Unknown Artist
41 x 157 cm; 16 x 62 in
Lansdscapes born of the Zen silence treated with Indian symbolism.Yuriko Lochan?s ladscape with banana leaves was inspired after her visit to Calicut where she was introduced to Kerala?s lush tropicana verdant with green foliage .Worked upon the traidtional Japanese shikishi which is hard and thick, stark white or decorated with patterns, or speckled with metallic flecks.-it continues to be made from the mulberry paper favoured by the nobility and Buddhist monks of ancient Heiankyo, now known as Kyoto, where Yuriko was studying for a post-graduate degree in Painting. Relocating to India entailed a paradigm shift in horizons, ideas and thought for Yuriko. Shikishi can stand alone in its fancy coloured form, or be joined together to create a set as seen in works dating back to the 10th century. And Yuriko?s work includes several diptychs and triptychs. There is also a stylistic similarity with the Shantiniketan artists in Yuriko?s work. The Japanese calligraphic brushworks that enthused the Shantiniketan masters also served to motivate Yuriko. Her encounter with Nature, in all its ethereal beauty, was contemplated, absorbed and translated into poetic landscapes infused with a meditative quality. Her use of gold leaf and paint is gently and seamlessly woven into a palette of subtly textured watercolours. In her quest for finding how the human psyche manifests itself in different places there is silent solitude about her landscapes. Spiritual concerns and a subtle dissonance weave through her subtle palette .