Fascinated by the epic: Mohan Muril Talak and one of his art works
Mohan Murli Talak, greatly inspired by the Ramayana, has prepared an entire set of paintings based on the epic which will be exhibited in Germany
Over two decades of intense and arduous years in the arena of painting have given his brushstrokes an exquisite yet gentle manoeuvre -- the colours melt into each other so immaculately.
Mohan Murli Talak, the 57-year-old self-taught artist of Chitradurga district from central Karnataka, has created innumerable realistic and abstract paintings in the past. However, now, he has selected an unconventional subject to transform his passion into an array of paintings.Ramayana, an epic and intrinsic part of Hindu culture, has interested Talak so much that he is meticulously carving the same on canvas. He has selected specific and largely unnoticed instances from this ancient mythology to relive it on canvas. And he does it both in the realistic as well as in the abstract form.
“I am enormously fascinated by Valmiki Ramayana, which is believed to be the original and the undiluted form of the epic. I have been reading this Ramayana for the last six years. The narration by Valmiki in his book is so realistic that one can, literally feel the aura and the emotions. Everything seems to be unfolding before your eyes and you can actually feel it. His work personifies human relationship with nature,” he said.
Talak was tremendously inspired by the majestic depiction of life of Rama by Valmiki that he decided to turn it into a series of paintings. Valmiki, was originally a hunter and lived in the forest. His depiction of the forest, therefore, is so splendid and timeless that it captures one’s imagination.
“I was amazed to read how Valmiki narrates the emotions of Rama. In one such instance, Rama is sitting under a tree on the bank of Sarayu river. Valmiki narrates the scene with such simplicity and elegance that I could, with ease, imagine the entire scene. I instantly decided to paint it.”
He says that he represents each character in the epic with deep meaning as he vehemently believes it. “For me, Rama is an avatar of bliss and divine happiness. That is how I take him and that helps me to depict this inspiring character on canvas,” said Talak.
He adds that while he has selected abstract art for depicting the emotions, he has chosen realism to narrate some scenes.“I have selected some places such as the ancient Nepal and Ayodhya where Rama is believed to have visited and lived. I have also tried to blend realism and abstract styles to portray Ramayana in my own imaginary manner.”
Talak who is profoundly inspired by the paintings of the classical painter Raja Ravi Varma is busy in preparing a whole set of paintings of Ramayana which he plans to exhibit in Germany in mid-2017.“Germany is the first destination where people have collected great amount of information about Ramayana,” he says.
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