Azad comes across as one who has an intense and undying love with his muse, not to be suffering a setback due to the demands of the daily drudgery and grind of the of everyday life. Only the most cherished order can survive the onslaught of a demanding job and the growing need of the family. Sitting only after midnight extending into the wee hours of the morning, the only time slot that gets for peaceful work, does he find himself doing justice to the irrepressible appetite for his love, his art, his paintings.
A simple soul at heart, without much of an attempt for the esoteric esp. in the present series, we see he joyous spreads of nature in their surreal best. The imagination here is at its creative swing, weaving scenes upon scenes of harmonious dream like compositions of nature with appealing novelty. It fills one with joy to see the stretch of the richness of human inventiveness. His landscapes are infused with abstract fantastic out pours.
The visualizations are marked with flights of thorough fancy. The surreal landscapes imbued with the bounteous spirit of nature envelop mainly women, symbolizing different ideas and concepts. They are shown in places as representing mother nature-; as those who are victimized and exploited just as nature has been in spite of the indispensable role they have.
As the heavenly “Apsara” (fairy) who is the epitome of perfection and an absolute or ultimate thing of desire of a man’s fantasy world, conveying the tendency of human heart to reach out to the unreachable. Then as innocent one who discovers herself in the identity of “Kalakaar ki Kalakriti”(as in his poetic outlet) desirable and respectable probably for the first time when the poet chooses her as him muse (reflecting the otherwise neglected or rejected psyche of women). Then, in the image of the perennial healer to the surrounding marking, with her characteristic love and motherly instinct.
Through the abundance that nature is endowed with, reflection the spirit of womanhood as a care taker and giver the she is. At yet another place she is the “Van-Devi- the forest Goddess who is being appealed to, by man in the form of the tree that is about to die for it has being cut who pleads to be saved. So the metaphors work at multiple levels simultaneously. At one point she is nature herself, at another she is the spirit permeating it.
Expressing himself lyrically thought his poetry (at which is quite eloquent and prolific) which generally accompanies his paintings, they go hand in hand reverberating each other and adding on to the celebratory ambiance combined with on air of mystery. His used brilliant color is intense and compositions visually appealing.
His drawing combines simplistic forms with miniature realistic quality, and meticulous attention to detail and intricacy. At places numerous nude figures of men and a woman compiling the complexity of relationships, comprehensively covering varied feelings and phases of life, leaves you with a sense of curiosity to delve and shovel out the nuances of the narratives woven.
We hope that life and nature continue to inspire has being to churn out the best in him that he seems to be already at. He gets more time to spend with his passionate love: his art that he undeniably deserves.
