We are featuring here a talented India-born artist who has made his mark in the world outside- Siddarth Katragadda.I am giving him space here as I believe he represents what is the essence of "Artist of India".
Born in the Bangalore,
India, he now lives with
his wife and two children in San Diego, California.
Painting since he was
10, Siddarth paints colorful and elaborately dressed, voluptous,
dark Indian women, paying equal attention to their omnipresent bindis and
resplendent ornaments as he does to their draped saris and brilliant blouses.
His portraits are as abstract as they are figurative. He tends to abstract away
from facial features, and lays more emphasis on the way a culture has sculpted
the woman as a whole, especially the colors, which are depicted in brightest of
colors - reds, saffrons and yellows – the most essential Indian colors.
His paintings
are featured on Art Walk-San Diego, IndianArtCollectors.com, Mixture
ShowRoom-San Diego, Gallery Asian Art, TeamGallery and IndianPainters.net. He
remains a self-taught artist by choice.
You
may see his work at his site
You can download the
artworks from: http://www.indianartcollectors.com/solo-exhibition.php
Very interesting your blog.....azpeitia
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