http://www.keralamurals.com Dedicated to the saga of Suresh Muthukulam, the young mural artist who expanded the rich opulence of many century old Kerala mural paintings tradition from temple, church and royal courtyard walls to novel and wider canvasses. en-us http://www.keralamurals.com/mural-paintings/suresh-muthukulam.htm Suresh Muthukulam, the young mural artist who expanded the rich opulence of many century old Kerala mural paintings tradition from temple, church and royal courtyard walls to novel and wider canvasses. S.Suresh Kumar, popularly known as artist Suresh Muthukulam, was born in 1971 in a Central Travancore hamlet Muthukulam in the Alappuzha district. Born as the sixth child to K.Sukumaran and Pulamaja, he was the youngest in the family. http://www.keralamurals.com/mural-paintings/suresh-muthukulam-masterstrokes.htm The mural painting on Indian freedom struggle with Mahatma Gandhi as the central theme created by Suresh Muthukulam and his team at Aaranmula Vaasthu Vidya Gurukulam during 2001 for the Gandhi Smrithi Darshan mural art gallery in Rajghat New Delhi, is one of the finest creations in murals to immortalize the Indian history and its culture. This epic initiative was part of the year long celebrations of Indias 50 years of independence. Suresh and his team recreated eight important moments from the life of the father of nation, and brought to life Indias freedom struggle in the mural art form.The dry fresco with a life of over 2000 years is the perfect medium to immortalize the vision of Gandhi. We did not portray as such from available photographs. We used our imagination and logical additions to recreate the scenes observes Suresh. http://www.keralamurals.com/mural-paintings/making-of-the-artist.htm After schooling, he joined a painting school in Haripad and fine tuned his skills at a painting school in Mavelikara. On successful completion of these courses, he joined a five year degree course Kerala tradition in murals, an innovative Gurukula tradition course initiated by the Guruvayur Devaswom. There he was fortunate to be tutored under late Mammiyoor Krishnankutty Nair, a stalwart with in-depth knowledge and creativity related to the art of Kerala mural creations. http://www.keralamurals.com/mural-paintings/art-gallery.htm Mesmerized by the village life and its environment, its splendor and nature, the artist within young Suresh bloomed painting the scenes of his native village, as reflected in his paintings during early school days. No wonder, young Suresh won numerous awards in school and local paining competitions. Fortunately for him, some of his teachers nurtured his talents and egged him to learn the intricacies of colour mixing and painting techniques. Suresh also researched the oil paintings of the masters and some western painters to learn more about the medium.