Beyond the Karnaphuli River-123

Beyond the Karnaphuli River – 123 captures the vibrant landscape surrounding the Karnaphuli River estuary in Chattogram, where rolling hills, open skies, and distant waterways create one of the region’s most distinctive natural environments.

Painted with transparent watercolour washes, the work celebrates the changing qualities of light across the hillsides. Layers of luminous greens, soft violet clouds, and distant blue horizons create a landscape that feels both expansive and intimate. Rather than recording every detail of the terrain, the painting focuses on atmosphere, rhythm, and the fleeting beauty of changing weather.

This landscape belongs to an area that has shaped Abu Naser Robii’s artistic practice for many years. Located close to his birthplace, the Karnaphuli estuary and the surrounding Deyang hills have remained a continual source of observation and inspiration since his student days. The painting reflects not only the beauty of the place itself but also the artist’s enduring relationship with its landscape.