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About the artwork

The thin black tree trunks are what most viewers notice after the broad smoke cloud, because they pin the drifting washes in place and stop the whole sheet from dissolving into mist. The technique is loose watercolor, with wet passages bleeding into one another, dry linear marks dropped on top, and edges that break apart where the pigment thins across the paper. Some passages are barely there. Others pool into darker blue gray and soot black, especially on the right, where the water seems to have carried color downward before drying. Greeshm Ritu shows a forest scene overtaken by fire, with flames running low through brush and around trunks instead of forming one single blaze. The image spreads the action across the width, though the heaviest mass sits to the right and lower center, so it needs wall space where the horizontal sweep can stay intact. In a tight room, the scattered marks and smoke bands could feel restless, but on a broader wall the open pale areas give the eye room between the darker burns. The palette moves from yellow and orange on the left into ash violet, blue gray, and black on the right, while a bright, heated sky opens near the top center and the ground below is cut by sharp orange fire lines.

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Vijay Kiyawat

Vijay Kiyawat

Vijay primarily does Watercolors. These are story & philosophy based, involving strong imaginary compositions, and some amount of surrealism. The inspiration comes from literature, nature study, and worldwide travels. The paintings are soft, serene, and vibrant. Admirers of his art describe these as "Happy Paintings". Vijay has held 11 successful solo shows in Delhi, Mumbai, and Singapore; and group shows in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chicago, London, Singapore.

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