Paintings by four young talents  are on display in Siddhartha Art Gallery, Babar Mahal starting today. Erina Tamrakar’s paintings are expressions of the female form in which she finds a wealth of mystery and passion. She seeks to reveal their emotions on canvas and thereby partake in their dreams.

Sarita Dangol’s love for nature is exhibited by her focus on forests. She draws her inspiration from the sun soaked greenery, overhanging tree branches, leaves and roots with deep shadows. Her paintings are sans people.

Binod Pradhan paints beyond landscapes. He portrays the feelings that impact on him when he sees the lanes, medieval houses and the street temples through the language of colours. His paintings border on the surreal.

Pradip K. Bajracharya love for people and events express themselves vividly on the canvas. He says he often includes himself as a part of his subjects while painting the festive themes. He enjoys adding on details of their expressions and aspects of their daily lives. The very fact that an acrylic on canvas painting by of a street festival sold out on a pre-view day speaks for Pradip’s talent.

Mediums used are oil on canvas, mixed media on paper and acrylic on canvas. The prices range from Rs.6000- Rs.15000. The exhibition by the Kasthamandap Group, founded by the late artist Prashanta Shrestha will remain open till 3 Jan 2000. Gallery hours- Sunday through Friday- 11am to 6 pm.