'WHOSE BROWN BURNS IN ME '

‘whose brown burns in me’ All these years my abstractions started from earthern tones, to blue series and travelled through many colours. I have worked extensively with pastels and acrylics. This particular series in brown seeped into my mind when i was analysing colours. I felt brown colour was much ignored and I set out to explore the colour in all variartions and depth. Brown refers to earth. Earth is closer to a mnas heart,, from the common man to the king. As a young boy I was fascinated with the colour of soil and toiling in the fields by farmers. Later I took to sculpture and terracotta is dear to me, the colour BROWN again. I was 26 years then. Strong memories of my childhood and past reflect in my