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Painter Yashwant Shirwadkar was born in Rajpur, a small town in little green Konkan. |
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He now has his studio in Mumbai. He is well-known for his evocative impressionistic landscapes. |
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Scenes of Benaras, the ghats of the river Ganga, the circular umbrellas shading the priests… |
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His paintings honestly capture the divinity, the colour and the spell of Benaras. |
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He achieves his inimitable style by working with a palette knife. With the years his palette has become naturally persuasive. |
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Bright colours, reds, greens, yellow ochre, sky-blue and white, colours inspired by stain glass paintings. |
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The vibrant colours, and beautiful costumes of Rajasthan similarly fascinate him and then become his subjects. |
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A shimmering light in his painting, falls on the water of the lakes, and it shines like jewels. |
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In a contemporary environment when landscapes are getting rare, Yashwant Shirwadkar is a proud upholder of the art and tradition of the art. |
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This prolific artist has held a number of very successful shows; not just in India, but around the world. Some of the notable galleries in Europe and USA. |
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He says of himself, “I always try to reach for the sky, both literally and metaphorically. My views are realistic but my inner promptings are mystic.” |
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