Category: Art
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The Truth about ‘Still Life’ Painting
“Don’t only practice your art, But force your way into its secrets, For it and knowledge can Raise human to the Divine” -Ludwig van Beethoven In a world of Instagram filters, Photoshop and DSLRs, one might question, what is the point of Still Life painting anymore. The genre that, in definition, tries to create on…
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Of Colour, Minutiae & Madhubani
In my last post I had briefly described how the brilliant art centre at Sahyadri School enabled me to explore various art techniques from around the globe. But as I was putting together and cataloguing my work for this piece, I realized that my connection with artistic expression stems from a time much earlier than…
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The Buddha Theme
I was an artist before I became an engineer. This was possible because of the brilliant art centre set up at Sahyadri School where I had the opportunity to explore several artistic cultures and techniques. In my 2nd year of this exploration, I found myself very inspired by Asian art revolving around the Buddha. Having…