Badrunnisa Irfan is no stranger to Sublime and this is her second showing at the galleria after her successful debut a few months ago. The selection of paintings on display this time round impresses one once again with its unvarnished honesty and direct appeal.
Badrunnisa says she usually sits in her garden and paints. Immersing herself thus in the beauty of creation inspires her brush with renewed vigour. She is also an animal lover with the horse being a particular favourite, which will explain the equine themes that run through many of her paintings. her creative horizon is quite colossal by following the path of the Romanticists and exploring heroic themes that touch upon the glory of war as reflected in
the manly soldier and the raw virility of the ocean as manifest in the dashing buccaneer.
Another debt she acknowledges is to her mother, from whom she says she inherited her artistic talent and her perfectionist attitude. The latter is manifestly evident in the remarkably minute attention to detail that distinguishes her work, though she is the first to admit that nothing on her canvas can compare to the real glory of God’s work.
Badrunnisa’s art is thus an expression of humility and a recognition of the immanence of the divine to which all creation is subservient and indebted.