A solo exhibition sponsored by Truly Virtual Web Art Museum of Pygoya

D i g i t a l V i s i o n s

Of

V i j a y b h a i

I was fond of painting from childhood. I joined Kalabhavan (Fine Arts College) at Tagore's university at Santiniketan in 1951 but after some time I was shifted to graduate school due to family compulsions. At Santiniketan, first as a student and then as a schoolteacher, I was closely associated with painting and sculpture as a part-time student of the College of Fine Arts.

I lost touch with art after entering a long academic career in social science. I spent time whole-heartedly for research and teaching at five different universities. I retired as Professor of sociology from Central University, Hyderabad in 1994.

Towards the end of my professional career I was attracted to digital art. Between 1992 and 1995 I played with elementary graphic software. These were largely line-based drawings filled with uniform shades of color. From 1996 onward I started seriously creating compositions - largely in the mould of conventional fine art akin to Bengal School. Gradually I have improved and diversified my digital repertoire.