Meet everyday father extraordinary artist
An
intense artist who is intoxicated with art, Nitish has a clear fascination for
the female form and spiritual symbolism. Completely self-taught, he has pursued
learning art like a child would a language. He began dabbling with art and colors
when he was seven years old and was deeply inspired by the beauty of nature in
the vibrant hues of Kerala, his hometown. An old soul, he believes he is
connected with the spirit within and is consistently amazed with how art takes
form. For example, during a power cut, he used the candle flame to create art
and began smoke painting.
He
has a very fluid perception of art and has created over 150 pieces in oil,
acrylic, collage and smoke painting. To a writer his pen, to Nitish his
Staedtler Fineliner. You can be sure to find him hunched over his pocket doodle
book creating his latest line doodle during his free hours. From Gibran to
Rumi, his particular connection to spiritual symbolism comes from his early
exposure to philosophy.
His
most defining milestone in his art journey has been the selection of three of
his pieces by See. Me. Art Curator, New York. He was one of the two artists
whose work was displayed in the Times Square, NY. Also significant were his
exhibitions at the All Kerala Group Exhibition(Spastics Society, 2002) and,
Rangoli Art Gallery, Bangalore(June 2015)
Ayahuasca
Awaits was the title of his art showing in the summer of 2015. Inspired by
Ayahuasca, a plant of the Amazon rain forests, Nitish displayed his work that
had several themes including - nature, freedom, love, spirituality, strength
and women, and form a means to transcend oneself.
He
is attracted to the vibrancy of colors to the extent that his food choices in
restaurants and ice cream parlors are based on its visual appeal. As you peruse
his work, you will find that blue, yellow and red hues are prominent in all his
works. His inspiration is often a thought lying in the back of his mind waiting
for its time to come, or simple conversations with people, or even a question
in the books he reads.
His
painting has several elements and layers soothing one’s soul at the same time
triggering larger questions at a subliminal level.
Once
you finish clicking through his works of art, look again, for there is
something that your soul has seen and your eyes haven’t.
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