Nitin’s inspiration for his paintings is children from all socioeconomic backgrounds. He is concerned with child characters that are acquainted with the harsh truths of the world too soon in their lives. Nitin shows two sides of the child’s personality – one being carefree and cheerful and the other being broken down and hopeless. He does this by painting on masks onto the children and uses highly contrasting colours creating a sense of excitement and drama in his paintings. The bright hues of colours like electric blue, viridian green, scarlet, and chrome yellow, are ...