CHAITALI's ART CLASSES

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NAGUESH  RAO  SARDESSAI

‘Self’, an exhibition of art works created by the students of noted Goan artist, Chaitali Morajkar, will be held at the Sanskruti Bhavan, Patto, Panaji. Having truly understood the meaning of being a teacher, Chaitali has aptly selected this subject for exploration. A teacher is largely supposed to tap the inner self of an individual student and bring forth that realization and develop confidence.

Chaitali, through this show, intends to give them the necessary push. Having started art classes for young as well as senior art enthusiasts under the banner - ‘Paint Club Goa’ - a few years back, she has been receiving overwhelming response from people in and around Mapusa, Goa.

Being a successful contemporary artist, Chaitali offers the students a modern approach to art and innovate various means to inculcate and instigate their creative self. Besides guiding the students in honing their skill, she gives specific exercises to pushes their imagination and develop these ideas into a work of art.

Not confining to just paper and paint, Chaitali has exposed the students to various media and isms in art. Besides conventional painting, the students try their hand at clay modeling, collage, portraits etc. ‘I identify the strength of individual student and then guide them in that direction without disturbing their innate qualities as an artist,’ says Chaitali.

Shlok from St. Brito’s High School, Mapusa has transformed an exercise in object drawing into a creative piece. Drawing of a large spectacle against typical Goan scenery speaks volumes about his concept. Student of Saraswat Vidyalaya, Mehal Parab’s fascination for fashion designing made her paint a picture with the entire fashion ensemble neatly arranged. Mehal has an eye for details and the work exhibit that quality.

Savi Dhond’s interest in badminton, as a sport, led her to create a piece that finds Indian professional badminton player and first Indian woman Olympic silver medalist P V Sindhu juxtaposed with her portrait. Meticulously painted web of square grid seamlessly merging the two portraits into a single entity is appreciable.     

Ojas Parab’s Futuristic work created around his favourite bike is interesting. Multiple forms of bike and the rider in animated positions, stretching across the frame adds to the curiosity.               

Arush Zarapkar’s optical illusion show is fascination for architectural drawings and precise lines and forms. Yuvraj Singh Rane and Manay Sonar’s works show their interest in football and batman respectively.

Kshitij and Aditya’s creative play with their names give an idea of the level of maturity school students have achieved.   

All of these young artists enjoy their lessons in art with Chaitali and feel inspired to take up art as a career option. ‘It is here that we are encouraged to develop our creativity, explore new ideas and learn new techniques,’ says all of them in unison.

The show was inaugurated at the hands of Prasad Lolayekar, Director of Art & Culture, Goa on April 7 and the paintings were on view till April 9, 2017.