Kamal D Lathar

'Draw a story in lines, plot its progress in oils,
and bring the conflict to a head with brush strokes.'

Kamal is a self-taught artist and a published writer. He was born in India, the land, its spices, its colours and vibrancy of life, all evident in the way Kamal paints, without fear or boundaries; as he says, ‘you can’t paint well until you’ve ruined a few canvases, and I’ve ruined a few.’

He decided very early as an artist that he would mainly paint with oils, as he considered them the most vibrant and challenging of the mediums. If there was something he was going to try to master first, it would be the oils.

The paintings usually weave around a story, something deeper inside his soul, something dying to get out, and ‘something that will have a dialog with your mind at the same time your eyes are having one with the layers.’

He considers art to be a very personal journey, an emotive one, where the dialog cannot be infused into the soul of another, but where the observer is moved internally by a physical image, a shift in perspective by the interaction, akin to having the right seasoning in food, before the flavour can think of rising from the bland to the sublime.

Inspiration for him comes from just about any s...

BSc Hons Physics and Astrophysics
MSc Digital Systems and Instrumentation

Member of:
LiterArties
The Society of Authors
Writers in Oxford

I am a member of the LiterArties, an exciting new group of artists-writers who are based in Oxfordshire and will be exhibiting at the following venues in 2019.

The Jam Factory, Oxford
27 Feb - 16 April 2019
Website: www.thejamfactoryoxford.com

The Old Fire Station, Oxford
8 March - 11 May 2019
Part of Oxfordshire Artweeks
Website: www.oldfirestation.org.uk

The Spice of Life
4 May - 26 May 2019
Part of Oxfordshire Artweeks
Spice Lounge (back yard), Oxford
Website: www.literarties.com

West Ox Arts, Bampton
12 Oct - 9 Nov 2019
Website: www.westoxarts.com

Vale & Downland Museum, Wantage
14 Oct - 2 Nov 2019
Website: www.wantage-museum.com

Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot:
26 Nov - 9 Dec 2019
Website: www.cornerstone-arts.org