World of Art

"What use is that talent which is not shared and spread across"...says  the talented artist Chaitra Somanath of Qatar. Today's Guest on here.

Her Web site: chaitrascolorfulart.com/


Ordinary woman with extraordinary talent called art  thumping into her.

"Art can not fill your bread basket" is what I read here. "Art Santhe Bangalore" Be it painting, writing or singing. But an artist never remains hungry is what I say. And "Chaitra is one inspiration for my little artist (http://juiscastle.blogspot.com/) who sees art even in her plate of food".

Glimpse of her life and art spell is all here for you.

She says...... 

1.About herself.

A
simple person, mind full of dreams, born at Siddapur in Uttara kannada dist and
brought up at Jog, a place which is famous for it’s water falls and power
generation, in a small family with parents and an younger sister.

I
am a self taught artist.

Ever since my childhood, I have been fond of making drawings in my drawing books, figures
and cartoon characters from the story books and children’s magazines and constantly inspired by nature's beauty all around.

2. Her inspiration are many things.

My
parents- My passion towards art is always encouraged by my parents. Whenever I painted something they always framed and hung it on the wall and
whoever saw always praised. From there the world of art continued to grow and
blossom into me.

3. The Journey.

Spending
all my 16 years at Jog, we moved to Sagara, (shimoga dist) in 1995, beautiful
place full of greenery and famous for sandal wood carving. That is where my
childhood hobby got converted into serious pursuit of creative art. Beside my
graduation I started learning different kind of art like fabric painting, oil
painting, engraving, embossing, sand painting, acrylic painting by
experimenting, taking information by books and people.  I read, I experiment, I learn.

Another
step to my Art world- Got married to Somanath in 1999 and moved to
Gujarat, A place where u can find one or more artists in each family. My
husband is the real supporter for my passion for art after my marriage. There I
learned glass painting soft toy making and did Diploma in Fashion designing

Then
we moved to Oman where I gave a small break for my passion as my kids were
small. Then moved to Qatar in 2006, got a chance to see the painting exhibition
by Visual arts, started my passion once again.

4. Journey continued in Qatar

2010-My thought- What is the use of a
talent if I don’t spread and pass it to others?.  I
started Art class for children. I chose children to be my
students. Reason being, children are budding artists where they can be
moulded according to their talent.

2012 - 
Milestone for me.

Held
an Exhibition in March at basant mela organized by PWA Doha, Qatar. Got a very
good response.

On 3^rd
May 2012 held another big painting exhibition at hotel Merweb which was opened
by director of heritage from the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage and the Indian ambassador. It was a great achievement of my life. I
achieved my dream. Still
long way to go, hoping to do  many more
painting exhibitions ahead.

5 .
Recent work shops.

19^th
august 2010 --- Did a free drawing and painting 
workshop for children at abhilashrayam ( Orphanage at Kodige halli,
Bangalore)

May,
2012 --- Candle making workshop for teachers at Al Noor institute, Doha, Qatar.

June,26^th
2012 ---- Participated in the live painting programme at FCC, Doha, Qatar on account
of International day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking.

July,
2012 --- Summer work shop for Toyota staff children.

6
.  Her advice:

Every person has got
some talent in her/ him. Find
it, spend some time for it, and explore it.

7
.  Art for her.

Art
is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness.
“It trains the Mind through the eye and eye through the mind”

Art
adds a balance to my life, paintings are like magic to me, an illusion that
could transcend me into other realities, I forget about myself and become
completely absorbed in the work.

Painting
is a way to express my thoughts.

Art
brings thoughts and feelings……… it opens my mind to do something
unimaginable………………..

8. Her Aim 

My aim is to pass on my talent to as many children as possible by
teaching them drawing and painting.

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