Art @ Qamaash

Known for his expertise in acrylic and watercolours, Bhowmik’s largely monochromatic cityscapes have a splash of colour thrown in ever so often lending his art a surreal effect. Having lived in Kolkata all his life, the artist is deeply inspired and pours his love for his hometown with effortless strokes on canvas.

Bhowmik’s ‘A journey Through Kolkata’ series showcases the vintage theme of the heritage city. Playing a lot with light and shadow in most of his work, Arpan makes sure the time of the day evident in his artwork despite it being largely in black and white.

Various means of transport catch Bhowmik’s fancy often and he claims that it is his way of channelling his creativity from himself onto his audience. Be it an auto, a tram, a taxi or a rickshaw, the artist pay so much attention to detail that the painting looks as realistic as a picture.

Dinkar Jadhav is an award-winning Indian artist whose paintings have been extensively exhibited on a national level. He describes his artistic expression as realism, but not in an imitative sense, he employs nature as a tool to convey his inner vision. The central theme in Jadhav's compositions is the "lust for love" which is also the title of one of his series. He most often creates using acrylics with a blend of charcoal, applying this mixture like watercolors.

A versatile and celebrated artist, Seema Kohli was honoured with the Lalit Kala Akademi National Award for Women, for her accomplishments in the contemporary Indian art scene. She gives an exquisite form to her expressions through several disciplines such as paintings, sculpture, installation and performance.

Rejoicing in the female's power, energy, beauty and sensuality, Seema Kohli’s creations portray the various facets of a woman. Shakti, the higher cosmic energy that radiates through the female embodiment has been deeply dealt with and depicted in most of her works. A self-taught artist with over three decades of practice, she draws inspiration from mythology, philosophy, iconography and literature to create stories that reclaim the lost feminine narrative in cultural history.

Suresh Gulage is passionate about capturing how uniquely the light highlights different portions of the building as the sun moves in the sky. Interestingly, his work borders between lifelike representation and a sophisticated caricature. With his unique colors, he depicts how his village looks on a moonless night or when the sun may have just set over the horizon.

Suresh Gulage is passionate about capturing how uniquely the light highlights different portions of the building as the sun moves in the sky. Interestingly, his work borders between lifelike representation and a sophisticated caricature. With his unique colors, he depicts how his village looks on a moonless night or when the sun may have just set over the horizon.

Suresh Gulage is passionate about capturing how uniquely the light highlights different portions of the building as the sun moves in the sky. Interestingly, his work borders between lifelike representation and a sophisticated caricature. With his unique colors, he depicts how his village looks on a moonless night or when the sun may have just set over the horizon.

Reba Mandal is a talented contemporary artist who depicts her ode to the omnipresent beauty of

nature through its rhythm, Ganga Ghats – Banaras Ghats, seascapes and landscapes in an inimitable style. Her command over the medium and techniques has decorated each work with the desired visual aesthetic effects of glory.

Monumental architectural details of various temples, their beauty when illuminated by sunrays in early morning and the spiritual environments during the evening prayers together enhance the eternal divine sanctity and relevance of Indian culture and spiritual euphoria through vivid vignettes.

36" x72“
Acrylic On Canvas Banaras Ghat

Ashif Hossain hails from Kolkata and his paintings predominately dwell on life. He is influenced by Indian culture, its vibrant colours and the idea of secularism, which are reflected in his artworks. Contrasting the modern with the ancient, his works depict his thoughts on life and its past.

Using acrylic paint, primarily black, brown and white with hints of blue and red, Ashif paints to reveal unique shades on his canvas. Brown and black is used together to give an antique look whereas white enhances the painting by giving it an open space. Blue and red adds life to the painting by making the sepia/monochrome toned works more vibrant. Acrylic paint is used to create a watercolor effect on his canvases.

Ashif Hossain hails from Kolkata and his paintings predominately dwell on life. He is influenced by Indian culture, its vibrant colours and the idea of secularism, which are reflected in his artworks. Contrasting the modern with the ancient, his works depict his thoughts on life and its past.

Using acrylic paint, primarily black, brown and white with hints of blue and red, Ashif paints to reveal unique shades on his canvas. Brown and black is used together to give an antique look whereas white enhances the painting by giving it an open space. Blue and red adds life to the painting by making the sepia/monochrome toned works more vibrant. Acrylic paint is used to create a watercolor effect on his canvases.

Amol Pawar’s artworks are like stories, with characters, plots, and sub-plots, that come together cohesively to form a larger narrative, and present the whole picture to the viewer.

