Sydney Australia, 
Feb 8 2011 - She has been selling her work for a long time now, but calligraphist painter Kamaljeet Kaur has brought them to Ludhiana for the first time. An exhibition of her creations titled, Aneeq, opened at Gallery Artmosphere here on Monday.
The exhibition was inaugurated by Qila Raipur Jassi Khangura.
Talking about her work, Kamaljeet says: “I took to calligraphy in Punjabi because not many people were doing this. Writing from Gurbani gives me peace and happiness which I want to spread and share with others through my work.”
Kamaljeet has used her skill and art to decorate canvasses, lamps, cups. “Many other things can be done too, but as this is my first exhibition in the city, I did not want to create a clutter,” she says. The artist has been painting T-shirts, kurtas and other items, too, but only on demand.
“I paint Gurbani for I am a Sikh. Gurbani comes easy to me though I learnt reading Guru Granth Sahib in Gurmukhi much later in life. But I don’t stick to verses only. I have painted hymns and even abstract,” says the painter.
About the art of calligraphy, the artist says: “The Chinese and Japanese are experts in this art. Urdu calligraphy is common but I had not come across much of Punjabi calligraphy and hence thought of developing this style, though I love to do water, oil and abstract paintings too.”
Kamaljeet calls her pieces a work of meditation. “It is not a skill that can just be applied at any time. The words, the strokes flow through me and only then can I pick up the brush. Such a work then comes through as something that gives peace to the viewer,” she says.
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Kamaljeet’s calligraphy is like a beautiful piece of poem.With her brush she creates strokes-rhythmic,spontaneous and smooth. The brush in her hand is like a well loved musical instrument, played endlessly. With it she creates music for the eyes. A music, when scripted with gurbani surely touches the soul. Her each piece is an exclusive artwork. Every letter is a visual ragmaala, unfolding to the viewer many moods, emotions and varied facets of life. Kamaljeet has a natural flair for English and Hindi calligraphy but it is Punjabi gurbani calligraphy in which she has excelled. Guru Granth Sahib is her inspiration and strength. No wonder, working with the holy text, she feels is like worship for her. Though Kamaljeet Kaur is a post graduate in Clothing & Textiles, yet the art in water colors has fascinated her. The transparency and softness of this medium reflects her soul. In her creative journey she has excelled in water colors, crayons, acrylics and calligraphy. Through self instruction and research she has achieved a near perfection in her work, but she says she has a long way to go……………….the journey has just begun |
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