memories of visiting Dumka, an area in Jharkhand, where I experienced the vast barren landscapes of dry ochre soil, unknown shrubs, and the dry wind of the late winter.
Old Memory of Mihijam
Pen and Ink on paper
River Ajay
Pen and Ink on paper
Beside an Irrigation land (II), Dumka, Jharkhand
Poster colour, Pen and Ink on Paper
Enigma
Lino cut print and Water colour on paper
Horizon
Charcoal, Graphite, water colour, Ink on paper
Kelahi Hill, Way To My Home
Pen and ink on paper
Fragments
Pen and ink on paper
Kelahi, Jharkhand
Pen and ink on paper
In other parts of the book, I have gathered images of forests, various types of wildflowers, a series
of hills, and patterns seen on the walls of tribal houses around Purulia, West Bengal. These spaces
are slowly getting occupied by humans, and that changes the identity of the landscapes. Human
occupation is damaging their biodiversity. To capture this, sometimes I overlap drawings of
organic elements of land with the ground plans of man-made structures. Through
drawings and mappings, the sketchbook evokes a conversation to unravel
the ignored happenings around unnoticed landscapes.
Justa Rasa Retreat (I), Rishikesh
Pen and ink on paper
Justa Rasa Retreat (II), Rishikesh
Pen and ink on paper
From the Balcony (I). Justa Rasa Retreat, Rishikesh
Pen and ink on paper
Nightscape
Charcoal and Poster colour on paper.
Old Salt Yard, Bayandar
Charcoal, pen and ink on paper
Sun Dry
Pen and ink on paper
Blue Destruction
Watercolour on paper
Root
Watercolour on paper
A View from Kelahi Hill
Watercolour on paper
Western Part of Kelahi Hill
Watercolour on paper
Stone Study
Watercolour on paper
Some motifs of Adina Mosque, Malda
Pen and ink on paper
A Dead Lotus Pond, Jharkhand
Watercolour, pen and ink on paper
Existence
Mixed media on paper
From My Garden
Pen and ink on paper
Kelahi Hill
Pen and ink on paper
Bagmundi
Watercolour, pen and ink on paper
Nightscape at Bagmundi
Charcoal and poster color on paper
Wild Flowers, Bagmundi
Pen and ink on paper
Mountain with Rhythm of Line
Pen and Ink, Poster colour on paper
Colours of Wild Flowers
Watercolour, Pen and Ink on Paper
Mystery of Shadow, Jorasanko
Pen and ink on paper
Reflected Object and Swimming Pool
Pen, charcoal and ink on paper
River Sand Bed
Wood cut Print on Yellow Parchment Paper
Untitled
Pen and ink on paper
Wings of An Insect, Incubus
Pen, watercolour and ink on paper
Untitled
Monotype, charcoal, pen and ink on rice paper
Untitled
Charcoal and Pen and Ink on paper
Adverse Circumstances
Pen, ink, and charcoal, on brown paper