Vandana Srivastava: Residing her life via vivid colors on canvas
Shiny colors, Madhubani patterns and her ardour for recreating life on canvas have made artist Vandana Srivastava (65) completely happy and vigorous, even in essentially the most difficult occasions.
Vandana Srivastava
Being bedridden for years attributable to decrease physique paralysis, the painter refused to surrender on life and continued residing her life via her work.
Movie scenes in Madhubani
“I bear in mind my sons telling me…kuchh difficult banaye aap. And the problem was to color movie scenes from a few of my favorite movies. Me being a film buff, I like watching movies and listening to outdated Hindi movie songs, so I knew ke yeh karne mein maza toh ayega however on the identical time it won’t be simple.
The primary few Madhubani canvases included scenes from movies like Roman Vacation, The Child, follo wed by Awara, Sholay and lots of extra. The stint that began as a enjoyable problem become a brand new work sample for me,” says Srivastava.
Vandana Srivastava: Residing her life via vivid colors on canvas
Fest affair
Adapting over a dozen movie scenes into Madhubani creations together with lots of of normal items of artwork, the painter feels there’s nonetheless plenty of work left to do. “It takes me every week to finish A3 and A4 measurement canvases; at occasions much less. As I’m able to resume work after my common remedy periods. It was via social media that the Madhubani Literature Competition linked with me and commissioned my portray Vaidhai for the Delhi version of the fest in 2022. Attending to characteristic among the many better of Madhubani artists of the nation, I felt humbled.”
Proceed to get impressed
“I used to be into oil paints adopted by Tanjore work for the longest and slowly took on Madhubani artwork. So, I’ve been into artwork for over 40 years now. I took inspiration to color from my father and the inclination in the direction of music from my mom, a skilled classical artiste. I’ve not considered arising with a solo exhibition, however I’m a really hopeful particular person, so, perhaps, sometime I’ll get to show my work to the world. Until date, my creativity has saved me going and it at all times will,” says the Lucknowite.
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