Artist Home Profile Gallery Artist Guest Book Contact Us Pradhan Maitra Born: 1959 Art education: Indian College Art & Draftsmanship, Calcutta, 1984. Present Occupation: Free-lance artist. Solo Exhibition: Four exhibitions in Calcutta and Bombay. Group show: Several shows in the major cities of the country including participation in Tata Centre, Birla Academy, W.B. Govt. State exhibition, Patna, Bangalore, Bhopal, New Delhi, Bhubneswar, Young Faces in Contemporary Indian Art Birla Academy, etc. Award: College Annual (Twice); Birla Academy; W.B. Govt. State Exhibition (Twice); All India Art Exhibition-Orissa; Certificate of Merit-All India Youth Art Exhibition. Important Collection: National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; Laneshire University-W. Germany; Lisbon; U.S.A.; Governor House, Orissa. Member of SCA since 1988 Mail to: C/9.B.B.C.W., 225, Bagmari Road, Calcutta-700054. Quote-Unquote "Embodiment of my passions & feelings is all, which leads my way to my medium, Watercolour, with all its character of transparency and sensuality. My intrinsic lyrical mood is reflected through the haunting memories of my past. I am passionate but it is such a passion which is mellowed by a tinge of sadness. My frequent use of dark shades, in almost all of my paintings is an illusioned form of the misery of human spirit that hangs over all the joy and woe of life like a curtain. Someone may call it sometimes impressionistic, but very often they bear an expressionistic air too. Myself is fond of drawing the speed. The blind horsepower of passion and zest for life one often depicted in my paintings a touch of sophistication which is acquired from the rugged skyline of a metropolis. I tried to present silence all over, knowing that a subtle suggestion of fire and water is also evident. In most of my paintings my addition is a soft glow of morbidity whi ch spreads like an inevitable wash."