sheetal gattani

New works
6 - 29 October 2005

Sheetal Gattani is a pure abstractionist. Her process is a search for resonance in light, colour, lines and textures. Appearing much like wind weathered walls or stone surfaces her paintings have no distinct beginnings or ends.

She starts with black, working in several layers of watercolor, a colour each day. For Sheetal, that the viewer is able to see the numerous applications of pigment is more important than achieving a specific form or figure.

Sheetal's struggle lies in the process of reconditioning and freeing herself of past preoccupation. Once that happens, the painting materializes.

Showing in Bombay after a span of 4 years (having exhibited with Gallery Chemould previously as well) one sees the shift in her work in terms pallet and format - her colours have brightened and her scale has increased.