Sonal Panse

'I paint because I'm angst-ridden and anti-social, with a peculiar view of the world, and the white surface of the canvas maddens, distracts, obsesses me to such an extent that I find myself moved by a powerful hidden force to splatter it with paint'. --------------------------------------------

Well, actually, the more prosaic truth is - 'I paint because the materials were there and I thought, well, let's give old Van Gogh a run for his talent'. ------------------------------------------------

Of course, that's not the whole prosaic truth either. ------------------------------------------------

I analyzed my mind the other day. I sat down and turned on the music and tried really hard to plumb mental depths hitherto unplumbed. Then it came to me - not from the mysterious deep, but from the shallow surface - the best and simplest reason for practising art. It was the song that was playing that lit the bulb - 'I get a kick out of you'.
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My method of working is rather simple too. I apply color - lots of color - to surface, make sure I make a fine mess, and then I look at the mess for a long time and slowly sense begins to emerge from the reigning chaos. I follow it and...

Master's Degree in English Literature
Bachelor's Degree in History
Diploma in Fine Art

Chitra-Leela Niketan's International School Art Exhibition, London, 1987.

Art Society of India Exhibition, 1999.

Camlin Art Foundation Exhibition, 2000.

Music-Art Show, Nasik, 2011

Paintings and Sculpture Exhibition, Ravindra Natya Mandir, Bombay, 2012

Twitter Art Exhibit, The Center for Contemporary Dance, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2014

Paintings and Sculpture Exhibition, Punjab Kala Bhavan, Chandigarh, 2014