Miniature Painting

Swaminathan’s abstractionist vocabulary evolved out of his vigorous engagement with various intellectual and ideological strands, via political activism, journalism, living with the tribals, and even a tryst with tantra. His abstract landscapes often carried realist depictions of geographical features such as trees and mountains—a series was also named thus—and in this oil too, he creates a ‘miniature’ version of a vast landscape featuring high peaks yonder, two mountain tops closer to the vision, and even a moon setting in the valley.