Enakkhi Saha Roy, Ishrat Parveen Leena, and Ranjana Sayeed — a trio of visual artists driven by their love and passion for visual arts — are practicing artists whose second group exhibition, titled "Bindu", is being hosted at Bhumi Art Gallery in Lalmatia. The inauguration event of the art exhibition took place on December 20, where painter Professor Emeritus Rafiqun Nabi graced the event as the chief guest. The exhibition was underway after the inaugural event consisting of performances of musicians from various genres.

Enakkhi Saha Roy grew up in a family inclined towards artistic practices and learned vocal music. But doodling and drawing are something that her fingers have always coveted. She earned a degree in Marketing from the University of Dhaka. After spending decades on her music, taking her child to an art school rekindled her passion for visual arts. She eventually got admission at Nandan Art School owned by prominent artist Swapan Chowdhury. Since then, she has emerged fully into art and music. 

Enakkhi loves abstract and semi-abstract artistic expressions. She also makes use of textures in her paintings, which gives sensory satisfaction to both the artist and viewers. Her paintings have a wide range of blue hues in marvelous harmony. She prefers her paintings to have a rustic appearance. In my opinion, the painting of a yellow door on a blue wall is the most beautiful work of hers.

Ishrat Parveen Leena, also trained in vocal music has loved to draw since her childhood days but had to choose to study law over fine arts. But she has run a boutique as a way to express her love of art. Like Enakkhi, she also decided to join Nandan Art School, when taking her child there.

Leena loves realistic art and she is infatuated with old buildings and ruins. Her pieces mostly feature interesting angles of old buildings that are often ignored by visitors. They have intriguing architectural details that create clever plays of deep and light shades. Birds chirping on broken windows on walls that are cracked by trees, railings, roofs, balconies, arches, and more components become alive through her paintings. All of her architectural paintings, including parts of our National Parliament Building look equally beautiful. She has dabbled in vibrant still lives and abstract paintings too. 

Ranjana Sayeed is an associate professor of Political Science at Badrunnesa College. Her interest in art was sparked by various types of books on art, especially European art that her father brought when she was young. While growing up, her school also emphasised art classes and her art teacher inspired her to a great extent. The artist believes that her higher education and various life events caused the slight delay in her eventually finding a way into the world of visual arts, also through Swapan Chowdhury's academy.

Ranjana works mostly with pen and paper. Her drawings are unique and thought-provoking. They can be abstract, symbolic, or semi-abstract, but her artworks can portray emotions or a particular state of life. Her strokes vary in depth and can have a hierarchy in volume. A painting of a long-haired woman with clouds is the one I found the most beautiful among her works. There are some still-life works as well. The artist has produced relief works and sculptures out of wood and clay which she carved with her own hands using chisel and other tools.

All the artists' artworks have the ability to leave their spectators in much awe. The exhibition "Bindu" proves that art does not require a degree, rather, it is a matter of one's imagination, practice, dedication, and courageous execution. 

Bhumi Art Gallery will run this open-for-all exhibition till December 26. Moreover, A small vocal music programme will take place every evening at 7pm.