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Shankar Subramaniam · 01-04-2006, 10:19 AM

Dear Alex and Allan,

Thanks for the invitation. I would be very happy to share my views from this part of the globe. Let me be very frank to confess that the scope of Portrait painting as a profession is very limited in India. What ever little scope we had had been very badly affected by the digital media. I had been always very experimental and even though I had always loved portraiture and figurative art I thought of using the trees as a motive to express feelings with more subtlety, which generally could bring about a dual meaning. There was also a sense of movement which made me seriously take up animation; to move my trees. I am now trying to look into other works from members of this forum and shall sure be more interactive. Surely this interaction would mean a lot to me to get back to figure and portrait painting

regards

shankar

01-04-2006, 10:19 AM	#2
Shankar Subramaniam Juried Member Joined: Jan 2004 Location: Kolkata, India Posts: 3	Dear Alex and Allan, Thanks for the invitation. I would be very happy to share my views from this part of the globe. Let me be very frank to confess that the scope of Portrait painting as a profession is very limited in India. What ever little scope we had had been very badly affected by the digital media. I had been always very experimental and even though I had always loved portraiture and figurative art I thought of using the trees as a motive to express feelings with more subtlety, which generally could bring about a dual meaning. There was also a sense of movement which made me seriously take up animation; to move my trees. I am now trying to look into other works from members of this forum and shall sure be more interactive. Surely this interaction would mean a lot to me to get back to figure and portrait painting regards shankar __________________ Shankar S www.shankars.co.in [email protected]