February 2018

I had been teaching art for nearly ten years. Some students had learned it for hobby and some others to become professionals. They all asked one question…” How to be a good artist?”   Always my answer is … ” Be on the right path,” ” What is that right path? ” ” …like any other […]

I knew him for many years. He spoke reasonably good English.  He used to write some news in daily papers on artist’s shows in the city. He was trying to draw some pictures on and off. Later what I heard was, he had been doing some business related to artistic goods and he was earning

  ”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. ” ” After that….? ” He became

  In an exhibition hall, one of the artists was saying emotionally, ” Our paintings are priceless. when the time comes, our name itself will fetch millions. That’s the value of our work ” ” Yes,   they are priceless. That means … not having any price. That’s why artists could not sell their work,

  “You know …’’ some one said to me sympathetically, “Many of the artists are innocents, they don’t have much intelligence to survive. They don’t know anything other than painting. ” “Then how do you call them artists?” I asked him.

    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 glamor

  Many artists are living in that area. They do paintings everyday. Framing the paintings is always a problem to them. One day a person opened a small frame shop in that area. Every artist enjoyed having that shop close to them. They used to go to that shop to frame their pictures. The framer was

  A friend advised me, .. You are not good at marketing. Everything needs good marketing strategies to sell. Hire a good marketing person. He will sell your paintings.’’ People have an opinion about me that I won’t listen to their useful suggestions. They think that, if I listen to them, my life would have

  She said ” Your painting classes are very expensive. ” I am used to these kind of words. I asked her, ” Why you want to learn art? ” ” It’s my childhood dream. ” she said ”  How much do your shoes cost? ” I asked her. She got confused. She had no

  ” Many artists starved in their lifetime. Later they were recognised as great artists. ” he said to encourage me. ” Is starving a prerequisite to become a great artist? ” I asked him.