Kochi: A painting work that too using mostly fingers going live at Kerala Travel Mart venue here by artist Gireesan Bhattathiripad on Thursday stood out amidst hectic business meeting happening around. Bhattathiripad is planning to complete the painting on the five-and-a-half by one-and-a-half metre canvas at the stall of CGH Earth in three days, coinciding with the conclusion of the tourism event. He told Deccan Chronicle that he started using fingers instead of brush some three months ago and found it very appealing.
“It is the closest mode for an artist with the work at hand. The experience is totally different,” Mr Bhattathiripad said as took a break. He, however, added that he did not give up the brush totally. Elaborating on the work at hand, Bhattathiripad said it was a landscape depicting the greenery of the state. “Green is the overwhelming color here with shades of yellow coming in between,” he said. Bhattathiripad, hailing from Punnayoorkalam, Guruvayoor, started his career as an art teacher, and has numerous works and exhibitions to his credit now. He had assisted art director Sabu Cyril in the film Pavithram, apart from working onr a couple of advertisement films.
