The Bud of Kalinga
2025
Watercolor on archival paper
12.5 x 9.5 inches
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The aftermaths of urbanization, like sewage, froth, foam, and chemicals; ostensibly catastrophic signs as the unanticipated byproducts of progress. They proliferate like the multi-headed serpent, inflating and devouring the cityscape. I endeavor to employ metaphors, such as the image of termite hills overtaken by serpents, the dry lands with the vicious serpent invoking a sense of toxi-city. This narrative evolves into parched expanses resembling drainage, personifying ecological issues and corruption through the gigantic black serpent figure; recollecting the figure of Kaalinga (Kaaliya).
artworks in this series
ALL artworks
Pandemic Solitude 8 (Set of 9)
2021
Pen and watercolor on Fabriano paper
11.7 x 16.5 inches
Kuruhu (sign) 25 (Set of 27)
2013
Oil pastel on Fabriano paper
A3, 54 x 120 inches
Loudspeakers
2015
Oil pastel on city map (paper)
23 x 18 inches
Kuruhu (sign) 23 (Set of 27)
2013
Oil pastel on Fabriano paper
A3, 54 x 120 inches
Mayamruga - head
2013
Oil pastel on Fabriano paper
22 x 30 inches
Kuruhu (sign) 16 (Set of 27)
2013
Oil pastel on Fabriano paper
A3, 54 x 120 inches
Kuruhu (sign) 6 (Set of 27)
2013
Oil pastel on Fabriano paper
A3, 54 x 120 inches
Kuruhu (sign) 12 (Set of 27)
2013
Oil pastel on Fabriano paper
A3, 54 x 120 inches











