Being one with nature

Artworks on display.

Rokeya Sultana is a painter and printmaker. She studied printmaking at Shanti Niketan. Sultana holds exhibitions of her works regularly.
Sultana's latest solo exhibition, titled “The Mystique Empire”, is now on at Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhanmondi. Works at the exhibition traces her creative exploration.
In her student days, Sultana had done some noteworthy watercolours. Her themes are quite simple. She tries to highlight the liaison between humans and nature. Nude, semi nude figures and elements of nature are common features in most of her works. Vivid colours are a dominant aspect in her works. Some of her works also involve unfamiliar forms and shapes. Her images intensely capture the earthly essences.
At one point of her career, Sultana concentrated on figures and delineated the complexities of human lives. Sensual lines and expressive colours are prime characteristics of her creations. Her fascination with various forms gradually created a crammed atmosphere on her canvas.
At the exhibition, Sultana has worked in mixed media, gouache and tempera. Her emphasis is on lines, figures and colours. Some of the lines, crisscrossed over forms and shapes, are difficult to comprehend.
A number of her works beautifully articulate marine life, stars and more with a matured use of tone. The minimal use of curves and lines draw attention to her progressive vision. Her works convey a poetic essence of life in blue, yellow and crimson. Some of her images -- showing women with turtles, snakes, starfish and snails -- allude to the fact that women are a part of nature.
The exhibition at Bengal Gallery will continue till March 2.