Haren Thakur is a very much sensitive Artist. His expression though alien in technique are appealing with their melancholy note, the dull and cool colours creating an atmosphere of sadness with elongated figures make the painting worthwhile we should say, because the Artist very much successfully has given vent to his emotion…

Artist Haren Thakur attracts attention by the picturesque quality of his work although his work has a realistic overlay. Haren's painting 'in action' is a bundle of energy expressed through the stance of a horned animal…

Haren Thakur makes use of the texture of the handmade paper base which complements pale colour block, quaint child art figures barbed wire outline simple cutout shapes are the elements that add to the wry, light hearted fantasy images of the artist…

The Best work of Haren's are the primitive looking drawing with a thought process that is far from primitive, for example his 'EARTH' is round but an ongoing stream of life cutting across it reminding one that time is linear and won't came back even it one wants it too. In his latest works Haren follows the conventions of prehistoric and primitive. The linear and ornamental elements in his work do have some primitive vitality…..

Harens Paintings have been done in the collage style. In his paintings he uses a combination of rice paper (Nepali paper) and paint, cleverly blending them to create a collage effect and to give the painting a sculptural quality. The serenity and cool nature of their habitat in Shantiniketan its influences on their work are predominant. Like many other Artists they have also chosen to look to the country side and simple folk for inspiration for their Art…

Haren Thakur's mother goat is a competent study of the animal form, placed as it is against an imaginative setting of abstractly designed horizontal and vertical planes. Though well executed…

Haren has been experimenting in different media and materials to suit his changing vision and language of plastic arts. From the thickly pigmented untitled abstraction Haren has made a long trek to the naive idioms of traditional folk paintings in the region, which he has revitalized in the 'cat and fish' and 'summer'. In this we find not the city dwellers condescending admiration for the folk form, but a fresh look at the folk aesthetics in terms of minimal lines and painted areas. In one of them the Artist has introduced an element of humor that is derived from centuries old folklores…

Haren's collages are constructed with the help of Nepali Rice paper with a hint of wash and ink in a highly controlled and economical manner which attracts one's attention immediately ....