…. Curator’s Pen by Prabuddha Ghosh

You begin the painting without knowing what the final image or theme will be as you open to your unconscious, and through the process, allow an image to emerge. This is Intuitive Painting. Emotional cleansing helps creativity to flow.  As you express the unexpressed within you the blockage will be released and your emotions, intuition and creativity will flow.  When you are releasing unexpressed negative emotions you don’t hold the negativity inside you. Be willing to listen to your intuition and act accordingly.  One of the easiest ways to keep your intuitive voice silent is to not really want to hear it. Be open to life and the creative force of the universe.  Approach your intuitive painting practice with a sense of knowing and trust that you are a creative being. It’s more than creation.. It’s meditation.. and understanding the “Then You”. Instead of suffering emotional pain, feeling isolated and believing that no one really understands ...

Ram Kumar (born 1924 in Shimla) is an Indian abstract painter and writer who was described as one of India's foremost non-figurative artists. He was closely associated with the Progressive artist's group along with M.F. Hussain, Tyeb Mehta, S.H. Raza. He has received Lifetime Achievement Award, Government of Delhi (2010), Padma Bhushan, Government of India (2010), Fellowship of the Lalit Kala Akademi (2011). He is ‘No More’ physically, but ethically and spiritually always he will be with us to guide and to understand ….     Ram Kumar's work, throughout his lifetime, has often been difficult to place within the more simplistic narratives that have developed around modern Indian art. Ram Kumar returned from Europe with a semi-figurative style that drew on post-cubism, he eventually chose to abandon the figure entirely and began working almost exclusively with the motifs of the abstract cityscapes and landscapes, a move unique among his immediate contemporaries at th...