Suresh’s tryst with miniature art
The Hindu
Kerala-based Suresh K. Nair created 4,500 miniature paintings during the lockdown
In November 2019, Suresh K. Nair was leaving for Lisbon from London when he stumbled upon a passenger at the Heathrow airport. Her gait caught his attention and he decided to sketch her. “Somebody in her mid-40s, and apparently a dancer. Such amazing cadence in her sashay!” Nair recalls. “I felt an urge to sketch her, but had no paper on me.” So the artist took out a visiting card and started drawing on its back. On reaching the Portuguese capital, Nair bought some handmade paper and “cut them into matchbox-size pieces, little realising that it was going to be the start of a long series in minimalist art,” says Nair, who teaches painting at Banaras Hindu University (BHU). “Today I have more than 4,500 of them.”More Related News