Her experiments with charcoal

Beautiful residues

Art has a voice and letting it speak unswervingly is Kauser Qureshi, a young artist based in Bengaluru. Pursuing education in fine arts from Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University in Hyderabad, she went on to do her Masters in fine arts in London.

Taking the best of latitude from these art schools, she has now established herself as a
versatile artist experimenting with varied forms of art styles. Figurative art, abstract art, portrait painting...there is no cutback for her creativity with strokes.

“I developed a love towards art as an eighth grader. I had to choose between Maths and Arts. My mother encouraged me to pursue my interest in Arts and I went on to take up Arts as my mainstream subject in degree,” says Kauser. Exploring and experimenting with all mediums, she is a scholastic in charcoal and pastel mediums.

“I enjoy working with charcoal and pastel. The art of using these unmatched mediums is dying as not many artists use them. I like the black and white effect and love experimenting with them,” she says.

Taking inspiration from the ever-changing surroundings, her art works reflect the aesthetic beauty. With a keen eye for detail, her paintings come alive along every stroke having no ambit for flaws. She has worked on varied subjects — from women to majestic animals.

“Women inspire me a lot and they are reflected in my figurative artworks. Also, I love tigers and have portrayed their glory in my paintings. I have also made abstract paintings of these majestic beings and have focussed my work on them for a year now,” she details.

A true admirer of tigers, she wants to associate herself with ‘Save the Tiger’ campaign and give a voice to the mute, through her paintings. A mother of a four-year-old, she is galvanised by the strength of women and will soon be working on ‘mother and child’ kinship in her next project.

Chalking down the subject matter depending on her creative moods, she says, “Not everyone understands art. Each artwork is different and it takes inspiration from the changing aspects.

Realism is not exactly important in all the forms of art. Figurative art too can be made differently and it need not reflect complete realism. Aesthetics play an important part in art and it has to be reflected through the depth of the subject.”

 Trying her creative hands on variety of subjects, the multifaceted artist says she loves and enjoys doing abstract paintings.

She has also been part of many live art shows. The impassioned artist concludes, “I closely follow the works of Paresh Maity. Bengali artist Suhas Roy, who works primarily with female faces in his paintings, has also influenced my work.”