I started learning how to sketch and paint at the age of 7 under the influence of R. S. Nikumbh while I grew up in Bombay. His style has had a profound effect on the way I look at subjects.Most of my initial artwork was pencil sketches and water color on paper with landscapes and people being the usual subjects. I started experimenting with oil paints around the age of 14. Still life was the major composition when I picked up oil paints. I have gone through a couple of national level courses (in India) where I trained in various techniques involving the use of instruments and learning some basic architectural drawing skills.After finishing my undergraduate studies in Electrical Engineering, I moved to Syracuse, NY for pursuing my Masters in Computer Engineering. Painting had taken a backseat through undergraduate and graduate studies. I would always have the pen/pencil sketches going while I got bored in lectures. However, I did not pick up on painting again till 2008 when I moved to Seattle for working with Microsoft.I currently am painting Acrylics on canvases on varying size. Subjects have mostly been landscape and a couple of abstracts. I intend to do a series of Oil-on-Canvas and Water Color-on-Paper soon.
I love painting different subjects and I am always looking to create something new and unique that appeals to people from different phases of life.