Landscape Exhibition - Giridhar Kulkarni

A landscape exhibition is going on at The Nehru Centre art gallery. Artist Giridhar Kulkarni from kolhapur is displaying his watercolors. Basically he is into music and he plays Tabla.
His love for nature led him to learn paintings. And he was lucky enough to study landscape painting under the guidance of Chandrakant Mandre in kolhapur.
Below is the news article.

India's got talent

Best of Worldwide Watercolour artist.
Doesn't the words speaks for itself. And imagine not one but two of our watercolour artist chosen for it. Yes, Artist Sachin Naik and Artist Rahul Deshpande from pune, have been selected for it. Two paintings of each of them would be printed among the best 100 watercolor artist from around the world in a book named ' Best of Worldwide Watermedia Artist'.
The book is published by Kennedy publications, America.

Below are the links for you all to see more of their works:
http://www.sachinnaik.com/
http://www.rahuldeshpandefineart.com/

And here is the news article, have a look.

Kamalakshare

Kamal shedge, a name I only knew by his previous book. Our college library had this book in its collection. But that was all, I didn't knew much of him.
This article give's us some idea of the enormous work he has been doing in the field of typography and calligraphy.
He has published a new book 'Kamalakshare' on his works.
Please read the article on him.

Sangli Art Museum

This one is a very good article about the Art Museum of Sangli. Some of you may not be knowing about this museum, like myself. Please read it and try to visit the museum, as it has some Art works which were created by the Great Masters of yesteryears.

Exhibitions at the Jehangir

A group and a solo exhibition is going on at the jehangir art gallery.
All the artists are from pune. Wellknown watercolour artist Milind Mulick is one of the group members. The group consists of artists working on different subjects and mediums.
Check out the show to see a diverse kind of work.

A new Genre in Watercolour Landscapes

Artist Sachin Naik has published his first book on Watercolour Landscapes. Seeing his book just makes me compare it to the various Gharanas or Genres which prevail in Indian music and other performing arts. Ofcourse in the art of painting, there is no such concept. I just wonder why only the painting field was left out of this system. But still I would say as in music, a certain kind of style or way of presenting/performing defines the Gharana. Students learn for years from their guru and take the tradition forward. Many students gradually develop to such heights that they create something new out of it. But the base is the same.

I think Artist Sachin Naik has created such a Genre in watercolour landscapes through his style and his book. His style of rendering landscapes would create that base which i am talking about.There was a big vaccum in terms of a good Indian book for guidance on the subject, which Sachin Naik has filled in. It would be of great help to art students who are passionate about painting landscapes. A detail study of this book would create such a strong base in them and then they can develop on their own. But still their work would have some kind of a virtual influence of this Genre.

I would not say that, his is the only one style to paint landscapes, there are others too. There are a very few good watercolour landscape artists in India. And also a style develops accordingly, depending on the nature of the person practising it. Some people are inclined more towards doing detailing, some paint in a bold way or vice versa. The style is what gives an identity to the artist and detailing should be done wherever required in the painting. Just imagine all the artists painting in just one style. The main difference between many other landscapes and Sachin Naik's is that many of the others are just good looking landscapes. They do not reflect the indepth study of the subject and the medium.

Some artist may criticize and say that his style is a very detailed, illustrative one or such kind of comments. But i would say these are those people who paint their landscapes using photographs of the location, sitting in their studios. This artists don't dare to do the details as they know within themselves the limitations of their skills. There are herds of such landscape artists who have come up during recent times, who are exhibiting and selling their landscapes. This artists have only survived because the audience or the buyer is not very much evolved in India. This artists can criticize but cannot ignore his work.

So check out the book. It guides you through 27 study sessions for beginners, as well as others who are practising this art and it also has a Gallery of the best of his works. Presently this book is available only at art shops in Pune, else you can order it through his website. For details to buy the book please go to his site and contact him. Here is the link
http://www.sachinnaik.com/

From Ashes to Washes

Its a saying " to rise from the ashes ". I have derived the above title "From Ashes to Washes" from that. Washes in the sense Watercolor washes.
Artist Kishore nadavdekar's painting have been published in the International artist magazine. It's been a great achievement because he has done it without going to any Art college and without any degree or a diploma.
Please read the new article below and join me to congratulate him.
You can view more of his paintings on this link http://www.kishor-theartist.com/

Artist James Wales and his passion for art

This is an article which appeared in the loksatta newspaper. It's about a British artist James Wales,who was so fascinated by the buddhist caves and sculptors, that he came to India all the way, only to paint them in the 18th century. Unfortunately not much is known about him in the recent times.

Art society of India's annual art exhibition

The dates for the Art Society of India all India annual art competition and exhibitions are out.
The dates for submitting the artworks are 3rd, 4th and 5th January 2009, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Bal Bhavan, churni road, Mumbai. The exhibition for the selected entries would be held at the jehangir art gallery from 21st Jan to 27th Jan.
Also the last date for the submissions for the Camel Art Foundation 12th Western Region art exhibition is 31st december.
So be prepared.
This is a demonstration given by Late. John Fernandes Sir, at the Art Society of India. Visit the society office at Churni road, if you want to see the original.

exhibitions this week

This week two of our senior artists Shri Ravi Paranjape and Shri Vasudeo Kamath would be displaying their works. Do not miss this opportunity to see this exhibitions as we do not get to see the paintings of this artists very often.
The first one is going on at jehangir art gallery and the other one will be starting from tomorrow i.e. 18th Nov at the Nehru centre art gallery.

