HYDERABAD: Everyone cannot be a painter and not everyone who paints is fortunate enough to hold exhibitions. But a mother-daughter duo from the city, who paint as a hobby, are now holding an exhibition of their artwork at Nehru Art Gallery, JNTU from January 5-8. Titled Jagadguru & Jagad, about 25 art works of the mom and 18 of the daughter will be on display.
“I am an Ayurvedic doctor by profession, but I have always been passionate about painting since childhood. So I thought this is the right time to showcase my paintings. My paintings tell a story and over the years, I have painted incarnations of Lord Krishna and documented his life through paintings,” says Dr Gayatri Devi when asked what inclined her to paint. “Most of my paintings are in Tanjore style,” she adds.
Her daughter Aparajitha on the other hand, who is a software engineer and works for Apple Inc in USA, says, “I was inspired by my mom and eventually started learning a few techniques of line drawing from J J School of Arts, Mumbai.
I am an animal lover an the pure, dynamic nature of these four-legged creatures inspire me to paint”, she says. When asked if she paints only animals, she replied, “I like painting abstract things. Most of my paintings are either animals, places I have visited or something that I like and wish to paint,” she says.
The duo decided that the New Year, when the NRI artists is on a vacation to India is a great time to put up a show together. While the mom seeks to reflect tradition in her work, the daughter aims to give it a contemporary spin.