Aishu (2017) Drawing by Ranjith Kk

In my childhood I drew cars and scenes from Ramayana war between Rama and Ravana with several kinds of arrows. I also drawing and painting all the super heroes in He-Man cartoon series. As I grew up I was attracted towards heroes in films and I would draw their faces on notebook occasionally. I spent my childhood in Lakshadweep Island as my father worked there. There were no cars in Lakshadweep at that time and when I came to Kochi after my eighth standard as my father got transfer I was stunned by the beauty of cars. I would look at cars for hours and after reaching home I would sketch the car from memory. After pre-degree I started drawing cars making some changes in their design. After pre-degree I went to study engineering in Bangalore but I had to discontinue the course because of attention disability particularly I found it difficult to learn mathematics. After that I ed JDT Islam poly technique for studying civil engineering. At that time my father asked if I wanted to learn oil painting. I told yes and I learned landscape painting from universal arts and later portrait painting and creative painting from SK Pottakkad cultural centre which happens to be near my house. After completing my course in diploma civil I got a job in the IIM Site of ray construction at 2006. Because of economic recession of 2008 I lost job after working for a year. In 2009 February I conducted a painting exhibition in lalithakala academy art gallery. Visitors had good opinion about my painting exhibition; also I got good review in several leading newspapers. My first paintings were about the challenges I faced in life. All the paintings were the symbolic representation of my imagination and life lessons. In my childhood I had rheumatic fever and I have tonsils since 2008. In 2014 I had a stall at Sargalaya international festival. In 2015 I conducted a painting exhibition called Rainbow which included my creative portrait works. In 2017 the theme of my painting exhibition ‘Car art’ was cars. After my painting exhibition in 2019 titled ‘burning trees green and orange’ I now do portrait paintings and paintings inspired by music. All my painting exhibitions included my visual representations of dreams on canvas. I’am interested in the topics what all exist in the consciousness. I’am also interested in the topic what is the relationship between mind and brain. I also think what force is and energy actually is. I think about the origin of the universe.

• Nationality: INDIA
• Date of birth : 1982
• Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
• Groups: Contemporary Indian Artists