Gallery Silver Scpaes
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Artist: Anurag Anand
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 30 × 20 inches (76.2 × 50.8 cm)
Year: 2023
This richly textured painting draws the viewer into a serene forest sanctuary, where nature and human presence coexist in quiet harmony. At the heart of the composition lies a modest hut, nestled amid a dense canopy of foliage. Rendered through thick impasto brushstrokes, the vegetation pulses with vibrant greens and earthy tones, creating a sense of depth, texture, and immersive atmosphere. The layered application of paint gives the forest a tactile quality, almost sculptural in its intensity, allowing viewers to feel as much as see the natural environment.
The hut, with its earthen tones and simple structure, rests gently within this vibrant wilderness. It does not dominate the landscape, but rather integrates into it, symbolizing both refuge and humility. Its presence suggests a life lived in balance with nature, rooted in simplicity, resilience, and solitude. The palette used for the hut mirrors the hues of its surroundings, reinforcing the theme of harmony between human life and the natural world. Color and texture serve as the primary language in this work. Verdant greens, deep umbers, and golden highlights intermingle to evoke the play of light filtering through dense leaves. The absence of human figures enhances the meditative quality of the scene, encouraging the viewer to project themselves into this tranquil space, to pause and reflect.
This painting aligns with a long-standing tradition. of landscape as sanctuary. Yet, it is more than a study of nature; it is a quiet meditation on the emotional and spiritual nourishment that such environments provide. The thick, expressive brushwork recalls elements of post-impressionism and expressionism, while the subject matter remains deeply rooted in contemporary concerns about our connection to, and separation from, the natural world.
The work resists spectacle, choosing instead to hold space for stillness and introspection. It invites viewers to reconnect, with the environment, with simplicity, and with themselves. In an era marked by fragmentation and overstimulation, this forest scene offers a moment of calm and reconnection. Ultimately, this painting stands as a visual poem, a reflection on solitude, refuge, and the timeless, nurturing bond between humanity and the living landscape that surrounds it.
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Mrs Mayor was walked into the art world by the legendary modernist Bimal Das Gupta, one of whose biggest collections remains with Gallery Silver Scapes. In the 1980s, as head and first curator of the Habiart Gallery founded by Mrs Rekha Modi — a childhood friend — Mrs Mayor worked closely with and curated shows for renowned artists such as A Ramachandran, GR Santosh, Rameshwar Broota, Sakti Burman, MK Bardhan, Dhiraj Chaudhury, M Sivanesan, and Arup Das among others.
Besides modern masters, she also worked with young contemporaries such as Sudip Roy, Paresh Maity, Subroto Kundu, Vinod Sharma, and many more. Artworks commissioned by her are now part of prestigious collections, such as those of the India Habitat Centre, Ranbaxy, Pepsi, Hotel Lalit, Bank of America, and many more private and public collections.