Pravin Kannanur’s ‘Core’ series of paintings at Lokame Tharavadu turn heads

Pravin Kannanur’s paintings on display at ongoing Lokame Tharavadu conteemporary art show in Alappuzha manifest the micro and macro aspects of nature

Pravin Kannanur was trained as a zoologist. His nimble fingers that once painstakingly explored the structures of cells, vertebra and vascular network now create paintings, murals and installations. A nautilus shell, the spiralling arm of a galaxy, the eye of a cyclone, growth rings and heartwood of the cross-section of a tree — the entire gamut of whorl patterns that nature has in store is being revealed through the Core, a series of nine abstract works by Mr. Kannanur. It is on display at the ongoing Lokame Tharavadu contemporary art show in Alappuzha.