Exhibition of paintings by Prakash Ghadge

Artist Prakash Ghadge is displaying his works at the Point of View Gallery in Colaba, Mumbai. He's exhibition will continue at the Jehangir Art Gallery starting next week.
He has got a mastery in pen and ink and it shows through his works. Just check out for this medium of pen and ink, not explored by many in India.

Valuable collection

This article appeared in the Maharashtra times. A Senior art teacher P.R. Dharmadhikari from jalgaon, collected the covers of magazines way back from 1959. In those times the covers used to be paintings of renowned artists such as shri. Baburao painter, Satawalekar, Haldankar etc. Many of this paintings, might be those which never came in the view of today's new generation of artist. This valuable collection should get the right platform so that not only today's artist, but also many art lovers could get to see them.

Great Achievement

Artist Sachin Naik from Pune, has won the First award for his watercolor landscape, at the Patchings Art Exhibition, Nottingham, UK.

The reason to take a notice for this is that it was not just another art competition but it was a Annual International competition held by a reputed art organisation like The Artist. In which over a thousand entries were submitted by artist around the globe.

I am giving the links below which displays two of his entries for the competition. In which the painting titled Grass hut won the award.

http://www.patchingsartcentre.co.uk/old_website/onlinegallery/exhibition2008/painting.php?ta&pic=19

http://www.patchingsartcentre.co.uk/old_website/onlinegallery/exhibition2008/painting.php?cat=ta&pic=20

One more thing, if you like his paintings do vote for him for the people's choice award which is still open. You will find the button
( Click here ) to vote on the link page itself.


So let's Congratulate him for his achievement.
Bye.

Landscape Camp at Wai

A Watercolour Landscape Camp will be organised by Artist Sachin Naik at Wai. It is a 3 day camp from 21st to 23rd of March08. Also a exhibition would be held which will display the paintings done during the camp by the artist group.
For registration and others details click the image below.

Exhibition of Masters

A never before exhibition is going to happen at the JJ college of arts. As a part of the 150 years celebrations, the college is going to put 300 masters pieces on display. The paintings date back to as old as 1878.
Dont miss this opportunity to see the originals which we had seen only in prints or books.
I have given below the articles which appeared in the Times of India.

Kala Ghoda Festival

Recently I had been to the Kala Ghoda Festival, Mumbai. It is held every year this month. It is a creative treat for everyone. This festival includes artistic stuffs like Handicrafts, sculptures, furnitures, T-shirts hand painted with calligraphic compositions, bags, books, food.......the list is endless. There are stalls erected on both the side of the road and the traffic is closed during this period. A proper stage is erected for live music shows and plays. It goes on for some 10 day or so.
I am sharing with you some of the snaps i took there, so that you all can get a glimpse of the festival.

This huge installation caught everyones eye. It depicts a human mosquito. It was made from metal wire wound around a iron structure to support it.

This big boot had small small shoes and chappals stuck over it.

Take a closer look.....

This small table was made with the help of painting elements as a theme.

You can see the wooden frames, brushes and the color pallette used.

Non polluting cars.... this run on batteries.

This one came straight from kashmir...

This was a actual giant wheel used as a installation. The cycles here are symbolicaly used to show the dabba wallahs of mumbai.

These cycles were the real one with the dabbas on there rears.

Some more installations..

Many foreign tourist visit this festival. Some make it more memorable this way.

These were a row of creative installations showing the evil addictions in our society.

Anti Smoking...

This shows about the internet mania which is grappling the youth of today.

This one was against betting, gambling etc..

I liked this one. As you can see there was this man sitting with aremote in his hand in front of a TV. It shows the television addiction that has spread in the society. The Bhompu inserted in his ears clearly shows how TV has deprived the peace in our life by hammering the Saas Bahu serials and cheap Breaking news on common man. The background wall was painted with a chakkar revolving and all the satellite channed logos on it.

This one was against Shopaholics.

Anti boosing...

Anti drugs....

So that was all..

Bye

Catalogue cover

Here is the painting which was printed on the cover of the Art Societies exhibition catalogue.
This was one of the awarded painting done by Artist Manoj Paturkar. The medium is Dry Pastels.

You should try not to miss this kind of exhibitions which have entries from artists around India. Here you can see such a diverse kind of arts works, with so many styles to see. There are portraits, sketches, landscapes, sculptures, compositions ....done with various mediums ranging from huge sizes to small ones.
It is really a treat for you.
So for those who have missed this one, catchup with the Bombay art Society annual exhibition starting from the 25th of Feb at Jehangir art gallery, Mumbai.

Ranga-resha Mahotsav

An art event "Rang-resha Mahotsav" would be organised by Loksatta and Jyotsna Prakashan from 16th to 18th Jan08 in Mumbai. Senior Landscape Artist Shivaji Tupe would be giving a watercolour demonstration on the 16th. And Artist Suhas Bahulkar would be giving a portrait demonstration in oil on the 17th of Jan.
There's an interview of Artist Vasudeo Kamath on the 18th.
There are also many others things like art books on sale and a workshop on Still life.

Please read the newspaper article for details.
It is a nice event, so try to be there.

Annual Art Competition - The Bombay Art Society

The entry dates for the Bombay art society's annual art competitions are 25th to 28th Jan08.
The venue for this is at the Sir J.J. School of Art between 11.00am and 5.00 pm.
So be prepared for the same. All the best...

Portrait demonstration by Manoj Sakale

A demonstration of portrait in oil colours was given by Artist Manoj Sakale recently at the Art society of India. I have put some images of the steps of the demonstrations for all of you.

The model who sat for the demostration is also a senior artist from Mumai, Mr.Babubhai Mistry.
Here you could see the first wash on the canvas.
Scroll down and check out the finished one down here.

Really amazing isn't it...?