In 1992 computer became his friend and a companion. As a humble
beginner doodling with MS Word Art, and then using Paintbrush, he started his
first works. In those days there was no facility for saving compositions in the
Image software. What ever he doodled got deleted. He just enjoyed doing and deleting.
Vijay Bhai is a self-taught artist and a self-taught computer
specialist. He learnt graphics and packages connected with art and design, on
his own - by trial and error method. His sole purpose was to explore the inner
self. Making use of the digital media - he went in depth searching different tools
and effects, facing different problems and finding different solutions.
Around
1997-98 he started working with Paintshop Pro 4. In 1999 he found himself comfortable
in the package Painter-Classic in which he could feel the brushstrokes and blends
of colour. He also found that Coral Draw is useful in reorganising the images
he worked with. Now, he is equally good at handling packages such as Illustrator,
Freehand-7, Photoshop-5 and Photopaint-9.
In the process of
learning and search, Vijay Bhai's works are not so consistent. Since he tried
different possibilities of the media his works appear to speak many languages.
In the beginning, like any other beginner, he was not sure of his end product.
But constantly working and understanding Vijay Bhai develops his work instantly
and intuitively, or by applying right tools at the right place. The basic design
problems such as line, colour, form, shape, texture, and the rest are solved in
the later day works. Image, treatment, application wise the body of works he has
done can be categorised into 4 to 5 series, series of experiments with multi-dimensional
tools available.
He works with human figures, landscapes and
with abstract forms sometimes geometric and sometimes organic, but he is quite
authentic when uses the fog and mist effect. It may be because he had a deep appreciation
for the watercolours of Gaganedranath Tagore.
His
works reveal most personal feelings and subtle personality traits."
Those
who are interested in viewing his works after the exhibition can do so by taking
an appointment (ph: +091-40-23319513).
