AN ICON Painting

Born in 1976 in Kozhencherry a village in Kerala, Pramod started his career as an artist even before attaining academic training in traditional mural painting. His art studio, situated in a village which was ignorant of the beauty of paintings, is slowly bringing about changes in the perspectives of the people residing there, who once gave little importance to this form of art. The artist who started his work from oil on canvas to traditional mural paintings, is now focusing on contemporary paintings. The artistic method followed by Pramod does not go in line with the conventional style. In those paintings with a prominence to green, without giving the colours a smoothening effect Pramod makes visible to the spectators, from a different point of view,the ordinary spectacles and nature. The artist is of the opinion that more than being a satiating experience to the eyes a painting should bring about a quake on the spectators’ thoughts. The artist never advises the dismissal of photorealism and traditional mode of painting but he strongly recommends that the work of art should touch upon the conscience of the viewer.