Gender roles, Nature, society, self, metaphysical considerations and even COVID-19 are depicted. The present is a peek into how while some artists discover new ways of expression and expressing, there may be another set which is discovering its artistic vocabulary with out inhibitions. At the outset Bindhi confesses she has not been able to get a variety of the works she would have favored to showcase similar to originals of the late TK Padmini’s ‘Nilavu’ and ‘Pattam Parathunna Penkutty’. They are hesitant to offer the paintings for present since they might get broken if not handled with care. Likewise followers of Sajitha Shankar’s works too may be dissatisfied as they must make do with diminutive [the artist’s paintings span more than a few feet] prints of her paintings.
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