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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.