Sheela Padmanabhan

1966,Kerala born.now lives and works in Chennai.Works in the realistic style Mrs. Sheela Padmanabhan is an artist born in Kerala now settled in Chennai,India. Her works never fail to evoke interest and appreciation from fellow artists as well as the art connoisseur due to their unique appeal. Sheela works in many mediums like Watercolour; Oil on canvas, Acrylic on canvas, Tanjore, ceramic painting etc. Her oil paintings depict tranquil figures picked up from daily life as well as reflecting traditional and cultural life of Kerala, Her home land. The simplicity and beauty of her subjects are really commendable... As modernization has crept in the scenic beauty of the village and the life style has changed a lot, so she thinks that these paintings can be viewed as historical images of a bygone life. Truly she has captured the essence of Kerala in her paintings.The recent oil paintings show ladies in their traditional dresses wearing ornaments which were specific to their community once.