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For the kalakaar in Lonavala
Updated On: 17 December, 2023 03:39 AM IST | Mumbai | Christalle Fernandes
mid-day hops onto to a train to take a tour of the hill station’s first art exhibition space
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For Lonavala-based artist Shruti Khandelwal, her newly-established exhibition space is a way for the hill station’s art community to come together. Pics/Satej Shinde
Art Ghar. That’s the title of Lonavala’s newest art space, scrawled in white chalk on a wooden door, not yet hung up, outside Shruti Khandelwal’s residence. The glass-enclosed exhibition centre has sleek black tiles, and as you go around the corner, a bright wall of watercolours catches the eye.
“These are my lockdown pieces,” the artist says proudly. “I have painted Lonavala through my eyes.” A closer look reveals the winding brick bridges of Bhushi dam, the sun shining on Pavana lake, and the colourful chikki shops that line the main street. While oil painting has been her expertise and a practice she has nurtured since class X, watercolours are a recent love. The romance brewed during the pandemic-induced isolation when oils were tough to procure.
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