Birds are his favourite subjects as they are the inmates at his garden house in Thiruvananthapuram.This is the 18th solo art show of this former English teacher, but George’s first love is not painting, but craft. This is the 18th solo art show of this former English teacher, but George’s first love is not painting, but craft.Once brush has been put on paper, no correction is possible and many works are completed in a single stroke. Last January, through the exhibition Aum, I attempted to portray meditation on canvas. As more water is being used, soft subjects are preferred; all the 40 exhibits make it evident. Less paint and more water is the slogan of Chinese brush painting techniques,” he China APET sheet manufacturers says. The five-day painting exhibition Peony that began at Kozhikode Art Gallery on Saturday, has on display Georges works done using Chinese brush painting techniques. The paintings depict birds, a hanging grape, rabbit, so on. The sexagenarian, however, can’t work on a schedule or deadline; he completely goes by his intuition.”He also imparts painting and craft classes at his home.Sixty-three-year old George Fernandez’s paintings sport a feather-like softness, much like him. He had made umpteen craft works using multi-colour paper. Interestingly, he learned of the art through reading, but tweaked it a bit by replacing the expensive long Chinese brush with Indian brush on acrylic.Artist George Fernandez’s exhibition Peony has on display his works done using Chinese brush painting techniques on acrylic. I experimented on acrylic.“I always experiment and come up with something new. In 2014, I held an exhibition RAW n Thiruvananthapuram where I displayed art works done using the paint I had made from various leaves and sand.“No sketching is done as it is mostly executed on paper and canvas.

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