Baibhab Bose

I didn’t realize it at the time, but my journey began in the quiet, lonely darkness. My mind was a blank slate, clouded by melancholy and solitude. I was searching, uncertain, but somewhere within me, I believed there was hope. Even if the light w...

I didn’t realize it at the time, but my journey began in the quiet, lonely darkness. My mind was a blank slate, clouded by melancholy and solitude. I was searching, uncertain, but somewhere within me, I believed there was hope. Even if the light was far away, it was still there. I began to think about life—how we all claim to seek the light but often dance in the shadows. We deny our darkness, but it's there. I felt a fire, a desire to speak, but not with words. That’s when I turned to Abstract Expressionism. It gave me the freedom to explore without boundaries, to let others see what they choose in the colors I laid down. No forms. No strict meanings. Just shades that could shift between love and anger, hope and despair. The work that poured out of me was about balance. Light and dark. Stay in the dark too long, and it consumes you. But live in the light without restraint, and it blinds you. My paintings became an unspoken dialogue about the void, the places we avoid exploring because we’re too afraid of what we’ll find. I wasn’t painting forms; I was painting emotions. Not just mine, but whatever emotions the viewer needed to feel. I’ve found balance in this form. But I know balance is fragile. And the truth is, I welcome the chaos, the void, and the dark. That’s where the next journey will begin.