December 2016

A crucial chapter in any artist’s life. Artist has to feed his mind always with new knowledge. At the same time he has to feed his stomach also.  If he has a family , their needs will also have to be taken care of. For all this money is needed. Here many of the artists face the […]

The Mood            Artist:Magunta Dayaka ” I have always been trying to get some unique style  in my paintings, you know … ” he said. ” Then your paintings don’t have anything to express… ” I thought. One should not think about style. He should think what he wants to see

One day a young lady came to me. ” I wan to learn Modern art. ”  She asked me. ” What do you mean by Modern art? ” I asked her. ” … modern art … modern art … ” she didn’t know what to say. Simply she was bewildered. I waited for her reply. Flow

(This article is excerpt from my book – ‘If You Love Your Work … It will Lead to Failure’)What is way of thinking? For a moment forget about this question. First I would like to rise a question … ‘ what is thinking?  When I started to learn painting, I began to imagine in my

Many people think learning art is a born gift, can be learned with some special talents. In reality it is not like that. You don’t need any born talent or some genes in you to become an artist. Like any other subjects, art also can be learned. All it needs is determination, hard work and

To paint means to create movement. Movement is life. Life is precious. You could not buy a life for a dying person, however rich you maybe. To create the movement on canvas is an artist’s work. If he captures movement, life follows it. Then his work will survive forever. Artist’s Wife    Artist:Magunta Dayakar To

Movement      Artist:Magunt Dayakar  What is a Painting? Abstract, Semi abstract and Realistic Paintings … all are same. Basic Structures are same.  It’s nothing but, playing with Shapes, Color and Composition along with Intuition.  Is there anything more than this needed to define …What a Painting is !?

( I wrote this article few years ago to one of my American artist friend Celeste, On Following Rules. Here I am sharing it with all of you.) Hello Celeste, I am writing this to share my feelings with you to give an understanding about my thinking… on following Rules. Celeste, Rules… They must be