Milburn Cherian

Cherian says that she learnt art from reading a lot of books and going through reproductions of several famous painters. There is a certain sadistic element in most of her works. Floating twisted torsos, with heart torn apart, dominate the canvas. She also has painted ghost like creatures floating through air as if they were floating on water. "Distorting the human body helps me to convey the pain and wretchedness of modern life around us. But I do not think of any particular issue when I am painting. My work is very spontaneous and these patterns come easily to my mind," she says.Salvador Dali, master of Surrealism, Heironymous Bosch and the German Romantic Caspar David Fredrich have influenced her style. Although Cherian takes inspiration from nature, and reality, on canvas you find only an interpretation of that reality. While in her initial paintings she tended to use softer colors, almost pastels in fact, she switched to earthy colors and even chrome, browns and mauves later on. Milburn Cherian has held more than 20 exhibitions in India, Germany and UK.