When working he uses either a zinc plate or an aluminum sheet. Among artists who have influenced Amin most is Mohammed Kibria, his teacher. Amin is also fond of the works of Shahid Kabir and Monirul Islam. Outside Bangladesh, he admires Kandinsky, Mark Rothko and Cy Tomly. He also likes works of the Spanish painter Tapis. When he was studying in China, he saw a lot of realistic academic work. "There is a lot of spirituality in their traditional landscapes," he says. In their depiction of high mountains one finds miniscule humans too. He believes that the east is a great source of abstraction. He gives the example of the mystic poets such as Lalon and his songs.

Asked to compare art in China with that in Bangladesh, he says, "There is bound to be major differences as the Chinese have a history of 5000 years of painting. Of course, we too have our ancient terracotta friezes, but a lot of our relics don't exist any more, he says. Because of communism, introduction of western art, namely abstraction, to the Chinese art arena has been slow. Chinese conceptual and installation art are quite remarkable."

Amin does pure abstractions. "I'm not sure how to define pure abstraction. What I understand is that I'm experimenting with colours and forms. Sometimes I borrow ideas from landscapes and nature. The inspiration I get from surroundings, I don't present them in a realistic way but hint at them with my lines and colours. What is abstraction then? When you go very close to an object it becomes abstract. Similarly if you see something from a distance, such as the case of a bird's eye view, rivers are like squiggles, houses appear like squares and rectangles, while trees look like lines and smudges." Thus, he says, abstraction develops from reality.

Blue image, by Amin, has a bluish grey background, with touches of yellow. Black lines hold the composition on four sides. The lines suggest dry branches of trees standing out on a hot, dry day. Yellow day suggests bright sunshine with its orange, yellow, burnt-sienna and grey lines. The lines in the composition remind one of bushes.

Yellow image is a fascinating abstraction in variations of orange, yellow and grey. It appears to have figures and suggestions of tree branches along with flowers and stems. There are a number of untitled pieces like one with grey and black geometrical shapes that suggest solar eclipse. Tree, flower and dream stairs brings in some dreamy, romantic suggestions.

Apart from being a free lance artist, Amin is a teacher and enjoys both his professions.

The exhibition ends on 24th July.