Anu Puri has an eye for pretty details

LUDHIANA: Impressed by the elegance and beauty of women and nature, Anu Puri loves to capture these on canvas. The 49-year-old says each of life’s journey has given her something to cherish. Celebrating these very images is an exhibition that Anu has put up in a club on Mall Road.
Wife of businessman Sanjeev Puri and mother of two, Anu started painting when she was pursuing the BA course from Khalsa College for Women in Civil Lines.“At that time, I loved painting for my friends and family. Later, I had to quit painting as I got married and had kids. In 1997, after a gap of 12 years, I picked up the brush again. Since then, I have made more than 50 oil paintings.”
People and nature are a source of inspiration for this artist. She says, “My work revolves around figure painting of women, men and children. I also like to paint nature, mostly flowers. The reason I am so captivated by them is that they are really pretty and teach us something about life.”
Anu says out of the 40 paintings displayed in the exhibition, 30 are figure works and 10 are nature pieces. “Though I love all my work, my favourite figure paintings displayed in the exhibition are ‘Passion’, ‘Lady Bird’ and ‘Dancing Diva’. The nature paintings close to my heart are ‘Lotus in a Pond’ and ‘Onset of Spring’,” she says.
Ruby Marjara, a homemaker of Sarabha Nagar, couldn’t help but remark while admiring Anu’s exhibition:, “She paints very well and her choice of subject and colours is also excellent.”