Of people & places

IN HER first ever show in Chennai, Priya Sunil brings her paintings and drawings to view at the Vinyasa Art Gallery till November 30, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. An alumnus of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Stella Maris College, she moved to Nepal after her marriage and her works are mainly of people and places there. She is quite at ease with watercolour, oils and pen and ink sketches.

The female devotees bathing in the river before going to worship at the Pasupathinath temple, is a large work in academic style. The landscape with a bridge and a man standing in front of an old building, done with a palette knife, are very appealing. Priya seems adept at handling the knife to her advantage. Some of her other works in oil are of scenes from life, in which the figures and elements of Nature are stylised. Bright colours bring a kaleidoscopic effect.

Priya's watercolour portraits bring out the character of the persons quite well. Priya's pen and ink drawings show that she enjoys the medium. She has succeeded in bringing to life in a monochromatic black or sepia tint, temples, houses, landscapes and scenes of festivals.

LAKSHMI VENKATRAMAN

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