This exhibition is a kaleidoscope of colour and shapes, a vast spread, a panorama of ‘scapes – city, land, mind, man-made as well as ‘scapes of remnants of nature that have survived man’s depredation. They are all there for you to view, to savour and to revisit in your mind. Let loose, if you will, your imagination. Let your mind absorb the myriad ideas, expressions, passions, sorrows and ecstasies that fill the artists’ to bring forth these artscapes.

Bhaskar Rao’s trees personify nature’s ability to persist through all man’s depredations. The tree has colour, form and most of all the strength to endure. Juxtapose it with manmade structures. See the myriad colours and the promise of rejuvenation. Clearly we see where his heart lies.

Gurudas Shenoy’s cityscapes and landscapes, built around vertical and horizontal lines, are brought to life by the colours which also create the mood of the paintings – be it the searing hot sun on the ruins of Hampi showing beauty in devastation, the smoky reds and yellows depicting his European studio series or the mossy greens and earthy browns of his hometown in verdant Udipi.

Mimi Radhakrishnan, a story teller, brings us simple tales of simple people, all in a peaceful rural ‘scape. Her paintings are usually created within a frame or border of intricate print like motifs that complements the heart of her work. The backdrop of these narrative artworks are usually peaceful, lyrical and almost dream-like landscapes be it mountains, forests, lakes or verdant gardens.

Nupur Kundu’s paintings are a burst of colour in what she terms palettescapes. Her art, emotive more than perhaps any other genre, gives forth a picture of joyful exuberance. She renders nature and landscapes through organic motifs and repetitive brushstrokes with a layering of impasto paint.

Harshavardhana’s intrinsic mindscapes and his heavily layered background of geometric symbols are derived from his interest in tribal lore. They seem to have been wrenched piecemeal from within himself and placed, not haphazardly as may initially seem, but in a symmetry that needs to be pondered over.

Shuvaprasanna is the archetypal Calcuttan as are his cityscapes, which depict emotions of irony as well as empathy. One painting depicts dark gloom of a dying city, desolate, a lowering threatening sky with just 2 crows inhabiting it. The other works are of an obviously bustling city, full of life and optimism, bright blue skies, fluffy clouds, generating a sense of cheer.

Vinita Karim’s art is influenced by her global nomadic life and dominated by a sky that creates the mood for her paintings. But each one is a vibrant cityscape, with water bodies such as rivers, lakes and floating boats painted in her distinctive bejewelled colour palette of gold, red and blue that is a mix of the real and the imagined.

This is all there for you to view in this online exhibition Artscapes.