Women Series

His paintings portray a perfect blend of a rustic and a traditional subject in combination with a contemporary treatment.

Tailor Srinivas’s unique method of using pigments against each other, give the paintings a very refreshing approach.

“Though, I always prefer using black and white, I just love the whole dash of greenish and bluish shades against gray, brown and black in my paintings.

It is a new colour scheme I tried implementing, and it turned out really well,” explains the artist.

His work is defined as stylised figuration, wherein the characters look beautiful and poetic, they make their presence felt and are also in conversation with one another.

His art exhibition, Salt of The Earth, which is on at the Icon Art Gallery takes you on a journey into the rural life, livelihood of the people, their anguish and their emotions.

“All my paintings predominantly portray how people in the rural setting are so connected to the earth there, their faith in 'dharthi' – their effort in growing food from the soil which is their source of living.

It also shows how they bond with the it,” Srinivas explains. Elaborating on the title, he says, “I call it so because people are so attached with the soil that they even share their sorrows with it.” Transferring his rustic fascination, his canvases portray a sense of connection not just between the characters, but with nature too.

"To bring in the nature element, I used fishes, tress and lotus ponds in the background, painted in bright colours. This was something I did as an experiment but later realised that it added just the right feel." Unlike other artists, Srinivas says he prefers living in the village and painting rather than live in the city.

"I like living close to my subject. I take inspiration from everyday people who live in and around my village." His grandfather was a tailor and hence the word "tailor" got tagged along with their names.

His father was a teacher and though not hailing from a tailor family, his dream was to be an artist.