Chidanand M

Born in 1953 at Bombay now called Mumbai, India. Artist, Photographer and Designer. Deeply involved in creative arts since childhood. Voracious reader on creative fields such as art, calligraphy, photography, architecture etc., for the last five decades and have a huge collection of art books and material by great artists of the world. Interested in capturing architecture, heritage sites, landscapes in photography as well as in painting.

Presently painting watercolours of landscapes, heritage monuments and architecture.

The essence of my skillset is to regularly and consistently practise on day to day basis without any break. My knowledge and experience acquired are based on the techniques assimilated through classes from well known artists from around the world, from time to time. This is consistent throught my life.

Teaching architectural photography to students at Mysore University as visiting faculty.

Self studied and trained in visual arts and worked as assistant architect, artist, photographer and designer. However, taken dozens of online courses from Artists' Network, Lynda, Udemy, Domestika, Etchr, ShopKeepArty and many others locally. Has taken many a guidance from India's famous artist, Late R.M. Hadpad, who is well known internationally.

Won many awards in photography, most important being the only winner of Chalukya Utsava Award for Badami Landscape in 2014.

Travelling and studying about the world heritage sites for their architectural value and surrounding landscapes, which are being photographed for use in paintings as well as for marketing.

Several of my photographs were accepted, awarded and exhibited by Photographic Societies in India.