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Artist Statement -



I have been born & brought up in a village.
The artist in me took shape in rural surroundings.
Many sacraments of village are imbibed on my mind.
I observed many changes taking place in villages.
The impressions are still fresh in my mind.
The smell of the soil enthralls me.
Like nature, the innocent, tranquil & straight
Forward rustics appear natural.
They are one with nature.
They never appear to me different.
To interpret their oneness with nature.
I selected the common man from the common village.
This common man is the central and golden point in my painting.
This common is so one with nature that I only sees the outward appearance of him.


Many colors are visible in the village.
However I specially see the red color.
I am impressed by tiles of the houses; walls, red dust spreading in the atmosphere, gray, mossy and white soiled walls.
Nestled among the small hills and mounds, the scattered village houses catch my attention.
The shape emanating from these houses imbibe on my mind.
The sparking light on water during moonlight night, the dark of in the morning & in the evening create mystery. Such sights hide deep into the inner mind, which I never notice.
When I try to represent this sight, I do not notice when they appear in my painting.
As music in the poetry of sound, so also painting is the poetry of sight.
For me painting is the music of my mind.
Many impressions of the sights are spontaneous.
I capture the tone, color, form, line, texture and space.
With this starts my journey of painting.

Artist Exhibitions



SOLO EXIBITIONS:
Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (2002)
Rotary Club of Peth Vadgaon, Dist. Kolhapur (1996&2001)
Ramkrishna Mission, Khar, Mumbai (1984)
Kalapuspa ,Sangali (2007) Gundharv Resort, Top- Kolhapur
GROUP EXIBITION:
Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (2004) (Joint)
Nehru Centre Art Gallery, Mumbai (1997) (Joint)
Gulmohar Art Gallery, Kolhapur (1997) (Joint)
Sun-et-Lumiere Art Gallery, Colaba, Mumbai (1996) (Five Artists)
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Artist Collections



COLLECTIONS:
Dr.J.J.Bhabha(Mumbai),Peter (Stolzenberg, Mumbai),I.D.B.I. Colaba (Mumbai), Giles Khan, Saket Kanoria ,Twenty fist century printing press , K.K.Singhania (Mumbai),
Neil Davenport (N.Y.USA), Stefan Block and Mr. Amit Mehata (N.Y. USA),
Earl G. Stokes (California USA), Dr.Cathleen Cavanaugh (Ireland),
Mazhar Husen (London UK), Gamma De La Pena (Marvid, Spain),
Kalaviswa Musium (Sangli), Dr. Pravin Hendre & Raghuji Thorat (Kolhapur), any personal collections in India & abroad.
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