By Muhammad Shoaib
According to Pablo Picasso, a Spanish painter, Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. The celebrated painter perhaps referred to a diary of dreams, that how one sees the world with one’s imagination and how Nature, colours and flowers impact the visualization of an artist. Every artist has its own vision and way to look at the world and the abundant beauty this world is blessed with.
Amera Rashid, a Lahore based, self taught artiste, who started romancing with brush and paints at the tender age of 10 is also one such soul who looks at the world with her own vision and enriches her canvas with vibrant colours, flowers exploring the liveliness of Mother Nature. She is a versatile visual artist having a fantastic grip on all mediums be it Oil, Watercolour, Acrylic, Fabric, Stain Glass or Mosaic. Though Ms Rashid is a self taught artist however, she had a knack for visual art right from her childhood that is why she did FA in Fine Arts from CB College, Rawalpindi and later did BA Honors in Textile Designing from Peshawar University back in 1984. Since she was a bright student right from her school days she did her Matriculation while securing third position in the Federal Board Exams.
The artist says about her work “Painting is something that always relaxes me, it’s my self -expression focusing on painting allows me to relax and let go of all the problems and demands that may have led to stress. When I create my artworks I go with the flow of colours. You see, every artist wants to make work that people care about. That’s why I put my best in my artworks to make them vibrant, colorful and close to the soul whispers”.
Amera Rashid is of the view that young and upcoming artists are more into abstracts; they are not putting the kind of efforts which are needed to follow some single niche. Vibrant colours bring a rainbow of springs such colors are bright, energetic and bubbly that enhance the personality of a room.
Sharing her feelings about how passionate she is towards visual art Amera Rashid said “ I am so in love with visual art and so infatuated with it that during Covid days ,I produced some 100 or so paintings out of which a big chunk was sold out”. The artist does not put on display physical exhibitions of her artworks however one can find her enriching, dreamy collection of artworks online as her works can be seen on her face book page, titled‘ Paintings by Amera Rashid’ and on Instagram under the heading, ‘ Paintings by Amo’. Her artwork details are available online. The minimum and maximum sale price of her different artworks ranges between Rs 20,000 to 80,000, quite affordable, not only to augment the attractiveness of gorgeous hospitality settings such as restaurants and hotels but also for the drawing rooms to fill happiness and positive energy into the atmosphere.
