About
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Beautiful Lotus ponds lush with shimmering goldfishes in the northern rural environment of Haryana (INDIA) amalgamated with dynamic movements of metropolitan Indian cities to become the driving creative force for Artist Rao Ranveer in his meteoric rise as a contemporary painter in the Indian Art scene. An artist spark of childhood which flared into multiple explosions of artworks at India’s Topmost art school where his limitless ideas and dreams started taking shape through techniques and refinement under the guidance of topmost artists of India.
A childhood spent in the rustic exotic fields of Haryana (INDIA), lush with trees and ponds and their organic ecosystems injected the natural elements of artistic fantasy within Rao Ranveer which got enriched with the bustling metropolitan environments of Delhi and Mumbai to produce contradicting juxtaposition within him at a creative realm.
Born on September 1988 at the bustling metropolis of New Delhi, Rao went to join a course in Communication Design at NIFT, Delhi. Before the tenure could complete, the selection at Sir JJ School of Art, Mumbai for BFA happened fulfilling his core desire to rediscover the artist within him. Its where Rao discovered the expansive artistic arena both outside and the connection, deep within him. Simplistic complexities unexpressed is how Rao likes to define himself. Being a romantic introvert, his expression by and large vents out intangibly in his dreams while a small aspect tangibly in his paintings. Eternal memories of budding innocence binding with pristine natural surroundings sparked the artistic flames of creativity within Rao at every stage of his evolutionary thought process. His nostalgic fascinations finding expressions in every creations treasuring eternal memories of lush green fields dotted with exotic Indian flora merging into crystal streams and peaceful ponds of lotus and lilies. Sounds of kingfisher orchestrating fables of rural ballads of everyday nostalgia where butterflies travel with bicycles to play hide and seek of fantasy.
Flight of vivid imagination explores the immense translations of universe in its totality which is an outcome of regular journeys between his oscillating homes in dynamic metropolis of Mumbai and historic legends of Delhi.
Primary colors, transforming into vivid tones of oil and acrylics, forms the core essential to the elements used for Rao’s compositions. Dynamic moods align with intuitive state of mind and its complexities with no regimental rules go on to create the unique sensibility of Rao’s paintings. De-casting stereotype thought process to assimilate versatility finds way into his varied themes and techniques. Internal imagination aligns with surrealistic visualizations which evolve into neo nostalgic compositions, sparking imaginations to wander to the onlooker.
His entire tenure at iconic Sir JJ School of Art, sparked off, his artistic indulgence with mesmerizing mediums, interplaying with resplendence on life itself. The subconscious mind was churning out free flow of self-awareness which were manifesting into surrealistic expressions in his artistic creations. Tiny goldfishes magnified into gigantic dancing damsels multiplying levels of fantasy, Journey of life viewed through prisms of philosophy translated into geometrical tenets of cubism, bursting into visual extravaganza etc. forms the essence of some of his signature artworks.