SANTOSH KUMAR VERMA

I was born and brought up in Varanasi, India countryside. My childhood flourished in regional tales and folklore. I grew up in the rustic backyards of an ancient city rich in religious myths and beliefs. The simplicity of village culture expressed a lot through visual communication where most religious figures and myths were translated into simple line based abstract forms. Add to it the light, shadows and colors of nature splashed all over my childhood. This colorful world of motifs, symbols and abstraction lay deep within me. Painting abstraction over the years I have found myself gradually drawn into the vortex of childhood memories. Hence I have started abstracting from those rich experiences as a child, consciously and unconsciously. My paintings reflect the colorful and playful world of an exploring child which in totality metamorphoses into a new reality.