[Assam] Tridib Dutta's Paintings

[Chan Mahanta]

Dear Netters:


I have up-loaded a couple of paintings of the budding Oxomiya artist 
from Tinsukia, Tridib Dutta, to Flickr;

Please look up http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmahanta-stl/


In one of my recent visits to Assam I was going to look Tridib up. 
But I fell sick at Dibrugarh  and was stuck there due to a Bondho 
:-).  However Tridib came by and looked me up and I purchased the two 
paintings from him.

Tridib interprets the lovely, peaceful  Assamese rural homestead 
settings that are fast disappearing, in a realistic  style. He works 
mostly with both oil on canvas and water-color. He also does charcoal 
and pencil pieces. Tridib told me he is a self-taught artist and is 
continuing to work on his techniques, doing art full-time.

Since art is not something with which one can make a living easily, 
unless people support them by patronizing their creations, many never 
get to realize their creative potentials.

I was struck by the simplicity of Trdib's technique with which he 
interprets a lifestyle that so many of us hold dear but which is 
about to vanish,  like so much of our past , without a record, 
without any reminders. Thus, I found Tridib's efforts  extremely 
worthwhile.

May I request my fellow men to purchase his work and give him the 
support he deserves, so that he can become a truly Oxomiya artist of 
stature and contribute to our culture in an area that has so little 
to show for?

Tridib can be contacted at:   Tridib Dutta <tridibsart at yahoo.com>.

His website is: 
http://in.artmajeur.com/?go=user_pages/display_all&login=tridibsart

Best.

cm