Mohammad Eunus is one of the foremost painters from the '70s, when the country was facing stark adversities for acquiring sovereignty. During the period, the nation crossed many social and political obstacles and traversed a number of turmoil; our creative faculties progressed with novel dreams, ideas and premises. We have gone on to face secular democracy which quickly got confused with post-war traumas, corruption, ideological differences that often go with war ravaged countries. Intellectuals and promoters of creativities were expecting a free, liberal, non-communal and progressive atmosphere for their innovative ventures. But the aforementioned situations plummeted almost all the high hopes, bringing about a reverse to dictatorial rule. The voice of the free was subdued, liberal thoughts were suffocating in the midst of sporadic but widespread rise of terror unleashed both by the state and by the apolitical outlaws. During that period the country went through many ups and downs in all aspects. As an intense onlooker, the painter intimately scrutinises the transforming socio-political and economic conditions of the country.
In his paintings, a harmonic relationship is visible through his lines, forms and textures marking an individual mode. He also frequently searches the boundaries of expressions with diverse geometric and architectural shapes. Squiggles, uneven lines, arrows, broken lines, loops and curls, squares, oval and other aspects are also included in the artist's works. He has meticulously gone through various phases of experimentation with colours, textures, lines, and tones. For Eunus, media is very significant in his mode of expression. He likes to experiment with different mediums.
It is very apparent that Eunus has now hooked himself with bright colours for bringing the internal articulations of concrete formations of paintings. Besides this, the painter also constantly experiments with materials. Using of lots of materials is the key element in his paintings. One of the prime causes for his experimentation is for exploring the dimension of the materials. The artist enjoys his liberty to recognise himself with his using of the materials that are apparently harmonised and technically phenomenal. He strives to proceed with a certain style that has become a personal hallmark for his works. He intermingles sensation and intelligence, believed to utilise abstract expressionism, in his paintings. His paintings emerge to be sparkling and dynamic because of the use of profuse shades and evocative textures. Eunus bears witness to the insanity of current times in an eruption of vicious colours in different layers. The eruption of colours is accompanied by contrast, and the reality of texture is created in his abstract expression. It has also been observed that the artist meticulously blended the essential elements of his paintings. His paintings can be explained in many ways where one can find the touch of mysticism; some can get the taste of harmony, melancholy or despair. His mode of expression have been changed a number of times, but the painter successfully established his personal trademark through all his creations. His style is unquestionably unique, individualised and expressive. In his paintings, one feels the lament of a lonely soul, an underlying sorrow or a feeling of bareness.
Eunus always feels that drawings are an appearance of the thoughts, the inner world and what literally makes the daily life of an artist. His works show the world the way he sees it, and manifest the essence of the things he has seen. His paintings are also mirror of his mind frame. His lines signify the modern mode of expression. His expression features varied structures, oval, encircled and doodle forms, symbols, triangular and rectangular shapes and lines that appear to be taking over the canvas. Geometric structures and architectural views also give a new perspective to his works. Cracked columns, wrecked pillars, ruined walls, rusted pipes, wrecked guitars, wheels, broken windows, slabs, scattered papers are recurring objects in his works. Some of the other motifs in Eunus' paintings are ancient edifice, cactus, vessels, hills and sky. Some of his paintings clearly highlight pure composition.
Eunus' intention has been to hold the neglected or ignored sight of our surroundings and splendour of nature in transitory moments. He has used nature's distinctive colour as his principal source for motifs and forms. For example, many of his paintings feature damp or salt contaminated walls and sometimes feature cactus or blossoming flowers growing from moisture walls, which articulate volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, harsh reality, inhumanity and social and political disorders in the universe.
In recent times, Eunus has readopted collage as a medium which lends him a fresh avenue. He has used golden paper and silver coated metal for brining a novel look to his collage. He engaged himself with the medium in different periods of his career. Many of Eunus' collages have materials in different sizes like rectangular, vertical, horizontal, oval, half-curved and oval-curved. The artist has brought many symbols into his collages. Space division in his compositions is dramatic; with big spaces kept flat and smaller areas left in several tiny patterns. It is obvious that the artist has spent a considerable time to create the illusion of space.
