Delwyn Remedios- A BIG thank you!

Delwyn Remedios topped his undergraduate studies at St. Andrews College in Mumbai and went onto study Animation at National Institute of Design. A recent animation movie of his called 'Deluge', has gone onto win numerous awards nationally and internationally.

Delwyn is not only an animator, but also an amazingly talented graffiti artist and illustrator! Below are a few of his illustrations for the 2009 campaign of the Mumbai Festival.

 

 And of course his fantastic graffiti wall murals in Mumbai. 

And, Yes! That's my header! This is a looong overdue THANK YOU to Delwyn for graciously letting me use his work as my header. Thank you, Delwyn!

Delwyn along with his equally talented NID graduate brother Gavin run and create at Remedios Designs. The talented brothers work on murals, illustrations, graphic novels, cards, cartoons and even T-shirts! And all of this Delwyn and Gavin produce as creative output, while holding down full time jobs. If you are as amazed as I am at the bredth of their talent and potfolio of work hop over to their blog or Facebook page. Remedios Designs is a Facebook page I visit often and so should you!

All images credit to Remedios Designs. 

Artist Profile: Ajay Patil

The penultimate in my series of Artist Profiles is Ajay Patil. An IT engineer, who calls himself a 'weekend painter', but he has held 3 shows already! Ajay mostly prefers plein air watercolours as his medium.

Look at how he has captured the earthy colours and the vivacity of the scene.

Ink on Paper

And finally his favourite- water colours!

If you loved the sneak peek into Ajay's paintings you can check out more of it on his website and blog.

Padmaja, profiled here earlier and Ajay are both members of a wonderful blog of Indian painters called 'Artists of India'.

10 Young Contemporary Indian Artists to Watch

In line with this month's theme, I came across the TED talk on the 10 young contemporary Indian artist to watch that I thought I'd share.

Artist Profile: Sohan Jakhar

Sohan Jakhar is a Visual Artist from Jaipur, Rajasthan who has held solo shows in Hong Kong, Dubai, Mumbai and Delhi. His work has also been auctioned by Sotheby's, New York in 2009!

Today I will concentrate on Sohan's most recent work examining the visual dynamics of roadside bazaars in India. In Sohan's own words, " Visuals of roadside stalls anticipate and announce the cultural and technological shifts."

The vibrant decorative motifs in the background come from the painted frescos on the Havelis of Shekhavati in Rajasthan, Sohan's native village.

These images bring back such wonderful memories!

 

If you loved Sohan's work as much as I did, do check them out at his website.

Isn't it wonderful that despite India's diversity, these images from Rajasthan are the same as ones you would find on the streets of Madras? And I'm sure readers from other parts of India would agree (?)

Artist Profile: Padmaja Madhu

I think by now, all of you know my love for wall art. Today, I bring you another form of wall art, at the far end of the spectrum than the one featured on SHP earlier. As modern as Meera's work is, as traditional is Padmaja's.

Padmaja paints murals of Indian gods and goddesses (many on the walls of her home-she is somebody I would love to make a house call to ;) ).  She declares the most fun part of  her painting murals as, "doing the balancing act on a ladder, with paints in one hand and the brush in the other". Her love for murals clearly comes through in her work.

The Garuda has been done in water colour, inspired by a very small panel in a temple in Karnataka. And she has only used 3 colours in the entire painting!

The versatility of Padmaja's talent is apparent by the fact that she also paints lovely miniatures. Imagine going from painting on a 4ft by 6ft campus to painting miniatures!

I love the colours she has used for her miniatures

Her Thiruppavai series. I'm ashamed to admit that after having spent a quarter of my life in Madras(Yes! I still insist on calling it that) and being married to a tamilian to boot; I still didn't know what Thiruppavai was! For all of you as ignorant or as curious as me, here is the wiki link.

You can check out more of Padmaja's paintings at her blog aptly titled 'The World is a Rainbow'. Have a great weekend! I'm off to Boston to get some girl time with my cousin. See you on Monday with another Artist Profile!

500 B.C.

Having studied accessory design at The London Institute, Anandita Shah now designs handbags and accessories in India, but retails around the globe. The talented Anandita designs handbags under the label 500 B.C. The handbags are a wonderful mix of classiness and kitsch-iness.

I love the combination of the bamboo base, the silk border and the meenakari work clasp!

 I think the product line below is my personal fave- I have a weakness for raw silk clutches. I think of it as the 'Portrait Line', I'm sure Anandita has a far more creative term ;)

 

And its not just clutches, 500 BC also designs lovely bags

 

500 B.C. bags were featured in the NY Times 36 Hours in Mumbai section! I love the NY Times 36 hours series, and the Mumbai write up makes me want to revisit the city. Do read it.

Photo credit: Ruth Fremson for The New York Times

To catch a glimpse of more of 500 B.C's gorgeous clutches and to look up their retail locations across the globe, please visit their website.

I would like to thank Susan from Sans! who runs the blog 'The Dollhouse Diaries: My Maharaja's Palace' for the tip on 500 B.C. Her blog is one of my top favourite blogs- she blogs on her journey of creating miniature dollhouses and is a mind blowingly creative person. Oh! And Susan is luck enough to own a few of 500 B.C. clutches <sigh>

Also, sorry about the long delay between posts. I couldn't upload any of the photos yesterday, as Blogger seemed to be working on their server maintenance. 

Stay tuned for another Artist Profile tomorrow from the blogsphere... A demain!

Images credit to 500 B.C.