Growing up in Mandla, a small village in Madhya Pradesh where wild forests dominated the landscape, SH Raza recalls having led a simple life. The renowned Modernist painter, who is known for his avant-garde works, says he was a wide-eyed child when he took up the brush to translate this wilderness into his paintings at the age of 12. Today, at the age of 90, life has come full circle, and he will be exhibiting 30 paintings created over two years specifically for Vistaar.

Raza’s acrylic on canvas titled Bharat