My works are not intended to communicate a particular message to the viewer. They are the result of an intense and sustained visual dialogue with my media. The experience of creation of the works is distinct from that of a beholder who sees and visualizes them. The experience of the beholder may be enhanced by a similar sustained visual dialogue with the works rather than seeking the 'meaning' by some verbal explanation from me. Both the experiences are distinct and can be satisfying in myriad and manifold ways. The beholder should attempt to find what they mean to him or her rather than wanting to know what they meant to me while in the process of creation. There may be some recognisable geometric forms which are mere signs and not symbols. The works maybe considered as ideations of colour, form space and dimension.

The quotations here are those of my father, the Late painter Shri J. Swaminathan as expressed in a collection: "Form, Language, Time - some straight thoughts."

By S.Harsha Vardhana