The Mystic and Her Colours
Subhra Mazumdar

For the art world, Pratiksha Apurv was always unique, and best described as a mystic who prayed through colours, to unravel the spiritual path without sinking into prayerful jargon. Somewhere down the line this meditative approach to art was coupled with the power of pen, when the artist began interpreting her artistic consciousness through words that speak from the heart, even as the brush dabs colours and creates forms that exude proficiency in artistic terms.


The volume titled ‘The Mystic and Her Colours’ is more than an eye catching coffee table volume to titillate the senses. It calls for gentle handling and reading with the same contemplation as one does for a book of prayers. Indeed as one turns the pages and runs the eye through the prose, alongside the artistic illustration, what strikes one is the fact that through this reading one is making a discovery of one’s own being, which in short is the litmus test for its content status.

Coming to the artworks in the volume, the first impression is that of a serene landscape due to the play of colours, not just in a muted palette, but because of the astute judgment of the configurations, creating a feeling of inner revelation through the chosen patterning. Even where iconic imagery such as the outline of a dancing dervish or the form of the Buddha seated in meditation, graces the side of the overall painting, there is still the overbearing presence of art, and intricate patterning, intruding the meditative setting.