Shirish Vasant Deshpande

"Bhima Shankar" House, 199, Shivbasav Nagar, Sector-2, M.M.Extension,

Belgaum - 590010, Karnataka, India.

PHONE NO.: +91 94481 37724, EMAIL ADDRESS :askshirish@gmail.com

Website :
http://www.shirishdeshpande.com
http://www.artinstructionblog.com/artist-spotlite-shirish-deshpande
http://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?artid=31982
http://indianartnetwork.com/profile/ShirishDeshpande

Art for Shirish, is food for the soul. He “paints” with ball point pens. You may also
call it a drawing. Unlike painting with brush, where a single stroke can cover a
large area with color, the ball pen lines are very thin and it is only one line at a
time. It is fun creating a number of shades by combining the only available
limited colors in ball point pens. Millions of lines need to be drawn to make one
painting come alive.

He loves to paint landscapes, portraits as well as abstract

Student of G.D.Art in Applied Arts from Abhinav Kala Vidyalay, Pune, India. The
common theme in all his works so far is ‘precision’.
"A village beauty" - Color Ball pens on Primed Canvas, size - 12 x 15 inches
(30 x 38 cms)

The calmness in the atmosphere is what comes to mind at first glance.

The doors, windows, wall colors, bricks, roof tiles, wooden logs etc. kept on
the
plastic sheet on the roof, cloth hanging on a rope, the electric wires, and the
tiny branch of a shrub against the dark brown tree trunk make such a wonderful
composition.
"Contemplation" - Color Ball pens on Primed Canvas, size - 12 x 16 inches (30
x 40 cms). A deliberately casual portrait, speaking volumes. The sobriety of
her response to another eye is flaunty with unprecedented elegance. This blush
casts a magical spell.
"Invocation" - Color Ball pens on Primed Hardboard, size - 12 x 12 inches (30 x 30
cms)

An outcome of the visualization of the state of mind of the artist, when he was
asking the divine power of the universe to help him realize his potential. We can
feel the reverberations of this speaking picture through the rendering of the rock
formations and the cloudy sky.
"Morning in my village" - Color Ball pens on Primed Hardboard, size - 18 x 24
inches (45 x 60 cms)

When one sees a single object that stands for a thousand meanings, one only
glares and gasps. The chilly backdrop against the lush green front makes dew-
drops form on one's skin.
The style of the woods is such that the white fog empowers the viewer to have
the depth of the jungle to his own imagination.
"My village house" - Color Ballpens on Primed Canvas, size - 18 x 18 inches (45 x 45
cms)

The simplicity of the most common village scene could even be put forth with
such an exquisite composition that is aristocratically modest in appearance is only
the sign of an artist's overwhelming strength in visualizing what is beyond the
imagination of a layman's eye. The vivid curtain of the woods in the background
and the purple sky behind them against the humble foreground is a treat to the
eye.
"Red leaf" - Color Ballpens on Primed Canvas, size - 18 x 18 inches (45 x 45 cms)

A true work of art never speaking any less of the mastery of the artist, both
technical and tactical. Mist and haze of violet rendered along the lines of nature's
most apt symbol, with tints of minute red, green and grey, proclaim the ardent
style of the artist. In the entirety of the composition, the two stones, the red leaf
and the white and green-yellow leaves portray the phenomenon of discrete
individualism in celebration of the harmonic oneness.
"The Cloudscape" –
Color Ball pens on Primed Canvas, size - 18 x 24 inches (45 x 60 cms)

Even the sky can be an object of desire with such a beautiful formation of clouds.
The whole of the ground in its own way seems to be happily acknowledging the
ever changing mood of the clouds.
"The Stone house" –
Color Ball pens on Primed Canvas, size - 24 x 24 inches (60 x 60 cms)

Someone’s dream home. The lush green lawn against the beauty of the age old
stones and the seasoned wooden door is rendered in such a way that it gives us a
feeling of being there. The sunlight falling on the stones and the wooden log in
front are a treat to the eye.
R.C. Sharma, Chennai – India
"ramesh chandra" <namwal_paintings@yahoo.com>

Diploma in Applied Arts, Govt. College of Fine Arts, And Architecture, Hyderabad
Consultant to Advertising Agencies. Faculty in same college where I studied.

Select Solo Exhibitions

Hyderabad Art Society Gallery, State Gallery at Hyderabad, Palette Symphony
of colours gallery – Jodhpur
Select Group Exhibitions
Hyderabad Art Society Gallery (with N.Rai, B.A. Reddy and myself), ‘Friends
Artist Group’ exhibition at Lalit Kala Academy , Hyderabad, ‘Friends Artist
Group’ exhibition at Jahangeer Art Gallery , Mumbai – India, Kentucky
University ( USA ), AIFACS – Delhi, Chandigarh – Graphic Print
Exhibition, With Pakistan Artist Group Exhibition at college of Fine Arts
gallery, Hyderabad, ‘Scribble Artist together’ at Hyderabad, International
Indian Artist exhibition at Jakarta,‘Scribble Artist together’ at Kolkata,
Lakshna Art Gallery at Hyderabad (with A. Yadgiri and myself), ‘Scribble
Artist together’ at Jodhpur – India, ‘Chitrakala Parishad’ at Bangalore.
Select Awards and Honours
Hyderabad Art Society Award, Andhra Pradesh Lalit Kala Academy Award,
Mahakala Koushal Parishad Raipur ‘gold plaque”, Shri Venkatshwara
College of Fine Arts, Hyderabad - felicitation and honours
Select Collections
Salarjung Museum – Hyderabad , Archeological Museum – Hyderabad ,
Jaipur House – New Delhi – India
Joined the computer classes to learn Designing and Painting. Today I
have developed myself as an artist using the digital painting media.
Street Hawker
At Café

Please note: my medium of working is digital painting. Only two images titled
blue reflection and reading are directly worked on computer like working on
canvas. Other works are based on photos, converted into paintings by giving
them a treatment of added of brush-lines and textures with composition and
painting effects. I am using the cursor like a brush and working on the PC
screen as if it were a canvas.
Blue reflection
Clouds and Rain
Empty Boat

Animal group
Meeting of Turbans
Morning Gossip
Reading

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