Modak Priya Ganpati Painting

I'm an Architect by qualification with a Masters in Environmental Architecture and have been painting ever since I can remember. Painting is a means of showing the world my version of the beauty that surrounds us. And beauty for me can be found even in the ordinary.. I started my art journey with graphite and along came watercolors and its alluring to watch the pigment flow on wet paper each time. Watercolors inherent character helps me create a soft/dreamy look with wet-on-wet technique, and play of lost and found edges help me in building a focus. I love painting outdoors and the fact that I’m clueless as to what might end up as my subject. Anything and everything is a possibility. Light however plays an important role in determining the possibility. Also what I love about live painting is I get to see stories unfolding right in front of me and I can keep building stories and characters in my paintings as I see them. Painting live outdoors also means, apart from the painting I also get to take back the feel, the sounds and a mix bag of experiences as a reminder of the place. Painting helps me be a storyteller, paint visual stories of all the places that inspire me. Apart from expressing myself, I would love my art to inspire people to SEE rather than just look at the magical world around us.