Speaking about his own work, Fokhrul says, "I'm not trying to prove my skill but am expressing my feelings, emotions and love in the simplest of ways. You cannot measure love or affection so I cannot pass judgement on my work. If my work touches your heart even in the slightest of way, it shall be my gain."

There is no fixed time for his work, Fokhrul says. "I have my moods and drives and follow them, whatever the time of the day. I work with press ink, mustard oil and soya bean oil on paper. I like black and white because they surpass all colours and express my feelings of nostalgia and memories in the least complicated way. I've brought in landscapes with broken houses, crumbling old walls, windows, arches and pillars. When I toured Italy and India, I saw a lot of remnants of old, decaying and crumbling buildings that spoke of the past civilizations and I tried to capture them in my lines, curves, dashes and swirls. I have brought in temples, churches, houses and halls that are crumbling and speak of a glorious past.

"When I deal with the ball and the plank of wood I show life when it is in balance and out of balance. My work also reflects the tensions in life and nature. It also symbolises the tension in everyday socio-economic life. The moon is seen behind other images such as circular lines." Thus Fokhrul has dealt with everyday nature's beauty too, in the simple black and beige strokes. Similarly, he has brought in trees with their leaves and branches in a new compelling way of dots and dashes.

In "Image-3", oil on paper, we see a massive cluster of trees with their tall slim trunks and hundreds of leaves done in beige and black. In front are the dark, restful shadows. The same subject is brought in "Image-4", oil on paper, only it has the leaves falling in front as well as gathering in clouds, scattered on a bright, clear sky at the back. Interlacing sweeps of black lend depth to the creation. "Image-9" has houses and trees, nestling into one another, the houses seen in sweeps of delicate lines and the trees being covered with splashed black dots. The sky above is clear and sets off the subject as do the gray sweeps in the forefront.

"Image-1", oil on paper bring in a dotted disk seen in swirls of black and gray with delicate tracing of lines going through. His other works bring in forms that we see on the barks of trees and in dried pods of seeds, once again in black, yellow and white. "Images 7 and 8" bring in layers and sweeps of black, white, beige and gold as one might see in the interiors of rain forest.

Fokhrul has studied for two years in Beijing, China, and has studied under various foreign visiting teachers in Dhaka like Sussan Benton from USA, Adreana Hernandez from Denmark and H Gercke from Germany. He has exhibited in Japan and India and has an award from Goho, Japan.