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Reviving the art of Batik
Updated On: 09 June, 2013 06:35 AM IST | | Punam Chavan
Now 76, well-known Batik artist Suhaas Manjrekar-Pole is finally set to showcase her works at an exhibition at the Nehru Centre
For 40 years, even since she graduated from the JJ school of Arts in 1972 and followed it up with a course in textile designing, Suhaas Manjrekar-Pole has worked magic with batik paintings. “I found it very challenging as it requires a lot of skillu00a0and patience. u00a0What added to the allure was the fact that there were no exponents of this art who could paint human figures in Batik. Although I paint in both oil and water colour, I enjoy Batik the most,” she says.
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Batik paintings titled Duet
Poles’s paintings are more folk-inspired. She says she gets attracted to vibrant colours and finds them immensely interesting. “I constantly observe things around me. I go through a lot of magazines and if I find something appealing I decide to paint it,” she explains. Pole’s paintings are woman-centric. She says, “My paintings are dedicated to cherish women. I can explore with lot of colours while painting. Women–centric themes adds allure to my paintings.”
Poles’s paintings are more folk-inspired. She says she gets attracted to vibrant colours and finds them immensely interesting. “I constantly observe things around me. I go through a lot of magazines and if I find something appealing I decide to paint it,” she explains. Pole’s paintings are woman-centric. She says, “My paintings are dedicated to cherish women. I can explore with lot of colours while painting. Women–centric themes adds allure to my paintings.”
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Gawlan (top) by Suhaas Manjrekar-Pole
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