What themes run throughout your work? Tribal & Portraits, Ruins and Folk Art
What sounds influence your work? Calm Music or No Sound
Where do your talents lie? In any form of Art
What was the first creative thing that you ever did? Living life by myself
Has anyone taught you how to use your talent better? My Grandfather
What makes you creative? Freedom!!
How did you get started? I had never undergone for special art training earlier. “Rangoli” which is painted in front of houses with floral & color was my first art that I learnt from my grandmother & mother. My grandfather has always appreciated my skills of an art. That kept my art alive. Probably my trial after creating colorful design & natural subjects from anything that has color helped us in meeting art of coffee painting.
What inspires you? People & Culture around me!! Even I love Mira's imagination & creativity!! The expression she captures in her art is fantastic & visual treat!!
What are you trying to achieve? Better performance!! Art is always an Aspiration to creation, Requisition to carve history & Temptation to alive everything. This journey never ends!! For now Mira & I trying to make art of coffee painting familiar to every art lover & especially coffee lovers.
Ignoring money and all of life’s woes, what would you want to be? Human!!
Accepting the need for money and all of life’s woes, what do you want to be? Let's face reality!!
What’s the most amazing thing you’ve ever seen / heard / experienced? My sibling's childhood!!
What do you consider to be the most important thing in life? Responsibilities & Family
Who/what is your nemesis and why? Borders among countries and Distance!! I love to do exhibition in almost countries and meet art lovers across globe!! But that's simple dream!!
Artist Statement: Rather that talking about myself; I would love to discuss on art of coffee painting!! I don't know history of coffee painting or who started first!! Mira & I were trying to achieve liveliness in one historical mosque carving and succeeded by using ‘Coffee' to paint. Coffee paintings are nice, warm, aromatic, revolutionary and eco-friendly. Producing sepia toned or brunt umber shades works with ‘Coffee' that needs attention of art lovers all over the world. We have created more than 100 original coffee paintings with different themes. Tribal, Portraits, Historical buildings or ruins, Wild life, Landscape, Creatures in darkness or let it be an old and rusty look of an object; the brown color remains equally user friendly to all objects on our canvases. Coffee gives unique effects which any other medium can hardly give. What we say in a line is – Coffee painting is an art with aroma!!
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