BIJAY BISWAAL 1/3 – Yes, the train ticket inspector it’s an amazing painter. Travelling in India, you can meeting a train ticket inspector who captures everyday scenes, beautifully, on canvas. http://www.biswaal.com/ His watercolours, have a photograph-like quality about them, with light and shadow adding depth to the scene. Two his paintings (about a village in Odisha), offer a heartbreaking mix of poverty and beauty, with barns set amidst verdant surroundings.
BIJAY BISWAAL 2/3 – July 26, 2015, is a date he is not likely to forget. That was the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned him in an his address, lauding Biswaal, who, apart from performing his duties as the chief ticket inspector (at the Nagpur division of South East Central Railways), also painted lively scenes inspired by his observations on the job. Yes, even when he a job in the Railways, he didn’t let his passion for art die. Capturing the beauty of the Railways and the diversity of its passengers, his series has been winning internationally.
BIJAY BISWAAL 3/3 – That self-taught artist, from a small village of Pallahada in Odisha’s Angul district, has been participating in group shows and art festivals in India and abroad since 2012. Seven of his works, are now being exhibited as part of the show “Lands Within”, at the Egg Art Studio in New Delhi (a gallery that promotes upcoming artists from across the Indian subcontinent and the world). His works draw from his childhood, when he would use charcoal from the hearth to sketch.
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