Holi Hai !

 

This is an installation art made with cloth on which Dhruv had spray painted, later converted into a ladies' dress. 

The abandon, fun, the run and catch, the attack and the withdrawal, all that Holi encompasses is expressed in the form of the lady seated 

with one arm raised in protest, cornered by her attacker.

Dhruv's art in other's homes

Occasionally of the numerous works of Dhruv that we sold over the last five years, a few people sent us back images of how the art looked in their homes..

Dhruv And Mom

Dhruv and Mom

A special child is a blessing in a parents' life but it takes time to realise that and keep remembering that.

 Many a time it seems a burden too heavy for the mother, but then when she sees the positive happy soul, inside the special body, she remembers, and is grateful.

Dhruv is one such a blessing. He loves to sing when he is alone, play with his toys, tease his Mom, play with his pet dog, cycle, watch his favourite you-tube channels and when he sees paints, he itches for working with them on large canvases. The colours, so exuberant, dance with joy in his hands.

So one day the Mom decided to become part of this merriment and try some of her ideas on his canvases.

This is the result of that collaboration. 

Dhruv has severe anxiety issues so his absence here must be understood.

He knows we love and celebrate him. And he will ask us what others thought of the exhibition too.

Happy 19th Birthday Dhruv!

Love,

Mom, Dad and Sis. 

School (of fishes)

Lady of the night

Boat

Butterfly

Moon and Houses

Forest

Landscape

Banyan

Australia

Tendrils

Testimonials

-Wow!! Vimal...the paintings are truly a collaboration of two beautiful souls...

Beautiful how you added strokes n  meaning to his paintings...

Real connect🤗🤗

Such a beautiful way to work n relax  both. Preetha- Cochin.

-Love the paintings Dhruv. You have done such an incredible job-love the play of colours and the imagination! Vasundhara Mohan.

-Wonderful Painting Dhruv. Love them so much! Very thoughtful and deep. Keep Painting! Aishwarya

-Many, many congratulations Dhruv and Mom. Dhruv the freedom with which you use paints and the abandon with which you create art is so awe-inspiring. I have loved to see you make art, its been a complete joy. I am so happy and thrilled to see your work, the magic you create, out here. 

And Vimal what a superb support you have been for Dhruv. Not just that, in these works, I see the artist in you emerging so strongly.You've taken off from his lead and worked to create something so very beautuful.Truly a collaboraion. I can stare at the works all day long.

All the very best to both of you dear Dhruv and Vimal. More power and freedom and abandon to both of you.

Kavitha Krishnamurthy

-What a beautiful way to start our evening...All that one sees makes one joyous. Such bright colours...Splattered with abundance...And a mother.. cannot but intervene and add her creative feel..To make it whole..To make it one..We each add beauty to the world. Be Dhruv...Be Vimal..

Much love always..

Mini and Gopi.

-All the art displayed is so incredibly beautiful. Great job you two. Keep painting, keep inspiring us.

Divya Reddy

-The art displayed here is exceptionally beautiful. Undoubtedly an amazing work done. Wishing Dhruv the best of exploration in the universe of art.

Yudhvir and Shruthi

-Paiintings of Dhruv are excellent.

Ike

-I am very  proud of you. our artwork is amazing. Very bold and inspiring. Keep up the good work. Best wishes to you.

Sheela Mam.

-Amazing work!! Keep it up Dhruv.

Kartik and Rajshree.

-Love them all- each is so unique and beautiful. Proud owner of 'School'.

Sudha Lakshmi Latha and Priya,

-Loved the paintings. Congratulations Dhruv and Vimal. Such Vibrant colours, so appealing.

Madhu 

-Superb painting by Dhruv and Mom.

Malathi Subramaniam

-Amazing perspectives.

Sonal Murali.

-Loved the colour scheme. Enjoyed your exhibition.

Akshaya Arul.

-Lovely collection. We are so happy to be part of our painting world by being a spectator.

Anuradha Srinivas

-Awesome, Dhruv. Overwhelmed to see the beauty of your work. Well done, my child and God  Bless. Wish you all the best in whatever you want to do and whatever makes you happy and your parents and Avanti proud of you.

Seetha Ravichandran

-Dhruv and Mom completely symbiotic. May you continue to nurture each other. The collaboration sings. Every canvas is joyful.

Madhuca Krishnan

-We love the way you put colours together to see what it can do. We are inspired to unlearn too.

Ramanathan, Chinmay and Malathi.