Amol grew up in unique circumstances, experiencing both village and city life during

his childhood. This contrast makes itself evident in his art, as he chooses to paint subjects from mythology, reminiscent of the stories of gods and goddesses he heard in his childhood, but his treatment of the subjects is intellectual, unusual and contemporary.

Viewing Amol’s paintings is akin to going on a journey, wherein one sees mountains, rivers, flowers, villages, farmlands, cities and so much more. Similarly, Amol’s artworks are filled with icons, symbols, line drawings, calligraphy, miniature paintings, graphic elements and textures, all of which make the journey of experiencing his art immensely enjoyable.

Steeped in the kalamkari tradition and its warm colors, art by Ramesh Gorjala is unique in its rendition of Indian mythological figures, including Krishna, Vishnu and Ganesha. The large bodies of these Hindu deities fill up the canvas, while their skin becomes the stage for ancient tales acted out by intricately painted figures—each painting literally contains stories within stories. The typical kalamkari process of using a fine pen to accentuate block-printed colors is evident in his work, and he primarily paints in red, orange, brown, blue and gold.

Ramesh Gorjala is an internationally renowned and highly sought- after artist. Some of his large-scale paintings are on permanent display at the Hyderabad International Airport, and his work is held in prestigious collections worldwide. 

Steeped in the kalamkari tradition and its warm colors, art by Ramesh Gorjala is unique in its rendition of Indian mythological figures, including Krishna, Vishnu and Ganesha. The large bodies of these Hindu deities fill up the canvas, while their skin becomes the stage for ancient tales acted out by intricately painted figures—each painting literally contains stories within stories. The typical kalamkari process of using a fine pen to accentuate block-printed colors is evident in his work, and he primarily paints in red, orange, brown, blue and gold.

Ramesh Gorjala is an internationally renowned and highly sought- after artist. Some of his large-scale paintings are on permanent display at the Hyderabad International Airport, and his work is held in prestigious collections worldwide.

Anjolie Ela Menon is one of India’s leading contemporary artists. Her preferred medium is Oil on Masonite, though she has also worked in other media, including Murano glass, computer graphics and water colour. She is a well known muralist and was awarded the Padma Shree in 2000

Laxma Goud 5. 5”x6. 5” Oilon Board Devi

Laxma Goud (born 21 August 1940) is an Indian painter, printmaker and draughtsman. He works in variety of mediums including etching, gouache, pastel, sculpture, and glass painting. He is best known for his early drawings that depict eroticism in a rural context, and also for the originality and quality of his etchings and aquatints.

24" x 24“
Acrylic on canvas Year– 2019 Seema Kohli
Golden Womb Series

Jayasri Burman is a contemporary Indian artist. She is a member of an extended family of eminent artists: her husband, Paresh Maity; uncle Sakti Burman and cousin, Maya Burman.

Burman works mainly in watercolor, using rich strong hues and bold themes with a mythic element—strange hybrid animals with human heads and female figures.

A versatile and celebrated artist Sachin Jaltare is a contemporary Indian artist whose mixed media paintings have an intrinsic sense of fluidity, freedom and sensuality. He delicately balances the abstract and figurative, the traditional and contemporary, the mortal and divine. While his softly-hued subjects appear on the verge of blending into their surroundings, they never fully disappear.

‘Shiva’ and ‘Shakti’ form the basic core of art by Sachin Jaltare. Shiva is the god who destroys the universe in order to recreate it, while his feminine counterpart Shakti represents creative power and transformative change. In the artist’s delicate brush, these two deities emerge from the watery paint, as if paused in a moment of creation or destruction. In his other original works, recurring female forms represent divine energy, and monkeys refer to the wandering mind.

A versatile and celebrated artist Sachin Jaltare is a contemporary Indian artist whose mixed media paintings have

an intrinsic sense of fluidity, freedom and sensuality. He delicately balances the abstract and figurative, the traditional and contemporary, the mortal and divine. While his softly-hued subjects appear on the verge of blending into their surroundings, they never fully disappear.

‘Shiva’ and ‘Shakti’ form the basic core of art by Sachin Jaltare. Shiva is the god who destroys the universe in order to recreate it, while his feminine counterpart Shakti represents creative power and transformative change. In the artist’s delicate brush, these two deities emerge from the watery paint, as if paused in a moment of creation or destruction. In his other original works, recurring female forms represent divine energy, and monkeys refer to the wandering mind.