Shabbir Khambatti

I was born just a year before my country got its independence - in 1946 in India. As I grew, so did my country. I have seen it rise from a dusty, sleepy country to a major player in the world market. I also spent more than a decade as a radio officer in the merchant navy and had the opportunity to travel the world.

All this has shaped my view of the world and I feel I am better for it. My paintings incorporate the diversity I have experienced during my life.

Adventurer, teacher, landscapist...or all of these?

As an artist I have no formal training and am entirely self taught. I do not adopt a single style of art. My work reflects touches of abstract, nature studies, charcoal sketches, still life, pointillism, impressionism and some spiritual overtones.

My prime motivation is to share and evoke creativity in everyone, especially children.

As an artist I have no formal training and am entirely self taught. I got my education many, many years ago to become a radio officer on the merchant navy.

I have taken up painting only recently. Apart from my solo art exhibition (Mystique), my art has been displayed at several private art shows in India & the US, and group art shows by Metroscan & Art2Day,