panaji the countryside provided numerous picture perfect moments of scenic sunsets and green meadows that characterized the soul of goa in an effort to bring to life those memories and highlight the need to preserve and conserve our green spaces and traditional occupations and hobbies two goan artists jerson antao and inacio alvares have come together for an exhibition of paintings on nature and the simple people of goa that enjoy its serenity alvares paintings of a toddy tapper on a coconut tree or a coconut plucker taking off on his bicycle with his hardearned bounty or the popular sight of two kids racing their wornout tyres down the street with a stick are sure to leave the viewer reminiscing about a bygone era today goans hardly engage in these occupations and this series of paintings is a tribute to these forgotten craftsmen who lived a simply yet content life says 41yearold alvares whose sketch of a lady carrying a pot of kanji rice gruel to the fields will make the older folk nostalgic of the days gone by candolimbased alvares who originally hails from nuvem has been painting for the last 19 years since his first exhibition in 2009 alvares has had clients from both india and abroad alvares and antao who hails from cansaulim were classmates at milus art institute fatorda run by milagres pereira i have tried to showcase paintings that uncover the love and beauty of nature by focusing on natural landscapes with the use of water colours its a dream come true to have my first ever exhibition and i hope to have many more in the future says 38yearold antao whose paintings titled nature as it is are bound to rekindle the viewers love for nature paintings of sheep grazing on the hilltops a sailor on the horizon during twilight and the colourful butterflies in the garden are a treat to the viewers eye some pieces at the exhibition have been purchased by art lovers the exhibition will be on until december 16 from 930am to 730pm at entertainment society of goa panaji