Akkitham Narayanan’s paintings are geometric configurations of abstract forms. With a predisposition towards the purity of geometry, he creates a fusion of Indian tantrik art and the European geometric art.

According to the artist, geometry comes from earth, a form of universal system, where everything appears simple and straight and therefore, rigid. But if we were to look at it in subjective manner, the perspective would change. Akkitham Narayanan’s creations are abstract in character, reflecting a deeper understanding of the nature and its varied colors and moods. The forms and colors that come repeatedly in his works remind the viewer of the chanting of a hymn, reverberating with the essence of life spirit.

Born in Kerala, Akkhitam Narayanan studied art at the Madras College of Art and Craft, where under the tutelage of the noted painter K.C.S.Panicker his art philosophy was truly shaped. Observing his adoption of many a religious symbolism into the scheme of his pictorial language, he realized the limitation and possibilities of the intended 'indigenous art lingua'. Recognizing the fact that the palpable religious symbolism could degenerate into another convention, which could help the proliferation of 'ritualism' in art, the artist consciously chose a path where the religious symbolism could demystify itself and become a part of the high-modern abstract language that defied regional and ritualistic boundaries.