Jaideep Mehrotra (B. 1954)

Jaideep Mehrotra (B. 1954) A self taught artist JaideepMehrotra began showing his works at the age of 12 years, since then he has been showing his works regularly. Mehrotra has no inhibitions and is experimenting with new mediums for his paintings sculptures consistently. At times he likes to create a body of works around a specific theme or medium for instance in 2003 he did a solo show based on his train journeys across the country. He specially undertook these trips on the train to archive as well as retrospect about it. The subject matter was kept intentionally in the tradition of realism but with a new approach to the technique of applying colour and texture to the canvas. In differing light conditions and by varying distance from the canvas one gets to see varying shades of colors. Another series was the one done on horses and for these his works captured the romance of Spain. The artist lives and works in Mumbai.