Saga of Nature

A painting by Warior Rahman Sami.

Warior Rahman Sami hopes to go to China on a Chinese government scholarship for three years. He has already taken part in a group show in Beijing where he exhibited scenes from Bangladesh and China along with other young artists from Bangladesh. Hamiduzzaman Khan, the renowned sculptor-painter inaugurated Sami's exhibition at Shilpangan. The eight day event ends on June 16.
The paintings are mostly in water-colour, a popular medium in both Bangladesh and China. The collection includes one large oil, with fishing  nets,  boats , water reflecting  hyacinths and gathering clouds in the sky.
There are trees and human beings in his painting of “Panamnagar.” One can see the arches, pillars, balconies and steps that speak of an age old civilisation. Sami has painted Old Dhaka too, but the subject is not in this collection.
Asked what he had chosen for his first exhibit, he said that he had selected the scenes from the villages, and opted for  boats in the river. Sami said that he used mostly blue, in harmony with black. In one of his water-colour paintings we see orange blossoms, as in Chinese and Japanese paintings and prints. There is a sun image in the painting which cuts through the morning fog. In another piece he has brought in a scene of heavy rain--where everyone uses an umbrella for protection, But this is not his interpretation of “Kalboishaki”. The raining each day is part of Bangladeshi life and living. On top there are washes of gray and black. The painting is sketched mostly on gray and green paper. The right side of the water-colour is left pale.
Another piece brings in train tracks , with people walking in “lungi” and “sari”. The houses with tin sheds and little tea-stalls are a part of our village culture, says Sami. At the back are clumps of trees and the train line and electric poles in front of the composition. Another piece depicts “Luter Char”, not far from Dhaka. Trees and bushes add to the lustre of the thatched huts.
The different shades of emerald and jade have seeped into the paper.
Boats in a cloudy, and lonely environment are often seen in Bangladesh, says the artist about his next work. Some trees and bushes are included in the work. In the delineation of the bull, struggling to be free of the farmer who tries to get a firm grip on it is symbolic of rebellion. In a foggy morning the artist depicts an old woman taking out her goats and children for a walk. All along the pathway are tall trees , done with gray-green washes.
Sami is a BFA drawing and painting student of the University of Development Alternative UODA at, Dhaka. He has attended three workshops and many art camps. He has participated in many joint ventures, among them two in Beijing.