Deepak Sonar
Deepak Sonar Paintings - Artist Profile
Born and brought up in Nasik (1967), Deepak Sonar pursued his G.D in Art A.K. Mahavidyalaya, Pune, and Diploma in Art Education in Sir.J.J. School of Art. In 1995, he received research grant scholarship by Lalit Kala Akademi, and in 2000-2002 he won a junior fellowship for the year by Ministry of Culture.
Deepak’s art has evolved over a period- from being a figurative artist to become a contemporary artist. He was employed in a Government job doing artwork when he realized that he wanted to paint full-time. He quit his comfortable job and began painting figures. During this time, he felt that there was room for him to grow as an artist and that he wanted to do more abstract work. The figures from his canvas began to fade away, and the background of his painting became the subject of his paintings. He uses acrylic paints and builds up to 35 layers of paint to create his abstract artwork. Deepak’s paintings enchant the viewers and introduce them to their innermost emotions. It is as if the viewers are looking at a mirror and stories from their past and present unfold in their mind’s eye to fit into the mood of the painting in front of them.
Deepak is an artist whose paintings will add charm to one’s environs. His work is in the collections of Lalit Kala AkadHemi, S. Shankaradeva Kalakshetra Guwahati, Taj Group of Hotels, and Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal.
