“Matrix” by Lalit Jain, oil on canvas, 100 x 84 cms, 2009
Lalit Jain, who studied at Mumbai’s Sir JJ School of Art, was Chief Artist with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). He drew ruins and excavation sites with absolute realism by day. By night, he’d paint abstract forms from his mind’s eye. The 75-year-old artist, now long retired from the ASI, lives in New Delhi and is especially inspired by the feminine form and the mysteries of life. “My brush strokes are never calculated,”
says Jain. “Deep down, a force takes over when I paint.
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