Arunan’s Farm with cows (revisited)

Arunan Dharmalingam, Arunan’s Farm with cows (revisited), 2025, Digital drawing, 605mm x 775mm

Arunan’s digital drawings of lively farm scenes are a strong insight into Arunan’s world as an artist living with Autism and celebrate his fondness for nature, animals and agriculture. His energetic compositions, which he lovingly draws and re-draws with careful detail, tell us a story. Usually starting with a grey horse and rhino at the centre, the farm scenes span outwards, filling the coloured space with a whole range of animal activity,  jostling and interacting together. The banana tree provides shade for the animals as they eat its fruit; the chickens lay their eggs, birds fly in the sky. Arunan has revisited this particular farm scene, adding in the blue sky, clouds and fresh green grass for the animals to enjoy.