Revolutionary Implications: Artistic Genius of Raja Ravi Varma

USA (SANEPR.com) April 21, 2009 -- Slide Show & Talk by Jay Varma
Revolutionary Implications: Artistic Genius of Raja Ravi Varma
Tuesday, April 28, 6:30PM
Tamarind Art Council is excited to host a lecture by Jay Varma who is a gifted artist and grandson of legendary painter Raja Ravi Varma. In his slide show presentation, Jay Varma will share rare anecdotes to map evolution of Raja Ravi Varma’s art and to illustrate his relevance in India Today.

Jay Varma
Jay Varma who hails from the illustrious royal family of Travancore, is a gifted colored pencil artist combining a dramatic sense of color with extraordinary detail. His artistic style puts together an impeccable realism with a unique and subtly rendered application of bold and brilliant color showing particular attention to light. Essentially a self taught artist, Jay continues a rich history of artistic skill and reputation through four generations of his family in India. His great grandfather, the master oil painter Raja Ravi Varma, is still one of the most highly regarded artists in India. His grandfather Kerala Varma like Jay, excelled in charcoal and pencil. His mother Rukmini Varma, paints in oil, her work hanging in major collections throughout the world. Jay’s skill won him the prestigious ‘Sanford Award for exceptional Merit' at the Eighth International Colored Pencil competition in Birmingham, Michigan in 2000. His work has been published in the Artists Magazine and the International Artist, among other prominent publications. Generally regarded as one of the most demanding of all artistic mediums, colored pencil surprises and delights the audience with its vast range of subtlety and mood.
Jay is presently completing a series of drawings and paintings of the human form, still life and landscapes modeled in the tradition of the great Italian and French Ateliers. He works will expose his own unique style while he continues in the tradition of his artistic family.
About Tamarind Art Council
Tamarind Art Council (TAC) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting contemporary art in North America. Our focus is to support all types of artistic expression, including performing and fine arts, by sponsoring art-related activities and cross-cultural events in order to expand awareness for art and culture.