Umakant Kanade

Born in Maharashtra, Kanade graduated from the Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya, Pune in 1990. Nature is a very prominent theme in the paintings of Kanades depicting its elements in their most-bare and basic forms. The intention is to let people experience the magic and joy in little things that often go unnoticed in a fast-paced world.

Painful labour by the artist goes into bringing out the texture of each bird or rock that he portrays through minute and delicate strokes primarily done in ink on canvas. He speaks about his work as I have tried to explain a concept through these drawings. When I look at stone, I think of tolerance, its patience, its strength to be able to bear the storms. I think even stones depict sensitivity, and are part of life, seeing the colorful world in black and white. Observing tones and colors and then converting them into black and white is a difficult task.