Jarnail Singh

About Jarnail Singh

For the last 35 years, I have been active as a freelance Artist. Born in 1956 in India; I developed an interest in art in childhood. After having a successful career in India I emigrated to Canada In 2000.We now make our home in Surrey, BC. I had a solo show "Jarnail Singh -Discovering the Soul of Punjab" at Surrey Art Gallery in 2004. I was featured artist at Harrison Arts Festival 2005 at Harrison Hot Springs. My work was in the exhibitions "From Across the Oceans" at Langley Museum, Punjabi Visions, at Reach Gallery and Museum, Abbotsford, From The Land of Five Rivers, Surrey Art Gallery. I had two shows of Komagatamaru Stories, at Surrey and Abbotsford. My works have been in many solo and group shows.My paintings have won many awards. My paintings are in private and public collections all over the world. In 2008 the City of Surrey conferred on me a lifetime achievement award recognizing me as a Surrey Civic Treasure. Artist Statement Painting for me is a process of infinite happiness and joy. It is impossible to describe and define this process. There is a mixture of feelings, imagination, craft, and many more elements that cannot be defined nor explained. Painting for me is meditation. Painting for me is prayer. I paint whatever inspires me, touches me. It can be a tiny flower, it can be a awe inspiring mountain or a rivulet, a face in a crowd that touches me with its beauty and innocence, can be a story of ancient times, they are all part of my paintings..Many a time people ask me, what do you paint, and I reply, I paint everything, people, portraits, landscapes, anything that touches me, inspires me. Painting is my own interpretation of these. Jarnail Singh 106, 12882, 85 Avenue, Surrey, BC V3W 0K8, Canada www.jarnailarts.com, jarnailarts@hotmail.com 604 825 4659