Tinting and shading topics through Pop Art

Arifur Rahman is an ardent and one of the serious Bangladeshi expatriate artists, who now lives and works in Montreal. He has maintained a personal atelier for concentrating on his works. He has held his position at a significant place in Montreal Art Milieu. He is a freelance artist and he associates himself with different social and cultural organizations through his singular working style and theme based paintings. He is going to take part at 5th Annual Global Art League in Montreal. This is one of the major art carnivals where artists from different parts of the world take part. The art league will feature art exposition, discussion, inter-exchanging programme, talk, documentary screening and more. The 5th Annual Global Art League will inaugurate on June 29 and will continue till July 7.

When Arifur feels saddened or delighted and his creative endeavour flourishes, brush and colours assist him to explore his inner vision. He records his pains, happiness and experiences through his canvas, which becomes a mirror of his pensive mood as reflected in his creative process. This is a clear statement about his aesthetic explorations. He is not concentrated on any particular theme, but nevertheless his themes are inextricably connected to each other. His paintings, done in oil and acrylic feature various realistic images and surrounding atmospheres of his present society. His paintings' recurrent features are blossoming flowers, flower vases, open books on table, apples, violins, nude and semi nude figures, wine bottles and glasses, tea pots and cups, breastfeeding women, longing lying women, greenery gardens and more. He also portrays pub scenes where people's activities have been focused. Some of his images denote architectural designs and shapes. He has complete freedom to identify himself for his working styles that are apparently synchronised and technically phenomenal. He wants to proceed with a certain style that can become a personal hallmark of his works.

It is needless to say that media has played a vital role in Arifur's works. When the artist started with art, he initially used watercolour. The medium gave him freedom and he commenced to portray lush greenery, untainted nature and aquatic life. When he migrated to Montreal, he lent from vital two mediums---acrylic and oil. But afterwards he fixed himself with solely acrylic. The artist likes to work in acrylic, which he feels is a medium where an artist gets a taste of tranquility. He is comfortable working on any size of canvas according to the painting's themes, objects and compositions. His work is elucidated by a powerful engagement with object and space, and with bold and controlled brushstrokes.

Colour is the most predominant aspect in Arifur's works. Vibrant colours present a kaleidoscopic vision for the art enthusiasts. His works look very animated and vigorous because of the use of thick, abundant colours and evocative lines. In fact, his rectangular and vertical lines create varied dazzling rays with each ray possessing an individual look and language. Some of his lines have been criss-crossed over the paintings. A number of his works are engrossed with round shaped forms. The colours' intensity is very noticeable in his works.