January 2017

” Your paintings are masterpieces. One day you will get recognition. See, sometimes artists will get their success at the end of their lives or after their death ’’ he said to me sympathetically. ” Do you call it success? ” I asked him. Waterscape    Artist:Magunta Dayakar (Excerpt from my book … ‘Everyday Experiences of a Struggling Artist’)

Some one asked me…” You are an artist. Do you love nature very much? ””I don’t know” He paused for one moment, then asked me…” Do you love money? ””I don’t know” ”Do you love beautiful ladies? ”This time I paused for one moment and replied ” I don’t know” ”Do you love your paintings?” ”I

‘You know … that boy is my son’s friend.’ I heard this from many parents. Usually children would join in schools from different backgrounds. Some children might be from celebrity families, some might be from rich families, some might be from political or official’s families. It’s quite common. One fine day your son came back

Whenever I start to paint my imaginary landscapes, I feel that I am playing chess with a grand master who has never been defeated. That grand master is no one … it’s my canvas. Every moment I use all my visual imagination skills to win over that. I use composition as my weapon along with

An exhibition was going on. Many artists attended the show in the gallery, as usual. ”I love to die as an artist, even if I have to starve till my last minute’’ One of the artists declared emotionally. ”Death is death, whatever way you die or whoever you are. No glamour lies in death.’’ Someone

He is an artist. I know him well. Very hard working. Having a lot of passion for art. A simple human being. Never bothered about luxuries. The only problem with him is he didn’t learn language of art and he is not interested to learn it either. Because he believes in Intuition. ‘With intuition you

He is an artist. He does paintings regularly. To him it’s passion. For livelihood, he used to paint sign boards for shops and offices. He is living with some happiness, because he is getting some money for his day to day needs from sign boards and he is doing paintings which he likes very much.

Nature  Artist:Magunta Dayakar He is an artist. I know him. One day he called me and said that he is going to hold an exhibition in a popular gallery. I congratulated him. After two days the news came out in a daily paper about his exhibition. I read the news. The chief delivered a good

Picture View  Artist:Magunta Dayakar Someone asked me..” Why you are teaching painting is such a serious way? ” I told him…” It’s understanding the beauty of life. ” ”Beauty of life ! … I don’t understand. ” he said ”Beauty of life means understanding God…” I told him. ”What is the connection between God and painting? I don’t

Forest Light Artist:Magunta Dayakar  ”I will devote my life to paintings. One day I will become a great artist. ’’ he said with confidence.   ” Once you become a great artist…what you will do after that? ” I asked him.   ” I will earn lots of money by selling my paintings. ”