Art for me, is food for the soul. Art inspires, illuminates, encourages, surprises, excites, provokes, calms, elevates emotionally as well as spiritually and connects soul to soul. On seeing my art, if the viewer experiences even one of these gifts, then we connect soul to soul. I “paint” with ball point pen. You may also call it a drawing. I have found that the simple ball pen with its fine line has a huge potential in allowing the artist to express his or her thoughts and emotions. Unlike painting with brush, where a single stroke can cover a large area with color, the ball pen lines are very thin and it is only one line at a time. It is fun creating a number of shades by combining the only available limited colors in ball point pens. I need to draw millions of lines to make my painting come alive. I like to paint landscapes, portraits as well as abstract. I paint with the motive that I finally achieve the result I initially have in my mind. I like to experiment with varying colors, with the permission of mother nature and while doing so, my only goal is to create an element of ecstasy in my art. Good composition, boldness of forms, delicate line work and a little dramatization play a key role in my work of art. In 1979, I earned a G.D.Art in Applied Arts from Abhinav Kala Vidyalay, Pune, India. For about 27 years, I applied my creative talent in rendering a variety of commercial art work for a number of clients which included Graphic design in all its variety, Architectural delineations, 3D models etc. I was also involved in creating some of the world's best software user interfaces at Deltra Software. The common theme in all that I have stood out so far is ‘precision’. Combining the precision required to make printable graphic artworks with my creative thought made me explore this unique medium of ballpen as my choice of tool for expression. Because of the potentially unlimited possibilities of expressing myself, I chose fine art painting.
Name : Shirish Vasant Deshpande Address: "Bhima Shankar", 199, Shivbasav Nagar, Sector-2, M.M.Extension, Belgaum - 590010, Karnataka, India. Phone: +91 94481 37724 email: [email protected], [email protected] Birth date and place : 14th January 1959 at Belgaum, India.
