Bhamidipati Venkata Bv

I am a BFA drop out ; couldn't afford art materials instead I got into a medical school on scholarship. In the beginning I painted because I loved colors which went on to being a route to vent out my feeling.
I learned whatever I know of art through teachers, reading books or listening to artists and then I copied in any form I could before I began on my own.
It helped me vent out my feelings as my medical practice mostly put me on an edge but the year 2020 changed a lot. I lost my only brother and mother to Covid and went bankrupt and things changed...my art became a meditation. it kept me sane and gave me peace of mind. Today my home is littered with art materials and just looking at them makes me happy.
Though I have been painting for the last 20 years, I have only now understood what art really gives.
I am inspired by the world around me and what I perceive of the life and the million things that make it beautiful yet confusing, lively yet challenging, the turmoil and the strength, the pain and the pleasure, the instability and faith, the financial and moral poverty and yet the humanity, all the contradiction and the distortions...I ...

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