A trip to the beautiful Bhutan last year inspired artist Prakash Ghadge to create his latest series of work, &lsquo;Silence&rsquo;. &ldquo;As soon as I returned from Bhutan, I began drawing monks. That&rsquo;s when I decided I wanted to do a series on meditation,&rdquo; he says. The artist, who uses only pens and ink, is exhibiting this series at Jehangir Art Gallery until tomorrow. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/aug/Prakash-Ghadge.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 576px; " /> Artist Prakash Ghadge &ldquo;It has been 30 years since I first began working with pen and ink,&rdquo; Ghadge reveals. There aren&rsquo;t many other artists known for using the medium, claims Ghadge, and that was one of the driving forces behind his choice of medium. &ldquo;I attended the JJ School of Arts and earned my diploma in &rsquo;77. Everyone else was using colours and canvas, and I wanted to do something different.&rdquo; Ghadge says his style which is a deviation from another monochromatic style, line drawings is unique. &ldquo;No one has done this before, I have developed a style of my own. In comparison, my drawings have tonal value whereas line drawings are linear. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/aug/Art.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 424px; " /> And one his creations on display They are flat and one-dimensional, but my pen-and-ink drawings have depth. I have developed a way to show shade and light in my drawings too,&rdquo; says the artist, who knew he wanted to be an artist even as a young boy. &ldquo;I was fond of drawing since I was a child. I used to sit with my drawing books all day long,&rdquo; the Mumbai-based artist reminisces. &ldquo;Even then I enjoyed giving minute details to my drawings.&rdquo; Each minute detail that the artist adds is with the help of a Rotering pen. &ldquo;There are various sizes of the nibs I use 0.2 onwards. I choose the nib according to the size of the painting. Small drawings require smaller nibs. But sometimes, even while I&rsquo;m working on a large drawing, especially when it&rsquo;s a more complicated one, I use smaller nibs to give the more minute details.&rdquo; Working in the studio all day long, from 9 am to 9 pm, Ghadge has little time to teach his unique style to others. &ldquo;But I have managed to teach one or two students and they have held exhibitions, too.&rdquo;u00a0Today, Ghadge has held almost 30 to 40 exhibitions, but he still remembers his first. &ldquo;The theme for my first exhibition was nature. That was way back in 1979, two years after I passed out of JJ School.&rdquo; The 57 year-old artist is evidently often inspired by nature &mdash; his largest creation yet is 3 x 9 feet landscape drawing which portrays trees. The drawings on exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery have been created over the last year. Each one took a month and a half. &ldquo;I have tried to draw meditation. I even attended a meditation course at Igatpuri to learn more about the subject,&rdquo; says Ghadge, who first makes a preliminary sketch on paper on the spot, then takes a photograph of his subject for later reference. Ask him about his favourite piece of art from this collection and he responds like someone would about their children. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re all my favourites &ndash; each drawing in the collection is special. <h2 class="footer_style"> At Until August 20, 11 am to 7 pm, Jehangir Art Gallery, A/C No. 1, Kala Ghoda Call: 22048212, 22843989 u00a0</h2>

Prakash Ghadge, whose drawings are on exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery, lends depth to the pen-and-ink medium

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