Even when a boy, Amiyabhushan loved to draw and paint. At the age of eighteen his painting entered into a competition in Kurigram and won the first prize. In 1978, maybe in 1977, the urge to paint became strong. As he himself explained, "I paint when I don't feel like writing. Any idea of exhibiting these has never crossed my mind. The canvas catches paint as the brush moves, and I feel that the hundred-petal lotus in the brain is exuding nectar."