Bio: Devdatta Padekar was born in 1978 into an artistic Indian family.He received his B.F.A. (Painting) First Class First with Distinction from Sir J.J.School of Art, Mumbai, India – 1999. His M.F.A. (Portraiture) First Class First with Distinction followed in 2001. His studies in London were rewarded with an M.A. (Drawing) from Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK - 2005, and he followed this with studies at the Florence Academy of Art, Italy in 2007. He has had solo exhibitions in India and in Italy. His work has received awards in India, England and Canada. He was featured in the October 2011 issue of the Pastel Journal.
Subjects: Figurative. Devdatta strives to integrate three major qualities into his paintings: simplicity, subtlety and innocence. He tries to portray rapport between human beings and nature, and to that effect, he depicts these subjects superbly with the use of subtle colours.
Style: Representational. Devadatta's style of painting is grounded in strong academicism.
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Gallery: Gallery 1; Gallery 2; Gallery 3.
Image View: Galleries open in new page. There are more oils on view than there are pastels – I suspect the website needs updating as the paintings that appeared in the Pastel Journal are not displayed yet. Thumbnail images are enlarged in a viewer. Information is generally provided on medium and dimension by hovering over the thumbnail but too much coding is visible – the webmaster needs to correct this. Images cannot be saved.