It was throughout the preliminary days of covid lockdown in 2020 {that a} photograph of prawns appeared on artist Sudhi Peepiy’s WhatsApp. “The picture was despatched by a fish vendor after his enterprise went on-line. I discovered the picture attention-grabbing and saved it for later. Nevertheless, I forgot about it until I discovered it once more in 2022,” says the 40-year-old from Chettuva, Thrissur.
Sudhi used this picture as a reference to create a watercolour work referred to as ‘The Prawns’ which gained him third prize in an international competitors organised by the International Watercolour Society (IWS) in Spain.
IWS is a world platform for artwork and has a presence in round 100 international locations. “They conduct exhibitions and competitions in numerous international locations yearly. There have been 256 artists from round 40 international locations this 12 months,” he says.
The award ceremony was organised in Spain final week. “I couldn’t attend the perform, however fellow artists texted me in regards to the victory. Two days later, I received a mail from the organisation confirming the information. The worth features a money worth of 500 Euro,” he says.
Sudhi works as an artwork instructor at Sir Syed English Faculty, Pavaratty, and has been working with watercolours for one decade. He focuses on sensible painting.
“Realism is a way that may be loved by everybody. I imagine that artwork ought to be pleasurable for the lots. It isn’t straightforward to attain this impact in watercolour and may take years of apply,” he explains.
Sudhi works from his dwelling studio and paints at night time. “My work as a instructor retains me busy throughout the day. It took me three days to complete the award-winning painting,” he says.
In 2021, his work titled The Onions additionally obtained an honorary point out from the International Watercolor Society in Argentina and a Model award on the International Watercolor Society India Biennale 2022. “Such recognitions are an enormous enhance to any artist. Awards assist enhance the market worth of the artists. I’m grateful for this.”
Sudhi has participated in a number of exhibitions the world over. His works are exhibited in Turkey, Argentina, Nepal and Spain. In India, he has participated in exhibitions in Karnataka, Kerala and Delhi. “I’ve two new exhibitions organised by a bunch referred to as Moist Palette Watercolor Motion developing. I’m getting ready for that now.”