Vasudeo Kamath

Right from his early childhood, Vasudeo Kamath’s inclination for drawing became apparent to people to people around him. After schooling, he took admission in the most prestigious institute Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai. J.J. provided him platform to prove his talents. He completed his G.D Art with first class first distinction.

He prefers to paint in oil on canvas and in watercolour but he also enjoys painting in soft pastels, oil pastels and acrylics. In his academic years he loves to paint landscapes on the location and portraits from life. He creates conceptual paintings based on his ideas and what he firmly believes. In addition in subjective paintings, he tries to bring out the mythological and historical subjects with detailed study in realistic manner.

He paints commissioned portraits as also the portraits of people around. He also invites dignitaries and diplomats for painting from life. His mastery in portraits has won many awards, the most acclaimed one is Draper Grand award bestowed upon by The Portrait Society of America for his portraits and ‘My Wife’ in 2006.