The charm and splendor of nature is beautifully defined over the canvas by Rakesh Agarwal. A solo painting exhibition ‘Nature-Scapes, It’s All Nature’ by Rakesh Agarwal is being put up at Rangadarshini Gallery, Bharat Bhavan. The exhibition was inaugurated on Tuesday by Chief Secretary, Madhya Pradesh Government Antony JC Desa.
The power, interguity and sheer beauty of the nature could be seen into his paintings. Being an IAS officer and currently, working as Additional Chief Secretary Rakesh Agarwal, has taken up water colour painting mere as a hobby and has not taken any formal training for it. He paints whatever he likes and how he likes. As he picked up painting as a hobby 20 years back, he has added his name among the finest painters of landscapes.
As many as 100 paintings of his collection are being displayed at the gallery. This is work of last six months by Rakesh. He said that landscapes and the world of nature have always fascinated him. He said, “I believe that nature is the art of god. I have always been very close to nature since my childhood. I enjoy the nature a lot. The rivers flowing, the colourful valley, the fruitful trees, chirping birds and all of them is my first love.”
Earlier, he used to take photographs wherever he travelled and now, he paints. Subjects he mostly paints are taken from nature, landscapes, seascapes, mountains, trees, rivers; basically he picks up his subjects from the nature’s lap. He said that this is his first painting exhibition, and he is planning more exhibitions across the country. “I will exhibit my works in Delhi, Mumbai and lucknow for now,” he added.
The highly versatile and aesthetic perception of the creations of the artist has enabled the viewers to touch most profound depths of the concept he has worked upon. The purity of style, uniqueness of imagination with brilliant technique made the creations enchanting. The crowd visited to watch the creations were spell-bounded with the attractive art work. The visitors were able to reveal various moods of nature that were just created by the fine movement of brush. The exhibition will be on till April 19.