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How many years have you worked as an artist?
I have been interested in arts since I was a small child; have been painting for the past 15 years now. In high school, I was actively involved in various arts projects. After my school, I pursued a professional BVA degree from Govt. Art College in 2003. After getting myself formally trained in the field, I started exhibiting at various shows.
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Where is your studio?
Initially I worked from home but with the bigger canvas sizes that became a challenge, so I took a studio space at Rajgarh, India in 2008 , have been working there since then.
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What themes are you working on ?
I am currently focussing on citiscapes and finishing few a commissions. My inclination to experiment in new areas has made me move from one theme to another including village life, dreams, childhood, horse series etc. I have worked on Universal series.I am planning to get myself involved in something new and unique soon.
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What was the best advice given to you as an artist
It is very important to know about your motivation behind the art. Do you want to be a professional artist and earn a lot of money or you just want to paint for pleasure,(I don’t mean hobby).Knowing what you want is very important. I was advised by my Guru to never stop experimenting.
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Prefer to work with music or in silence?
I like fusion of two arts and so I like listening to music while painting. But most of the times I prefer devoting to one art at one time and prefer painting in silence from mid-night to sun rise.
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If you couldn’t be an artist, what would you do?
I cannot think myself in some other role. I think I had to be an artist. I feel that the art has a deeper connection inside me.Painting is my passion!
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Who are your favourite artist?
Artists I look upto are Bikash Bhattacharya and Ganesh Payn .
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What has been the most important influence in your art and what did u learn from that situation or person?
I have always been inspired by leaders like Neta ji Subhas Chandra Bose and have learnt about endurance and persistence from them. It is this quality that I try to imbibe during my work.
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How important is formal art training?
According to me training is very important and every artist should take formal training. I wish there were those old schools “Gurukul” for paintings. I have done Bachelor of Visual Art and the course has given me vast amount of knowledge.
I believe training is an important part of one’s life. It allows you to understand different perspectives about art and about life. When you start learning you start applying and when you start applying you start experimenting and when you start experimenting you start developing expressions that satisfy you.
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Any western artist you admire?
Work of artist from Canada and France has always delighted me. Their use of different themes and colors is very interesting.
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What medium do you use and why?
I prefer working with bold brushes; I think it reflects my personality. I am equally comfortable with Water colour and Acrylic
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