thiruvananthapuram the painting exhibition organized at russian cultural centre chronicles the artistic journeys of krishna janardhana and sreekala k v who have already established themselves in keralas arts sphere both painters are bitten by nostalgia and their works attest to thatthe exhibition of krishna janardhana is titled thurumbukal pookkunna idavazhikaliloode on the streets where rust blooms while that of sreekala k v is titled pazhaya veluppankalam old dawnkrishna janardhanas aham series which include the noted painting lotus pond that portrays the inner self of the artist as elements of a pond is attracting many visitors rhythm of december a rhapsody of blue yellow and pink is another painting that attracts visitors sreekala k v considers this as one of her best works the painting that portrays her dream house on a misty december dawn is a feast to the eyeskrishna janardhana a passionate traveller and assistant professor in fine arts at kmtc college of architecture kozhikode views art as artists engagement with society for him artistic freedom is utmost important for sreekala k v who is a dental surgeon of government dental college thiruvananthapuram art is a way of selfgratification i believe that painting is a flow from self to canvas canvas to colours and colours to rhythmic patterns it helps me to find myself from my childhood i admired colours a lot it relieves me from all tensions she said krishna janardhanas paintings are arranged in such a way that they unfold the artists 30 years journey in the art world aham series yaanam series aathmam series comes under the aathma kadha pusthakam section acrylic paintings oil paintings pen drawings and pencil shading etc by both artists are on display the exhibition which was inaugurated by kattoor narayana pillai former chairman of kerala lalithakala akademi will conclude on friday the gallery will be open tomorrow from 11am to 6pm