Prema Murthy

FULL CIRCLE

Paintings and Drawings

2019 - ongoing

FULL CIRCLE is a series of works that synthesize drawing and painting on a single surface. A repetition of form and gesture is conveyed in the juxtaposition of hand drawn graphite lines of varying width and texture with the geometry of a single circle. Quiet yet bold, the work strikes a balance between minimalist form and expressionistic gesture. Reminiscent of electrons swirling around an atom’s nucleus, planets orbiting the sun, the seasons of life and death, a divine life-force - the circles fill the square-shaped canvas with a sense of time, space, movement and stillness simultaneously.

FULL CIRCLE is an ongoing project of drawings and paintings I started during the pandemic. Created during times of transition, endings, and new beginnings, they mark the cycles of endless transformation.