- A beautiful amalgamation. Love the play of colours. Continue delighting us with your wonderful work.

Inshuma.

-You are full of surprises. You have so much to offer and I look forward to being part of your incredible journey.

Gita Gopalakrishnan.

-Words are a poor medium to express my appreciation. I am speechless. My blessings to Dhruv for a bright future and my nest wishes to Mom to work with him.

Indira 

-Superb and lovely collections. Able to see your efforts and Dhruv's imagination. Hats off Vimal to your efforts and work. Our interns enjoyed and explained the paintings in their war. Our wishes and blessings to Dhruv.

Tarang team.

-Excellent art work by dear Dhruv and Mom. Particularly 'Om Namah Shivay', 'Boat', 'Moon and Houses'. Way to go, Dhruv. Enjoy! Best of luck. Congrats to Vimal and Bala.

Ganapathy. 

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Exhibition in an Art Mela

We had an interesting exhibition 2019 Jan, an solo show for the first time in an Art Mela at Chennai.

When a viewer remarked-'these are just scribbles' an unknown professional artist came up in support and said making these attractive 'scribbles' is not easy!

Testimonials 

- Wonderful colours and very original. We love it.

Thiru Venkataeshwaran.R

-Bold work with powerful colours.

C.R. Bala Venkat.

-Excellent looks really professional. So much life in each painting.

Zia

-Very nice strokes. Good, keep it up, Dhruv.

S Arunagiri

Very Nice colour scheme. Best wishes for more and more performances.

N.Gunasekaran.

Very Nice.

Kanniiappan.

I saw a person with a passion for painting.

Vetri R.

Lovely work, Dhruv. Keep it up, looking forward for new work.

Gireesh Kumar

Something that I should explore and undertstand. Brilliant and open for various interpretations,

Vaishali

-Lovely paintings, lots of deep thought in each of than. All the best.

Zoyeb Zia

Congrats Dear Dhruv, very colourful splash. Good job!

Meena Chandrashekhar

Navratri Mela Artifacts

Dhruv seems to enjoy painting anything, so we made a series of products for a Navratri Mela in 2018.

 Once again most of objects were sold and we felt might encouraged.

Exhibitions and more exposure

Kairasii - a group that supports art from the differently abled conducted its first group show at 'Swiss Hutte' and Dhruv 's art found space and exposure.

Kairasii had an event on Autism day in 2017 at a mall and Dhruv's painting got sold, much to our amazement.

Then in July 2018 Kairasii had another show this time in Amethyst, Chennai.

The yellow painting got sold and found its place in someone's living room.

Kairasssi had made prints also, which were runaway hits.

Kairassi has been a source of continued support to Dhruv's journey and we are grateful to Indira, Kadambari and Divya for their generous work.

Dhruv, our Miracle

Dhruv, Our miracle.

‘Not in matter, but in thought, not in possessions but in ideas, are to be found the seeds of immortality’. Sir JC Bose.

Dhruv, is an idea, the idea that a child must be listened to. When he was fourteen, he expressed unequivocally that he had no interest in going to the special school, he went to for the previous three years. It was a decision thrust on us, by him, to start some kind of home-schooling. Which in a year’s time dwindled to ‘no-schooling’, or a more attractive word ’unschooling’. But the net result was a teenager who was surfing the net for all his needs and seemed to be really happy!

It was at a time like this, trying to get Dhruv interested in art, that we had our

first teacher, Augustine Thilak, who came in only for about six times, but gave 

the boy the freedom to explore paints, the way he wants. 

Later in 2016 he was instructed in this 'uninstructed' art by Kavitha Krishnamurthy and Jyotsana Srinivasan.

Time passed and, and time is the best teacher. I learnt that Dhruv’s compositions had great beauty, I had to develop a sense of art, that was open to this freedom. The idea of expressing one’s feelings though colour and movement.

About this time we started framing his works, putting them online and friends started wanting to procure them.

One of our early buyers was Dr Paulose Thomas who later hung the art in his hospital in Kerala.

Dr Paulose thought the work should be titled 'Cosmogenesis'

Mr  Shanker bought this set of four for his home.

Dhruv's prolific painting required us to keep selling so we had space in our home for more!

We tried collage art.

And digital art!

Art with sand...

Art using spray paint..

Art on Canvas- this is his first canvas work which he called 'Forest'.

Most of his works have been sold to friends, who may have bought them to support him or maybe liked the art. This question doesn't bother Dhruv cause all he wants to do is paint!

He introduces himself to others as an 'Artist'.