Welcome to Art Studio Aakruti

A self taught artist, my motivation and inspiration to paint came from watching the Hoarding - Artists transforming postcard sized, black & white photographs into beautiful, mammoth-sized, colourful Film Posters and Hoardings in ‘60s and ‘70s as a young school student.

I was brought up in Madhya Pradesh and spent most of my younghood in Indore. The exposure to Hindustani classical music, sculpture, paintings and Hindi film music growing up were instrumental in nurturing my artistic pursuits. At the same time, the military establishments at MHOW near Indore inspired me to join the Indian Army. Fulfilling this aspiration, I passed out of the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun in June 1977 and joined The Madras Regiment. The two and a half decades of service across the country offered additional dimensions to my artistic journey. In 1999, post-retirement, I settled down in Bangalore and established Art Studio Aakruti.

From then on, I have been channelling these inspirations and many others along the way, to pursue various artistic endeavours. This includes making Oil Paintings on canvas, Mixed-media Murals and Metal Relief works, Hand-made Greeting Cards in Indian Ink, Architectural Scale Models for Architects & Real Estate Developers, writing Hindi Poetry, Singing Covers to Hindi Films Songs & Ghazals on Karaoke and playing Harmonica.

Currently I work in my studio in Bangalore and undertake customized orders for Oil Paintings. For updates on my artistic activities, follow me on:

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