In last few months Dr Udayraj Gadnis, the spiritual painter, exhibited three series at the Cosmic Heart Gallery – Dew Drops of Wisdom, Womb of Time and Cosmic Sounds. Currently, the gallery shows a body of work that has a few pieces from all these series. Gadnis’ USP has been depicting varied forms of deities in bright hues that he creates using precious and semi-precious stones.
His tantric meditation has helped him earlier to take his work to the next level which enthralled the viewers. The Ganesha, the Shiva, the Hanuman..
. they exuded energy that attracted the viewer. Dew Drops of Wisdom_ Ganesha | His Sun series, Suryakal, that was exhibited at the Bihar Museum Biennale exhibition radiated a glow.
It was not just the gold that he used, but it was the glow of his heart and soul. However, the current body of work lack that quality. And one is surprised to see that.
“You are bang on!” Gadnis exclaims. “These works do lack the heart that my earlier works had. And I am not ashamed to admit that.
But don’t you want to know the reason?” Dew Drops of Wisdom_ Ganesha | Of course I want to know the reason why an internationally acclaimed artist suddenly starts painting such below the mark work. “Because I worry about my parents who stay here in Mumbai, while I stay in UK and exhibit all over the world.” Why worry about them impacts his work? “Because if I paint with my heart and soul, then I will, probably, draw attention and wrath of the radicalists.
And then .